A partnership involving Colby Community College, Midwest Energy, Wind Energy Consulting and Contracting, and Kansas State University has received a subcontract award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory to establish the High Plains Small-Wind Turbine Test Center at Colby. The Colby center will focus on residential and commercial scale turbines rated [...]
A K-State program that cultivates the science and technology interests of women from grade school through postgraduate levels is being nationally recognized for excellence. K-State’s Women in Engineering and Science Program, also known as WESP, has received the Women in Engineering Program Award as the nation’s outstanding Women in Engineering program. The award, from the [...]
Three Kansas State University engineering students are recipients of prestigious scholarships from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. The K-State recipients include Jacob Wagner, sophomore in mechanical engineering, Manhattan, $10,000 Reuben Trane Scholarship for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 school years; Sean Kolich, senior in architectural engineering, Olathe, $10,000 Reuben Trane Scholarship for [...]
A K-State professor’s research on thwarting cyber attacks is getting a boost from a National Science Foundation award for young faculty. The foundation gave Simon Ou, K-State assistant professor of computing and information sciences, a CAREER Award. It supports the early career-development activities of junior teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education within the [...]
Middle school-age girls from across Kansas have the opportunity to participate in “Helping Hands” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, on campus. The event, offering hands-on exploration of innovative medical treatments, is sponsored by K-State’s GROW, Girls Researching Our World program. GROW is a part of the Women in Engineering and Science [...]
Combining technology and animal health, a group of K-State researchers is developing a more effective way to predict the spread of foot-and-mouth disease and the impact of preventative measures. The researchers are finding that if a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak is not in the epidemic stage, preemptive vaccination is a minimally expensive way to halt the [...]
Great Lakes WIND Network, an international supply chain network and advisory group, has named the Advanced Manufacturing Institute as its first-in-the-nation Center of Excellence to expand the network’s supply chain development efforts across the state of Kansas. As wind energy original equipment manufacturers and component suppliers continue to expand across the U.S. market, there is [...]
Noel Schulz, Paslay professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been named director of the K-State Electrical Power Affiliates Program, which connects graduate and undergraduate student research projects directly to the needs of power affiliate members. Schulz is a nationally recognized expert in power systems engineering, researching use of computers, including intelligent systems, to solve [...]
Success in attaining scholarships is the focus of a K-State EXCITE! — EXploring sCIence, Technology and Engineering – workshop for ninth- and 10th-grade girls, Thursday, Jan. 28, on campus. “Show Me the Scholarships!” will feature workshop topics that include application information, resume building, interview techniques and understanding financial aid. Each interactive session will be 30-minutes [...]
As computers increasingly transfer patient medical records and other sensitive information, a group of computer scientists at Kansas State University is doing basic research that will help designers keep such information safe. Complex information systems form foundations in our nation’s infrastructure and defense forces, and these systems contain data with different security levels, said John [...]