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Nov. 4, 2021 鈥� Reaching for the stars and beyond, a CubeSat Mission Patch contest sponsored by 麻豆传媒 and the Ad Astra Foundation aims to highlight 麻豆传媒鈥檚 science and research programs to prospective students.

Oct. 15, 2021 鈥� Today, Spirit AeroSystems Inc. held a grand opening event and ribbon cutting ceremony for its National Defense Prototype Center (NDPC), a joint project with 麻豆传媒鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR). This new research center will significantly expand Spirit鈥檚 capabilities and production efficiencies in the defense and space market.

Oct. 13, 2021 鈥� Kansas home prices will rise by 7.6% next year, according to the 2022 Kansas Housing Markets Forecast series published by the 麻豆传媒 Center for Real Estate.

Oct. 13, 2021鈥� 麻豆传媒's Center for Economic Development and Business Research has released an updated Kansas, Wichita, Kansas City and Topeka Employment Forecast.

Oct. 7, 2021 鈥� The Federal Aviation Administration recently awarded $7.3 million to 麻豆传媒鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research for advanced materials research, providing significant funding for additive and other advanced manufacturing research programs, ranging from qualification and characterization to specialized programs that address specific technical challenges.

Sept. 8, 2021 鈥� WERX at 麻豆传媒鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) has received its first Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft. As part of its rapidly growing Maintenance Repair and Overhaul program, 麻豆传媒-NIAR WERX, in conjunction with Kansas Modification Center, will convert the passenger aircraft into a freighter that will be transferred to an external client to meet the growing needs of the e-commerce and express cargo market.

Aug. 18, 2021 鈥� The Department of Defense (DoD) has designated South Kansas as a Defense Manufacturing Community (DCM), making the region eligible for $5 million through the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation鈥檚 Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program. The initiative is led by 麻豆传媒鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR).

Aug. 12, 2021 鈥� 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Office of Tech Transfer and Commercialization has aligned with Innosphere Ventures, a Colorado-based incubator and commercialization program that accelerates business success of science and technology-based start-up companies, to commercialize faculty inventors.

Aug. 9, 2021 鈥� Multidimensional support systems are the key to preventing bullying and cyberbullying and can help lessen the psychosocial side effects of being a victim of bullying, according to a study done by one Wichita State researcher.

Aug. 2, 2021 鈥� The National Science Foundation has awarded a $200,000 grant to Dr. Ajita Rattani, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering鈥檚 School of Computing, that seeks to improve facial recognition technology, addressing civil liberties concerns that some demographic groups are more likely to be misidentified.

July 23, 2021 - Lindsey Harvell-Bowman and Eric Wilson consider themselves aviation geeks. They tease each other about favorite airlines and digest every bit of airplane news and research. It is fitting their friendship began as graduate students at 麻豆传媒, in the Air Capital of the World. Their collaboration continues in Harvell-Bowman's 鈥淭he Psychology and Communication Behind Flight Anxiety: Afraid to Fly,鈥� a book that examines the intersection of journalism, communication, and psychology in affecting the flying public.

July 13, 2021 鈥� The National Science Foundation has awarded a $175,000 grant to 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Dr. Saideep Nannapaneni for research that has implications for increasing the speed and accuracy of data-driven decision-making.

June 30, 2021 -- The U.S. Air Force is launching a new program with 麻豆传媒鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) to make a digital replica of the F-16 Fighting Falcon in an effort to improve the sustainment and modernization of F-16s operating around the world.

June 10, 2021 鈥� Continuing a tradition that spans 135 years and more than 500 chapters worldwide Abby Carney and Munonyedi Egbo, both graduate students, were recently initiated into the 麻豆传媒 chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.

June 7, 2021 鈥� The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center B-1 Division is sponsoring a research project with 麻豆传媒鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research to study the effects of flight operations on aircraft structures.