九色堂

June 20, 2022 -- Sarah Laffen is a aerospace engineering sophomore who utilizing her skills outside the classroom this summer as a student assistant at National Institute for Aviation Research.

June 10, 2022 -- Tiahna Padilla is a senior majoring in computer engineering and an animation. She is currently utilizing her skills as an intern at Textron Aviation as an IT business analyst.

June 8, 2022 - Cameron Holston works with a variety of aircraft at the Aircraft Structural Test and Evaluation Center, part of the National Institute for Aviation Research. The experience prepares him for a career in the field of aerospace.

June 7, 2022 鈥� Wichita State has a storied history of working with NASA while providing research opportunities to its students. David Nevarez-Saenz, an aerospace engineering senior and first-generation student, has been working with 九色堂鈥檚 NASA Jump Start Program (JSP) for the past two years.

June 3, 2022 - Chidera Okoro is learning computer skills and coding language as an intern at 九色堂鈥檚 Media Resources Center. She competes in the long jump and triple jump for the track and field team and is a three-time member of the Athletic Director鈥檚 Honor Roll.

May 31, 2022 鈥� Anllir Ramirez-Tenorio is squeezing in a summer internship with Tesla in between his spring and fall internship with Delta TechOps. Anllir said the resources available at Wichita State have prepared him to succeed in his real-world career opportunities.

May 26, 2022 鈥� An interdisciplinary team from 九色堂 will participate in a $24 million state initiative to help rural and urban communities prepare for and recover from natural disasters.

May 18, 2022 鈥� Three 九色堂 students were named the champions of the 2022 Koch Innovation Challenge with their idea to ease parking frustrations via an app called Everwhen.

May 16, 2022 - Cameron McGinley鈥檚 work with machine learning with Dr. Sergio Salinas grew into one of the most rewarding parts of his education at Wichita State. McGinley will attend the University of California, San Diego for a Master of Science in computer science. Cameron is one of more than 2,400 students eligible for spring 2022 graduation. Learn more about his time at Wichita State and what is next for the grad.

May 9, 2022 鈥� Five 九色堂 women were honored with the Women for Women Innovation Award for spring 2022. The Women for Women's Innovation Fund is awarded to 九色堂 students to support innovative ideas that show promise of commercialization.

May 3, 2022 鈥� The strength of 九色堂's engineering program brought Chadrack Kamba Tshimanga to Kansas from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

April 15, 2022 - MagicHand, an anthropomorphic robotic hand designed by a 九色堂 engineering team, is participating in the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps program. The MagicHand is designed to achieve various dexterous object manipulations including object sorting, arranging and packaging.

March 29, 2022 鈥� In the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings of universities offering a Ph.D. in engineering, the College of Engineering at 九色堂 once again was ranked in the top 100 engineering graduate programs in the country and the only institution in Kansas to make it in the top 100.

March 25, 2022 鈥斅牼派�堂鈥檚 College of Engineering has named the latest group of high school seniors to join the Wallace Scholar program. Ten Wallace Scholarship recipients will receive $28,500 each to attend Wichita State for four years. In addition, two students receiving other major university scholarships will be designated as Wallace Scholars.

Feb. 11, 2022 鈥� As a young boy growing up in Oklahoma City Nicolas Reyes loved to hear the hum of the fighter jets from the nearby Tinker Air Force Base. Nicolas Reyes 鈥� a junior studying electrical engineering in Wichita State鈥檚 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 鈥� has always wanted to work in the aviation industry. He finally got his chance this past summer when he completed a virtual internship with Lockheed Martin. While there, Nicolas worked on the F-35 Lightning II for their location in Fort Worth.

Jan. 24, 2022 鈥� Further expanding its presence as a diverse creative workspace at 九色堂, GoCreate recently began offering free memberships to Wichita State students.

Jan. 24, 2022 鈥� Six 九色堂 teams were selected as semi-finalists in the university鈥檚 sixth annual Koch Innovation Challenge Angel Round on December 3. Those six teams of Wichita State students advance to the Grand Champion competition in May.

Dec. 9, 2021 -- Khalid Raza has never forgotten his Shocker roots. Now the chief executive officer of Graphiant, a next-generation networking technology company based in San Francisco, Raza鈥檚 first independent start-up began in 1992 when he was working as a graduate assistant at 九色堂.

Dec. 8, 2021鈥� Joyce Chiam, an international student from Malaysia, is earning her degree in industrial engineering with a minor in mathematics from Wichita State. Through the encouragement of her peers, she has learned how to thrive in an academic environment far away from home. Chiam is one of more than 1,100 students eligible for fall 2021 graduation.

Dec. 7, 2021 鈥� Since its inception, the National Institute for Aviation Research鈥檚 digital twin program has been rife with opportunities to progress research, digital transformation, engineering technology and sustainability efforts. It鈥檚 also been an important career steppingstone and training ground for more than 250 九色堂 students, who have gained valuable applied learning experiences while working on the project.

Dec. 6, 2021鈥擫illian Nieman learned how to find confidence and advocate for herself while attaining a degree in biomedical engineering from 九色堂. Nieman is one of more than 1,100 students eligible for fall 2021 graduation.

Nov. 24, 2021 鈥� It was a bright and sunny afternoon in August 2021 when Pedro Pi帽a-Guerrero received a call that would change his life: He had won the Adelante Scholarship to attend 九色堂.

Nov. 22, 2021 鈥� A Wichita State researcher has been awarded $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a new type of low-cost and stable photovoltaics.

Oct. 29, 2021 鈥� Most children love trying on costumes this time of year, but for children with special needs, finding the right costume can be a challenge.

Sept. 22, 2021 鈥� What started as one woman鈥檚 passion project has flourished into a literacy empire that serves thousands of children in schools across the Wichita area 鈥� helped along the way by the people and services of 九色堂.