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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. ...
Oguna Receives Class of 1913 Award
EE senior Angela Oguna received the Class of 1913 award, which is given to a senior man and woman whose intelligence, devotion to studies and personal character give promise of usefulness to society. Marlesa Roney, vice provost for Student Success, and Kathryn Nemeth Tuttle, associate vice provost for Student Success,...
Werner Selected for KU Global Scholars Program
As part of the inaugural class of KU Global Scholars, EECS sophomore Matthew Werner will receive a $1,000 study abroad scholarship. Fifteen sophomores were selected for their interest in international studies, plans to study abroad and potential for continued academic achievement and leadership. ...
KU's excellence in radar research cited in selection to host distinguished conference
In recognition of its accomplished history and continued excellence in radar research and development, KU was selected to lead the most distinguished conference within the field. ...
EECS Student Research Selected for Graduate Research Summit
EECS doctoral student Brian Cordill was among the 33 graduate students from KU, Kansas State, and Wichita State who were selected to present their research and how it benefited Kansas to elected officials and the public on Feb. 17. ...
EECS Students Earn High Marks
EECS students must have a minimum semester grade point average of 3.75 and have completed at least 14 hours in the fall. The following students made the KU honor roll for the fall 2010 semester. ...
Agah Receives ING Excellence in Teaching Award
Arvin Agah, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, received the 2010 ING Excellence in Teaching Award during the home football game on Nov. 6. ...
Researchers Earn Grant to Digitize Massive Encyclopedia of Invertebrates
University of Kansas researchers have been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a searchable online database and library that links the 50-plus volumes of the "Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology," an important resource on climate change, evolution and other biodiversity research. "Treatise" classifies all known...
U.S. Air Force Offers Information Assurance Internships
Functional Language Expert to Speak at KU
Simon Thompson, a professor of Logic and Computation at the University of Kent, will discuss the refactoring tool, Wrangler, that he created for the Erlang programming language at 1 p.m. on Monday, September 27, in the Apollo Room in Nichols Hall. Thompson’s talk, “Improving your Erlang programs and tests with...
IBM Engineer to Present in EECS Seminar
Michael Cracraft, an advisory engineer at IBM, will present “Model-to-Hardware Correlation for High-Speed Channels and Channel Sensitivities" The EECS Seminar will be at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 1, in the Apollo Room in Nichols Hall. ...
Creator of cell imaging software to speak at KU
Anne Carpenter, director of the Imaging Platform at the Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, will discuss the CellProfiler software she developed to better understand healthy gene function and genetic causes of diseases at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, at the Apollo Room in Nichols...
Plugged In Welcome Event for Freshman and Transfer Students, August 26, 5:30 p.m.
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Research center receives $17.9 million from National Science Foundation
LAWRENCE — The Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, headquartered at the University of Kansas, will receive more than $17.9 million from the National Science Foundation to continue its innovative research on the changing conditions of the world’s polar ice. ...
Computing Facility Receives $4.6 Million NIH Grant
Oguna Wins Google Scholarship
EECS Graduating Seniors are Among KU’s Top Scholars
EECS Faculty, Staff Honored for Years of Service
Honors Student Chooses KU Over Ivy League
Computer Scientist to Become KU Provost
Jeffrey S. Vitter, an administrator who has held progressively challenging leadership positions at four of the nation’s top public and private universities, has beem named University of Kansas provost and executive vice chancellor. ...
Benso to Receive School of Engineering’s Highest Honor
Bill Benso (EE ’59) will receive the KU School of Engineering’s highest honor, the Distinguished Engineering Service Award, on May 6 in the Kansas Union ballroom. ...
2009 EECS Annual Report is Available
Oguna Finishes Third in Student Paper Contest
Angela Oguna, a junior in electrical engineering, placed third in the student paper contest at the IEEE Region 5 Annual Business Meeting and Student Contests, held April 16-18 in Grapevine, Texas. She won $200 and received an all-expense-paid trip to Grapevine for the competition. ...
Forum to Provide Undergraduates with Information about Graduate School
IEEE and Etta Kappa Nu are hosting a Research Forum for Undergraduate Students at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 27th, in Spahr Auditorium. EECS Associate Professor James Stiles will provide a graduate school overview. Faculty investigators from the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice and Sheets (CReSIS) and the Information...