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Engineering students place in top 10 in NASA rocket launch competition

Engineering students place in top 10 in NASA rocket launch competition WSU Strategic Communications 05/22/2019 09:23:27 AM May 22, 2019 - Four Wichita State University aerospace engineering students have placed seventh in NASA’s Student Launch Initiative (SLI) competition. The team designed, built and launched a rocket to complete a simulated Moon mission.…

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Save the date for the Kansas Economic Outlook Conference

…will deliver insights on the economy, which will consist of state and local industry-level employment projections, real estate forecasts, small business economic conditions and an aerospace update. Speakers will include: Holly Wade, director of National Federation of Independent Business Tom Kim, senior vice president of commercial real estate finance at…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/05-may/outlook_conference_advisory.php

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Wichita State expansion wins award from state of Kansas

…advanced laboratories and technology, industry leaders and an 18,000-square-foot community makerspace. Current partnerships on the campus include Airbus Americas, Spirit AeroSystems, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence and Wichita-Sedgwick County Law Enforcement. Read the full list of winners The mission of Wichita State University is to be an essential…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/06-jun/KDOC_Award.php

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Air Force awards WSU-NIAR $23.5 million contract for fleet sustainment

…repair analysis techniques, and assessing aging composite structures for life extension and structural enhancements. NIAR’s newly established Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS) will lead this program with partnerships between AFRL researchers, defense contractors, and universities for enhancing tools for design-manufacture-certify…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/06-jun/masc_release.php

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WSU hosts Army lieutenant general for campus tour

…State’s Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) team, Shocker Battalion. The ROTC program is new to WSU this fall. The team also met with representatives from Spirit AeroSystems and toured the production facilities. Spirit and the U.S. Army are integral partners in NIAR’s new Advanced Technology Laboratory for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS), which…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/07-july/thurgood_tour.php

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Army awards WSU-NIAR $33 million contract for high-speed missile applications

…are integral to the future of our military and the future of our students,” said Wichita State University Interim President Andy Tompkins. “The expertise of our aerospace faculty and staff is crucial in advancing the efforts of the Department of Defense and in providing the ultimate applied learning experience for Wichita State graduate and…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/07-july/wsu_army_high_speed_missile.php

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Special Exhibition on WSU Campus Showcases Artist's Commemoration of NASA Apollo Missions

…connections through the collection around what people care about – across campus and in the community,” Brothers said. Scott Miller, professor and chair of aerospace engineering at WSU and director of the NASA in Kansas organization, said visitors to the exhibition would find Nesbitt's artwork just as exciting today as audiences did the first time around. …

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/08-aug/lowell_nesbitt_ulrich_exhibition.php

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New crash lab will be a smashing hit for WSU aviation research

…AVET is under construction on the east side of the WSU main campus at 18th Street and Oliver. When it is complete, the Advanced Technology Laboratory for Aerospace Systems will occupy most of the space now occupied by the Crash Dynamics and Virtual Engineering Labs. The mission of Wichita State University is to be an essential educational, cultural…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/09-sept/crash_lab.php

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WSU creates new School of Digital Arts | Wichita State News

…2 ½ year mark with nearly five times that amount already.” That growth includes the opportunity for students to work on projects for real clients, such as Spirit AeroSystems, Airbus Americas, Deloitte, Wichita Police Department and Snoop Dogg. “With so much success, it became imperative for us to further formalize our program into a school within the…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/11-nov/digital_arts_school_3.php

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WSU, government, industry research team receives coveted defense award | Wichita State News

…“This partnership enabled the transition of technical data and methodologies to dozens of AM organizations allowing for the design and production of high-quality aerospace parts.” This team produced the first polymer AM database and qualification framework, disseminated throughout the America Makes public-private partnership to more than 200…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/12-dec/defense_award_9.php

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Five student teams move on to final round of innovation competition | Wichita State News

