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Blunt Wins International Engineering Award
Separating the wheat from the chaff (in an electromagnetic sense) has earned a University of Kansas professor an international engineering award. ...
Advising is set for March 27, 28th
Advising is scheduled for Tuesday, March 27, and Wednesday, March 28. An Engineering Advising Hold has been placed on your Enroll & Pay Account, and the only way to remove the hold so you can enroll for Fall 2012 is for you to meet with your adviser for enrollment...
Undergraduate Spotlight: Hilary Barbour
EECS senior Hilary Barbour is the president of the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) student organization and a member of the Jayhawk Motorsports team, the KU Indoor Intramural Soccer Team, and KU Swim Club. ...
Liu to Serve as Editor of Leading Journal on Communications
Lingjia Liu, a University of Kansas assistant professor in electrical engineering and computer science, has been invited to serve as an editor of the prestigious IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWireless). ...
EECS Students Named to Fall 2011 Honor Roll
The following undergraduate students earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2011 semester. Students must have semester grade point averages of 3.75 or higher and have completed at least 14 hours in the fall. ...
NSF Fellows Teach Math, Science in Middle Schools
EECS doctoral students Mark Calnon and Andrew Farmer are leading hands-on activities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in area middle schools to improve their communication and teaching skills while enriching STEM instruction in partner schools. ...
Google Donates $50,000 for New Android Tablets to Incoming EECS Class
This fall incoming freshmen in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) will receive brand-new Android tablets to launch their engineering studies through a $50,000 donation from Google. ...
Grad Uses Engineering Skills in Nation Building
Starting his three-and-a-half hour walk down the mountain before dawn, Nima Tshering was terrified of running into a Himalayan black bear in the dark jungle. But the eight year old did not let fear stop him from making the seven-hour round trip six days a week for five years. His...
Perrins Selected as Area Editor for Noted Journal
EECS Associate Professor Erik Perrins has accepted an invitation to serve as an area editor for the IEEE Transactions on Communications. His duties include assigning papers to the 13 editors within the modulation and signal design area, monitoring their performance and assisting the editor-in-chief. ...
Researchers Refine a Powerful Laser Microscope for Biomedical Use
Researchers from the University of Kansas are building a smaller, cheaper and more flexible fiber-laser microscope that could revolutionize biomedical and clinical work. ...
New Engineering Research Labs to Open this Spring
In an effort to upgrade its appeal to prospective students and advance the research efforts at the University, construction of additional engineering facilities are set for completion in May. The new building will mostly result in more laboratories for more research facilities for faculty members and their staff. ...
EECS Networking Research Earns Top Honors
EECS graduate students Kamakshi Sirisha Pathapati and Nguyễn Ngọc Trúc Anh, EECS Ph.D. student Justin P. Rohrer, and EECS Associate Professor James P.G. Sterbenz received the Best Graduate Student Paper Award at the International Telemetering Conference (ITC) in October. ...
Fei Wins Best Student Paper Award
EECS doctoral student Hongliang Fei has won the Best Student Paper award from the upcoming IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM). The paper details research, by Fei and EECS Associate Professor Jun “Luke” Huan, that enables more accurate, efficient predictive models. Their algorithms improved prediction accuracy in the analysis...
Service Alert - Lawrence Campus Network Outages
Due to a power outage on a portion of KU's Lawrence Campus, many network based service will be impacted. Services currently affected include:...
Shi Receives Self Graduate Fellowship
EECS doctoral student Lei Shi has been selected for a prestigious Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship. ...
Hays is First Student to Major in New Interdisciplinary Computing Program
With a simple change of major form, Grant Hays became the first student to major in the new interdisciplinary computing program at the University of Kansas. But the decision to switch was not quite as easy as the paperwork. ...
Large Number of Employers Attend Fall Engineering and Computer Science Career Fair
University of Kansas engineering and computer science students on the hunt for a dream job have the chance to make key connections and find the right match at the Fall Engineering and Computer Science Career Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 14, from noon to 5 p.m., on the fifth floor of...
KU Researcher Receives NSF Grant to Develop Tools to Build Better Software
Technology being developed at the University of Kansas will make it easier and cheaper to build highly dependable, secure software, potentially saving billions of dollars annually. ...
Google Exec, KU Grad Donates Tablet Computers
Brian McClendon, a 1986 KU electrical engineering graduate, surprised first-year students in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the University of Kansas by handing out new tablet computers during class on Monday. Much more than a cool gift, the tablets are a tool to spark creativity...
Agah Earns Teaching Excellence Award
EECS Professor Arvin Agah received a surprise visit from KU Provost Jeffrey Vitter and other dignitaries who presented him with a Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence and a $7,500 check during his Mobile Robotics course on Tuesday. ...
Engineering Students Plan Trip to Brazil
EECS seniors Emily Dellwig and Garrett Scarlett will be among the 15 students from the University of Kansas School of Engineering who will see how a burgeoning world power is handling rapid growth and a booming economy, while attempting to manage the impact on the environment. ...
Microsoft is Accepting Applications for Prestigious Fellowships
The Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship Program for 2012 will start accepting applications Tuesday, August 16. Applicants must be enrolled in a full-time Ph.D. program in an accredited university in the United States or Canada, with a research focus in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Electrical Engineering. All applications will...
Robb Funds Available for EECS Graduate Students
The EECS Department is accepting proposals for Robb Awards. Robb Awards provide financial assistance to EECS graduate students who are presenting papers at conferences or workshops, attending conferences or short courses, or participating in other activities that would enhance their educational experience. The support is made possible through an...
Austin Wins Department of Defense Scholarship
Increasing the security and maintainability of computer systems has earned a University of Kansas graduate student in computer science a prestigious Department of Defense (DoD) scholarship. ...
New Interdisciplinary Computing Degree Available Fall 2011
A new degree program from the University of Kansas School of Engineering will expand opportunities for students seeking more specialized instruction in computer science. ...
Students Honored at EECS Graduation Banquet
The following students were honored at the EECS Graduation Reception on May 21. ...
EECS Shop Augments Willger's Education
After spending months carefully planning their senior projects, students submit their circuit designs to Tom Willger in the EECS Shop. Willger, a graduating senior in electrical engineering, turns the electronic files into printed circuits boards that will house the interconnected circuits and components used in electronic devices. ...
Art Installation Combines Music, Visuals with Climate Change Data
Transforming raw data on climate change into a sensory experience is the goal of a new multimedia art installation at the University of Kansas. ...
EECS Senior Will Join Goldman Sachs After Graduation
Andrea Valdivia has not let off the accelerator since declaring two of her three majors and attending a Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) national conference her first semester. She has interned with Ford, GE Healthcare and Goldman Sachs and held leadership positions in SHPE, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, an honors...
KU Radar Revolutionizes Study of Melt Water under Glaciers
Cutting-edge radar technology developed at the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, based at the University of Kansas, has cast new light on the field of glaciology, compelling scientists to reassess the role of melt water beneath miles-thick ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland. ...