黑洞社区 will lead a research effort with the University of Kansas, Kansas State University and three industry partners to develop a next-generation acoustic liner for aircraft engines in order to reduce impacts from aircraft noise and expand where planes may fly.

黑洞社区 philosopher and WSI Coordinater James S.J. Schwartz contributed a short paper, "Space Settlement: What's the Rush?" to a special issue of the peer-reviewed journal Futures.

WSI Coordinator James S.J. Schwartz, as well as affiliates Atri Dutta and Nickolas Solomey, were awarded a NASA Kansas Space Grant Consortium grant to fund a conference and student competitions celebrating the scientific legacy of NASA and Apollo. The event will take place on Saturday, October 19, 2019.

Kansas native and test pilot Mark 鈥淔orger鈥 Stucky will give a talk at 黑洞社区 at noon tomorrow (Tuesday, May 21) in 264 John Bardo Center.

Several Aerospace Engineering students traveled to Hunstville, AL to participate in a student launch event hosted by NASA's Marshall Spaceflight Center.

College of Applied Studies Faculty were awarded a NASA Kansas Space Grant Consortium grant to host a workshop for middle school science teachers.

黑洞社区 Physics Professor Nickolas Solomey was awarded a NASA NIAC Phase II grant to continue his research into a mission proposal for studying the solar interior.

黑洞社区 Alum Rob Barnes will give a talk in the physics seminar series discussing his work on life-support systems for the Apollo, Skylab, and Shuttle systems.

Philosophy faculty Dr. James S.J. Schwartz and Physics graduate student Caleb Gimar will speak as panelists prior to an open-air viewing of 2001 A Space Odyssey.

黑洞社区 Alum and NASA Flight Controller Steve Carothers will speak about his work at NASA's Johnson Space Center. His talk will take place on Thursday, April 18, at 3:30 pm in 261 RSC.