…-- A mobile app called Fork that allows users to vote on what’s for family dinner tonight.Logan Bramble, mechanical engineeringIsaiah Esau, computer science Marion Jackson, aerospace engineering Lock Down -- A bicycle security device to prevent wheel theft.Wyatt Abell, industrial engineeringRichard Oswalt, mechanical engineeringEthan Piland, computer…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/12-dec/koch_challenge_finalists_9.php

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Three high school seniors win $64,000 Gore scholarships to attend Wichita State | Wichita State News

…recipients this year are involved in their schools and communities and plan to do the same at Wichita State University. MJ Jacques, Topeka High School, is planning to study aerospace engineering. She is a four-year state qualifier in debate and forensics and varsity captain of her high school cheer team. Through Youth Entrepreneurs, MJ opened a…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2020/01-jan/gore_winners_2020_2.php

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Butler, WSU add two majors to articulation agreement | Wichita State News

…University and Butler Community College have signed articulation agreements that expand the number of majors that students can start at Butler and complete at WSU. Newly added are aerospace engineering and applied computing, which join a list that includes biomedical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, industrial and …

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2020/04-april/ButlerWSU_articulation_aerospace_engineering_applied_computing_3.php

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Wichita State research breaks down ripple effect of COVID-19 on local, state economy

…within the Kansas economy by 27% within three months. The largest percentage decrease is expected to be in the Wichita metropolitan area, as the region had an already weak aerospace sector because of the 737 Max freeze and a higher concentration of vulnerable service sectors compared to the state. The Kansas City, Kansas, metropolitan area is expected to…

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Retired B1-B will arrive in Wichita soon for Air Force research project

…order to repair, modify design or structural inspection intervals, and/or reevaluate the design life of the aircraft. “We are taking a real aircraft from the Boneyard (309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona), and it will fly again in a digital format,” said Lt. Col. Joseph Lay, B-1 Program Manager. The project…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2020/05-may/b-1_bomber_9.php

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Wichita State’s engineering graduate programs are now the highest ranked in Kansas | Wichita State News

…in industry and government-funded engineering research done at Wichita State. The latest NSF ranking also places Wichita State fourth in total aerospace engineering research dollars, just ahead of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) generates a significant amount of the university's R&D funding to…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2020/05-may/engineering_rankings_3.php

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$2.8 million grant allows WSU to continue to lead in NASA in Kansas efforts

…“Together, we favorably impact lots of students, faculty, NASA and the state of Kansas,” said Dr. Scott Miller, director of the NASA in Kansas program and chair of WSU’s aerospace engineering department. The mission of NASA in Kansas is to serve as a catalyst for Kansas to lead in STEM-based education, research, industry and policy. Under this mission…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2020/05-may/nasa_in_kansas_grant_3.php

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Grad certificate in data science created to meet industry demand | Wichita State News

…2020), bachelor’s in applied computing (fall 2019), bachelor’s in engineering technology – facilities management track (fall 2019), and bachelor’s in aerospace engineering – applied propulsion track (fall 2020). Two additional graduate certificates – one in computer networking and another in software engineering — are currently being developed with a…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2020/06-jun/data-science-engineering.php

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Cowley, WSU add aerospace engineering to articulation agreement | Wichita State News

Cowley, WSU add aerospace engineering to articulation agreement WSU Strategic Communications 06/15/2020 11:59:56 AM June 15, 2020 -- Leaders of Wichita State University and Cowley College have signed an agreement that adds aerospace engineering to a list of degrees that students can start with two years of study at Cowley and complete at WSU. Known as 2+2…

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Research firm Navatek to open Wichita State office; partnership will greatly grow military research | Wichita State News

…in popular culture by daredevils jumping out of planes and off cliffs. Inflatable technology will be used further to build wings and structures for lighter, smaller unmanned aerial vehicles, or “drones,” and is being used in the design of new space habitats for NASA. The Navatek-WSU team will perform research into new materials, structures, fabrication…

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