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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, May 23, 1963
Industry Needs KU Center
Last Part of a Three-part Series
By Delores Orman
The building which commands a hilltop location southeast of the campus holds one of several keys to the future of KU research and industrial growth in Kansas.
The building houses the Center for Research in Engineering Science (CRES). B. G. Barr, associate director of CRES, said one of the objects of the organization is to stimulate research in engineering, to find new knowledge as well as transmit it all through capable research by professors who spend part time teaching in the School of Engineering and Architecture.
Prof. Barr said, "The idea of the organization is to attract research-based industry to Kansas and the Midwest by means of attracting and holding outstanding research professors in engineering."
PROF, BARR SAID the organization presently has approximately 23 active research projects from such organizations as National Science Foundation, other governmental agencies and private businesses. The projects total more than $300,-000.
Another key to KU's future in research is the University Committee on Space Science and Technology.
The committee, established in late 1961, was almost a direct result of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's efforts to stimulate interest in space technology in this region.
ONE OF THE functions of the committee is to allocate NASA-granted funds among various research proposals submitted by KU faculty members. The funds to the individual faculty members amount to "seedling" grants, according to Kenneth Deemer, acting chairman of the committee and head of the department of mechanics and aerospace engineering.
Prof. Deemer said the $50,000 "seed" money NASA granted 'or 1962-1963 supported 16 space-related projects. He said 11 of the projects will result in applications for full-fledged individual NASA grants this year.
ANOTHER PROGRAM upon which the future of research here depends is the organized undergraduate research program of grants-in-aid and individual supervision.
Columbia University Honors KU Dean
Columbia University will present Burton W. Marvin, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information, with a distinguished alumnus medallion.
Dean Marvin graduated from Columbia in 1937.
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THE PROBLEMS OF SPACE, faculty, facilities and students is of concern to many faculty members, especially those in the sciences.
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William Argersinger, associate dean of the graduate school and chairman of the University Interim Research Committee, explained that since the committee has recently been concerned with recommendations for awards and grants to faculty members from the General Research Fund, the first area of study by the committee will be modifications of the fund.
THE SECOND AREA of study will concern the faculty, said Prof. Arger-
singer. The committee will consider, for example, whether or not there should be more standardized criterion and methods for faculty promotions. Also the area concerning research facilities for retired teachers might be considered, he said.
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe, on the occasion of the dedication of CRES, said, "The straightest path to the future will be blazed by hands behind which are the intellect and the driving curiosity of the research scientist..."
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