The BAE Faculty, Staff and Office Professionals would like to congratulate each of you on your accomplishments at K-State and wish you much success in the future!
BAE Doctor of Philosophy: Ms. Li Guo, Gongzhuling (China); Ms. Shuping Yan (Wenxian, China); Mr. Wei Han (Ste. Anne De Bellevue, Canada, Summer 2011).
BAE Master of Science: Ms. Katie Handley (Onaga, Kansas); Mr. Seth Perkins (Wichita, Kansas, Summer 2011).
K-State placed second in the 2010 G.B. Gunlogson Student Environmental Design Competition - Fountain Wars Contest. The K-State team competed against teams from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Texas A&M, University of Florida, Oklahoma State and Iowa State.
Each team prepares a fountain design to meet aesthetics display and technical task requirements. At the contest site, each team is provided with a 1000-L reservoir, up to 30 m of various sizes PVC pipe, and access to 14-amp, 120-volt AC electrical service to power their pump systems. The teams arrive at competition with a fountain design, pump systems, PVC couplers, fittings, valves, and nozzles. After a presentation of their design, teams are given 2 hours to construct their fountain. Upon completion, each fountain was tested for its ability to perform the two technical tasks and the aesthetic display. Awards are based on separate scores of the written design, oral presentation, construction, technical tests, and aesthetics.
K-State’s 2010 Fountain Wars Design Team competition members were Lorinda Bejot (Dodge City), Kelly Borgen (Ensign), Katie Handley (Onaga), Levi Sutton (Manhattan), Justine Sullivan (Lakin) and Brent Ware (Shawnee Mission). Other team members are: Allie Archer (McPherson), Kari Friedrichs (Marysville), Erin Mason (Greenfield, MO), Breanna Stout (Garden City), Ginger Pugh (Mayetta).
Congratulations!
Word has just been received that Ms. Allie Archer (senior majoring in Biological Systems Engineering, second major in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Master’s student in Biological and Agricultural Engineering) has been selected as the first recipient of the Pharos of Alexandria Global Learning Award for 2011!
Allie will be honored with the presentation of this award during the 2011 ASABE Annual International Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky on Wednesday, August 10. This award was established in 2010 by Awatif El-Domiaty Hassan, Professor Emeritus of North Carolina State University. The award honors and recognizes an outstanding undergraduate upper-class level (junior or senior) or Graduate ASABE student member who exhibits interest in engineering problems and global learning outreach.
Congratulations, Allie, on receiving this prestigious award!
The K-State Mortar Board Chapter recently recognized 12 faculty and staff members for exemplifying the organization’s pillars of scholarship, leadership and service in their work with students. Dr. Stacy Hutchinson, BAE Associate Professor, is one of the 12 faculty/staff members receiving this honor. Congratulations, Dr. Hutchinson; keep up the good work! Since 2000, the K-State Mortar Board Chapter has been honoring outstanding faculty and staff.
Emily Tummons, BSE junior (Leawood, Kansas), has been named as a recipient of the 2010 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Emily is among 278 students who will receive scholarships annually for her final one or two years of undergraduate study. The scholars were selected on the basis of academic merit from 1,111 applicants. This information has been supplied from the Goldwater Scholarship Program. Emily is a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars and Golden Key International Honor Society. She is a member of the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority and a participant in the Sorority’s intramurals. Emily has received the Medallion Scholarship, Beckman Memorial Scholarship, the Regan Scholarship and College of Engineering scholarships through the Kansas State University Foundation. Emily graduated from St. Teresa’s Academy in 2007 and is the daughter of Philip and Louann Tummons. (Information from K-State Media Relations)
CONGRATULATIONS, Emily!
Our graduates design systems to meet the needs of living beings, whether those systems involve humans, livestock, plants, or single-cell organisms. We apply engineering skills to produce agricultural machinery, clean water and air in our environment, safe and healthy food, biomass energy, and bio-based products.
Biological systems engineers develop the techniques and systems to work with living systems, including plants and animals. They work to produce them and process them into useful products, like food, fiber, energy, chemical feedstocks, and pharmaceuticals. They also emphasize using soil and water resources efficiently and protecting the environment to improve water quality, control air pollution, and clean up contaminated soils.
K-State is the only university in Kansas that offers a Biological Systems Eengineering degree program.