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Wed, 04/03/2024

KU Engineering professor wins NSF CAREER Award for research into wetlands’ water-quality benefits

Amy Hansen has won a five-year, $577,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for her work to understand the role of vegetation in nitrogen exchange and removal in riparian wetlands.
Wed, 03/20/2024

Dr. Caroline Bennett Wins Special Achievement Awards

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Wed, 02/21/2024

KU senior from Kansas City awarded full ride to University of Cambridge to pursue sustainable engineering

Elizabeth Appel, a senior in civil engineering with an emphasis in environmental engineering, is the most recent Jayhawk to be named a Gates Cambridge scholar, bringing the university’s total number of winners to four since the program was established.
Fri, 02/02/2024

KU, Kansas State faculty receive Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards

Four faculty members at two Kansas universities were named recipients of the Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards, the state higher education system’s most prestigious recognition for scholarly excellence.
Tue, 01/23/2024

Dr. Amy Hansen Selected for NSF CAREER Award

Tue, 01/23/2024

Dr. Admin Husic Selected for NSF CAREER Award

Fri, 12/08/2023

NIBS' Names Alum, Dr. Jiqiu Yuan to Business Insider's Climate Action 30 list

Thu, 11/09/2023

Associate Professor Rémy Lequesne Elected ACI Fellow

Thu, 10/12/2023

ARCE-MS Alum Meshal AlOtaibi Selected as by IUNV as Exemplary Young Leader

Mon, 07/31/2023

Professor William Collins Named a Chesterfield Education Foundation Bravo! Award Winner

Fri, 07/14/2023

Staff Members Receive Awards

CEAE Staff Members Kent Dye, Carey Meyer and David Woody received the Benjes Family Staff Achievement Award; Ray Carter, Ronda Morgison, Waqas Rana and Reta Solwa received the Robert L. Skaggs Staff Achievement Award; Ronda Morgison received the School of Engineering Staff Recognition Award. ...

Tue, 06/20/2023

KU Engineering professor surveys earthquake damage in Turkey

LAWRENCE — When Rémy Lequesne worked his steel-toed boots over the pervasive rubble of apartment buildings, schools, hospitals and dozens of other structures damaged and destroyed by a massive earthquake in early February in Turkey, he faced the real-life devastation already known by so many: more than 50,000 dead, more...

Wed, 04/19/2023

Three to receive KU Engineering Distinguished Engineering Service Award

LAWRENCE — Two alumni and a longtime engineering faculty member from the University of Kansas School of Engineering will be honored with the school’s highest award in a ceremony set for 6 p.m. May 4. ...

Wed, 04/19/2023

Emeritus Professor Tom Mulinazzi Receives DESA Award

Mon, 04/17/2023

Assistant Professor Justin Hutchison, one of three engineering faculty to receive national awards granted to early career faculty

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Wed, 03/29/2023

KU researchers strengthen American dams, levees with technological innovation

Mon, 03/27/2023

Graduate Alum, Abigail Bradshaw, Work Featured on CNN (Opens in new window)

Alum, Abigail Bradshaw (MS ENVENGR 2018) and her team at Appalachia Water Project in West Virginia, were featured on CNN for their work on water and sanitation infrastructure in low-income areas. ...

Thu, 10/13/2022

Professor Belinda Sturm Receives 2022 Paul L. Busch Award (Opens in new window)

The Paul L. Busch Award recognizes an individual for innovative research in the field of water quality and the water environment, with a special focus on those who show promise and make significant contributions in bridging research and its practical application. The Award has provided $2.1 million in funding to...

Wed, 05/25/2022

MSCE Alum Charles K. Nmai Named President of ACI (Opens in new window)

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Thu, 03/03/2022

Research into steel bridges funded by three new Federal Highway Administration grants will fortify American infrastructure

Thu, 02/03/2022

Professor Will Collins Named Recipient of the 2022 Robert J. Dexter Memorial Award Lecture (Opens in new window)

Wed, 01/26/2022

KU professors in biology, engineering and pharmacy named AAAS fellows

Wed, 01/19/2022

ARCE Alum Named Kwame Building Group Person of Year (Opens in new window)

As the St. Louis-based construction management firm Kwame Building Group marks its 30th anniversary, CEO Tony Thompson offers insight for today's entrepreneurs. ...

Wed, 09/22/2021

School of Engineering’s Tiberti Lecture set for Oct. 14

LAWRENCE — A past president of the American Society of Civil Engineers will give this year’s J.A. Tiberti Family Lecture at the University of Kansas School of Engineering. ...

Tue, 09/07/2021

Professor Josh Roundy Collaborative Proposal Recommended for Funding (Opens in new window)

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Mon, 08/09/2021

Dr. Rex Donahey, CEAE Alum, Named Director of ACI Innovative Concrete Technology (Opens in new window)

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announces Rex C. Donahey, Ph.D. will serve as the institute’s inaugural director of innovative concrete technology.
Mon, 07/05/2021

Study shows constructed wetlands are best protection for agricultural runoff into waterways

Tue, 06/29/2021

Professor William N. Collins Wins Prestigious National Fellowship Award (Opens in new window)

LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas School of Engineering professor has received a prestigious national fellowship award for his research into new techniques to build steel decks for highway bridges.
Wed, 06/23/2021

Alum Dr. Tanya Brown-Giammanco named the Director of Disaster and Failure Studies at NIST

Alum Dr. Tanya Brown-Giammanco (CEAE 2006) named the Director of Disaster and Failure Studies at NIST the Director of Disaster and Failure Studies at NIST...

Thu, 04/29/2021

Two students receive KU Field Station Student Research Awards for 2021

LAWRENCE — Like all research activity, field studies have required adaptation during the past year. University of Kansas student researchers have welcomed the chance to work outdoors but have made adjustments with social distancing, driving separate vehicles and implementing other changes. One of the ways the Kansas Biological Survey provides...