SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - KANSAS CITY
Division of Energy, Matter and Systems
Energy, Matter, and Systems (EMS) is the largest and most academically diverse division in the School of Science and Engineering (SSE). The Division includes the Faculties of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Mechanical Engineering (ME), Chemistry (CHEM), and Physics & Astronomy (P&A). EMS fosters cross-disciplinary collaborations in both research and education. It has been instrumental in the establishment and continued success of the Missouri Institute of Defense and Energy (MIDE), which has become one of the most successful platforms within the University of Missouri System for sponsored research and collaboration among academia, industry, and government agencies. EMS faculty led efforts to secure multidisciplinary projects and helped UMKC attain the Carnegie R1 status.
https://www.umkc.edu/research/r1.html
https://sse.umkc.edu/research/
The ECE programs in the EMS division have undergone exciting growth in recent years. In addition to the EAC-accredited BS, MS, and PhD programs, the Faculty of ECE plays a key role in several new interdisciplinary programs in Biomedical Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Sustainable Energy Technologies. The Faculty of ECE is highly active in research and holds the record for the most active research grants per tenure-system faculty on the UMKC Campus. In addition to single PI grants, the faculty of ECE also has collaborative projects with the Schools of Pharmacy, Medicine, and Dentistry, and with other STEM and non-STEM units across the campus and beyond. The existing ECE faculty carry out frontier research in Electromagnetics, Optical and Quantum Physics and Engineering, Semiconductors and Next-Generation Electronics, Internet of Things and Future of Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Electric Power, Renewable Energy, and Control Systems, Signals, Systems, and Communications, Bioelectronics and Intelligent Health Systems. https://sse.umkc.edu/academics/
The SSE recently added a new $40M, 58,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility to support multidisciplinary education, research, and economic development initiatives. Some of the key components of this new facility are NextGen Data Science and Analytics Innovation Center (dSAIC), Augmented and Virtual Reality Lab, Robotics Lab, Motion Capture Lab, UAV & Drone Lab, Innovation Studio & 3D Printing Lab, High-Performance Computing Lab and an Anechoic Chamber. https://sse.umkc.edu/
