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Icorium Engineering Company earns top-5 finish at 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition

LAWRENCE — Icorium Engineering Company, a sustainable engineering startup and spin-out company from the University of Kansas, recently placed fifth overall and won more than $180,000 in investments and nondilutive cash and in-kind prizes at the p

The KU Team Qualifies for the SPE PetroBowl® Championship 2024

In an exhilarating showcase of knowledge and expertise, the University of Kansas (KU) team has clinched a spot in the prestigious SPE PetroBowl® Championship 2024. This marks a triumphant return for KU, securing their place in the finals for the first time in more than a half-decade.

Kevin Leonard Winner of ACS Lectureship Award

Associate Professor Kevin Leonard (Chemical & Petroleum Engineering at the University of Kansas) was recently awarded the 2

Mark Shiflett Receives Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Award

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. 

In Memoriam for G. Paul Willhite

Glen Paul Willhite, SPE, former Ross H. Forney Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Kansas, died 15 December 2022. He was 85.

Shiflett Group Research Featured in "Advances in Engineering"

First Measurements for the Simultaneous Sorption of Difluoromethane and Pentafluoroethane Mixtures in Ionic liquids Using the Integral Mass Balance Method The continuous advancement in software and instrumentation technolo

Annoucing AIChE Poster Competition Winners

The Chemical & Petroleum Engineering department is excited to announce that several of

Kalin Baca Earns Second Place in the 3 Minute Thesis Competition

LAWRENCE – The Three Minute Thesis Competition is a global research communication event that challenges graduate students to convey their research in three minutes or less.

Kalin Baca, 11 Graduate Students, Particpate in 3MT Competition

LAWRENCE – Eleven University of Kansas graduate students from four different academic units advanced to the finals of the Three Minute Thesis Competition. The finals will take place at 2 p.m. Nov. 9 in forum C of the Burge Union.

Masoud Kalantari Selected for “Breakthrough Research of the Year” at the 2022 ADIPEC Awards

LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas researcher has been honored with one of the energy industry’s most prestigious awards.

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