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to the size of the structure for future development.
Flexibility Stressed
The space building's flexibility was stressed by B. G. Barr, associate professor of mechanical engineering and associate director of CRES.
Barr said the general purpose design of the building will insure that floor space will be allocated according to the needs of current research and for the duration of a given project only. Research space may double for some disciplines while other disciplines may leave the building temporarily, he said.
Flexibility will be possible because of features such as movable walls, and multi-purpose plumbing and wiring.
Barr said the design also will encourage "productive interchanges of knowledge between researchers in various fields." A centrally-located seminar room will be available to all researchers for formal presentations and informal discussions.
Academic Excellence
There will be no classrooms in the building.
One factor believed to be important in NASA's decision to grant the money for the space is KU's general academic excellence.
In the past six years, 106 KU students have won Woodrow Wilson Fellowships in national competition for post-graduate study, and in the past eight years six Rhodes Scholars have been chosen from KU. Only Harvard, Yale, Princeton and the Army and Air Force Academies have bettered this record.
"Who's Who in Engineering in the U.S." lists 301 KU engineering graduates, placing fourth among the 177 schools listed.
A survey by the U.S. Office of Education recently ranked the University's Graduate School at the top of Big Eight schools in science enrollments.
William P. Smith, dean of the school of engineering and architecture and director of CRES, said the program will "produce graduate engineers who are better prepared to meet the demands of the country's increasingly complex industrial, military, and space technology."
NASA partially is supporting the program through a $400,000 grant over a four-year period.
One-half to Research
About one-half of the new building will be devoted to remote sensing research which is housed in the 13,000 sq. ft. CRES building. The research is sponsored by the NASA Office of Space Science and Applications. Funds granted to KU to date for the project total $745,241.
NASA supports space research and education at KU at an average of $850,000 a year.
Smith said actual technological problems will be confronted. He said degrees of master of engineering and doctor of engineering will be offered in the "professional degree program."
The remote sensing laboratory, which is headed by R. K. Moore, professor of electrical engineering, investigates optimum means to sense environment.
Laboratories and design areas for a pilot program of technological projects will be housed in the new building.
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