Kansas State University College of Engineering

The Ike and Letty Evans Academic Success Center, or ASC, catalyzes experiences in support of student success with novel programs designed to meet the needs of engineering students as they transition from initial enrollment to graduation. It partners with students to address their individual needs and unique goals, utilizing a student-centered approach with an emphasis on academic achievement. This approach focuses on innovative learning-centered environments, where students engage in academic and co-curricular activities.

ASC staff provide academic advising for first-year and returning engineering students to strengthen and improve upon their progress with one-stop access to peer-to-peer tutoring, alumni mentoring, first-year instruction and diversity support programs.

With group study stations, computer workstations, conference rooms, team-building areas and multimedia flex rooms, the associated facilities have been developed to continually reinforce the discipline of working in a team setting. This modality helps ensure students are fully prepared upon graduation to join the rapidly changing workforce. The ASC also offers workshops on study skills, time management, engineering careers and internships. The center’s Collaborative Learning Laboratory serves as home to the innovative Scholars Assisting Scholars program where upper-level students are hired to tutor their peers, in turn developing the tutors' own teaching and leadership skills.[5]

The various departments in the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering have all been recognized nationally as outstanding programs and their facilities are a reflection of that fact. The college is housed in six halls situated on the west side of the Kansas State University campus in Manhattan, Kansas. This includes the following structures:

• Durland-Rathbone-Fiedler-Engineering Hall
  • Durland Hall - CHE
  • Engineering Hall - CS, ECE
  • Fiedler Hall - CE
  • Rathbone Hall - Main engineering, IMSE, MNE
• Ward Hall - MNE
• Seaton Hall - BAE, ARE/CNS

In addition to these buildings, several off-campus locations house experimentation labs and support facilities.

The Carl R. Ice College of Engineering emphasizes student development. Academics are important, but much learning takes place outside of the classroom.

More than 60 student organizations and competition teams are offered for those seeking to meet other students and apply skills learned in the classroom. Each of the eight college departments sponsor at least one club or organization. These include the Concrete Canoe Team, Steel Bridge Team, SAE Aero Design Team, Helwig Farms Quarter-Scale Tractor Team, Powercat Motorsports, SAE Baja Team and K-State Robotic Competition Team. The American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Engineering Ambassadors, Engineering Student Council, Society of Women Engineers (SWE), National Society of Black Engineers, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and Steel Ring Honorary Society represent college-wide organizations.[19]

K-State’s Carl R. Ice College of Engineering drives research- and innovation-related breakthroughs that change the world by investing in, promoting and advancing research in health, energy, infrastructure and information technology.

Faculty and staff currently collaborate with government and state agencies, industry and other educational partners to promote research, scholarly activities, engineering science and discovery. Faculty members are active in presenting and publishing their research activities, as well as advancing graduate and undergraduate students in technical skills of research.

K-State engineering has numerous research centers, groups, laboratories, institutes and programs, as well as ongoing multidisciplinary efforts within engineering, and among other colleges and universities around the world.[20]

• University of Kansas School of Engineering

• Official website