Kansas State University

NEWS:     

Congratulations to Emily Schnell & Ankush Gakhar recipients of the Cancer Research Award.  The award program, which is open to Kansas State University undergraduate students interested in doing cancer-relevant research, provides $1,000 awards to about 50 students a year, and $1,000 per student for research expenses.

Eta Kappa Nu named Chapter of the Year! Repeat!!

Welcome new faculty member David Thompson and Project Coordinator Michelle Keating

Dr. Thompson was born and raised in Kansas, and attended K-State as an undergraduate in electrical engineering, including minors in physics and Japanese.  After traveling to Japan for a year on Fulbright scholarship, he attended graduate school at the University of Michigan, earning two Masters’ degrees – one in EE, another in Biomedical Engineering – and a Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering.  His dissertation work focused on brain-computer interfaces, a technology that can allow completely paralyzed people to communicate.  His post-doctoral work, also at Michigan, focused on neural interfaces for advanced prosthetics.  Future research areas include low-power implantable and wearable medical electronics, studies of neural function using EEG, and further work in brain-computer interfaces.

Hobbies include basketball, singing and playing guitar, and spending time with his wife and daughter.

Dawson named College of Engineering Dean

Phase IV Building Update

SAVE THE DATE:

Senior Breakfast April 30

Commencement: PhD, MS May 16; UG May 17

Fall Banquet Sept 26

 Upcoming Competition Dates:

Wildcat Wind Team competes May 5 – 7 in Las Vegas

RCT team competes in the California Micromouse Competition (CAMM) on May 11 in San Diego

UAS team competes in the AUVSI Student Unmanned Aerial System competition on June 18 – 22 at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland

Alumni News: 

College of Engineering honoring 11 alumni for career success.  Navin Nagiah ’95 & Stuart Gillen ’97 from Electrical Engineering.