Author: Janet Twomey

Attend one of the FARE office’s Mutual Mentoring information sessions to learn how to submit proposals for funding collaborative, peer-driven professional development.​

Unlike traditional one-on-one mentoring, Mutual Mentoring groups are peer networks that focus on shared learning and collective growth. ​

Upcoming information sessions:​

• 9:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 24 virtually via Teams (meeting link​)
• 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25 virtually via Teams (meeting link​)
• 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5 in person in 203 Rhatigan Student Center, Lancelot Room

​The sessions are sponsored by the National Science Foundation, FARE office, Academic Affairs and the Office of Research​

Assistant professors are invited to attend an event to meet and connect with your fellow assistant professors at Wichita State. The event is designed for faculty who are less than fours years as a tenure track faculty and who want to discover potential future collaborators and forge valuable relationships.

The event is scheduled from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Feb. 21, 2025. To reserve your spot and receive more details (including a little homework) email Karla Jordan at karla.jordan@wichita.edu with FARE in the subject line.

This event is sponsored by the FARE office in Jardine Hall.

The new Office of Faculty Advancement, Retention and Excellence (FARE) is looking for a program manager position. In this role, the successful candidate will assist faculty in continuing to grow, develop and excel as experts in their research and in the classroom.

The program manager of FARE will be at the heart of the university’s efforts to expand its funded research and creative endeavors while enhancing the educational experience. It is looking for an energetic and eager person who is driven who can connect faculty to resources across the university related to proposal development, funding opportunities and teaching methods to integrate into their classroom, or other aspects for new faculty to ensure their success as professors.

Minimum requirements include a bachelor’s degree and at least two years of experience in an academic setting. The FARE office is located in 112 Jardine Hall. Those interested can apply through WuHire (495282, Faculty Development Program Manager). Apply soon. The search committee is reviewing currently reviewing applications.

The College of Engineering invites the WSU community to attend a seminar regarding the future of energy systems.

Join Bryan Pivovar, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) senior research fellow, at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24 in 265 Rhatigan Student Center for the seminar, “The 2020s, the Decade of Hydrogen.”

The seminar will discuss hydrogen’s importance to the investments being made in renewable energies for future energy systems. While the auto sector has had the most press for H2 production on a large scale, this has expanded to include heavy duty transportation (on road, marine, rail and air), the steel and ammonia industry, and major examples of bulk hydrogen, including deployment of liquid hydrogen tankers and efforts to convert natural gas infrastructure to hydrogen compatible.

Bryan Pivovar is a senior research fellow and electrochemical engineering and materials chemistry group manager in the Chemistry and Nanosciences Center at NREL where he oversees electrolysis and fuel cell and materials R&D.

Join the College of Engineering and Dr. Liang Change from Zenlabs Energy for a discussion on advanced anode materials for next-generation lithium-ion batteries at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21 in Partnership Building 2, Room A131.

The development of high-energy and high-power lithium-ion batteries can effectively relieve mileage anxiety and shorten charging time in a world with an increasing number of electric vehicles. As a senior battery scientist at Zenlabs, Chang’s research focuses on designing state-of-the-art materials for electrodes and electrolytes in batteries, supercapacitors, capacitive deionization, and catalysis.

The Kansas Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (KS-LSAMP) program will host its first conference 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 3 and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 4. The event will be hosted virtually on Nov. 3, and in a hybrid fashion on Nov. 4, with the in-person portion being held in the K-State Student Union on the Kansas State University campus.

The KS-LSAMP program is a multi-institutional alliance comprised of Wichita State University, Kansas State University, and five partner institutions. The overarching goal of KS-LSAMP is to increase the quality and quantity of students completing science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, baccalaureate degrees. It is funded by the National Science Foundation.

The conference is open to all those who are interested in attending, regardless of prior engagement with the KS-LSAMP program. Registration for the KS-LSAMP Conference is free.

To attend, members should send the following information to lsamp@ksu.edu:

• Name
• Email address
• Attendance virtual or in-person