Our collaborative, multidisciplinary environment combined with state-of-the-art laboratories facilitates superior research.
ITTC investigators have pioneered advances in bioinformatics, information technology, telecommunications, and radar systems
and remote sensing.
National and regional private and public groups have recognized the importance of research. The prestigious
Massachusetts Institute of Technology magazine, Technology Review, released its report on ten emerging technologies in
February 2006. ITTC is currently contributing fundamental research and development to four of the ten innovations highlighted
in that report.
According to the North Carolina Alliance for Competitive Technologies, "The states that make the best investment in
technology are going to be those who prosper in the 21st Century. Over the past 50 years, innovation has been
responsible for at least a quarter--and possibly as much as a half--of the nation's growth." Acknowledging the
importance of technology, the State of Kansas is investing more than $580 million to make Kansas a center for bioscience
research, innovation and commercialization. ITTC research serves as the foundation upon which a diversified Kansas
economy will be built.
As the KTEC Center of Excellence for information technologies in the state of Kansas, ITTC proudly assists Kansas companies
with their technology needs. ITTC's Office of Applied Technology transfers technologies through sponsored research,
license agreements, and spin out companies.
Research Benefits
Under the direction of principal investigators, ITTC students gain hands-on research experience and solve real-world problems.
Our students' hard work will be handsomely rewarded, according to CNN Money.com. The Web site named software engineering as
the "Best Job in America," in April 2006. Other ITTC specialties were listed throughout their Top 50 list.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has determined that every $1 million spent in university research creates about 40 new jobs
within the state. Many ITTC engineers and scientists who graduated from KU stay in Kansas to improve and develop
high-technology companies.
