Jerry Moran Center to be dedicated at Wichita State
April 7, 2021
By WSU Strategic Communications
Contact: Lainie Mazzullo-Hart, director of news and media relations, 316-978-3409 or lainie.mazzullo@wichita.edu.
WHO: - U.S. Senator Jerry Moran - Dr. Rick Muma, interim president, Wichita State University - Tom Gentile, president and CEO, Spirit AeroSystems - Dr. John Tomblin, senior vice president for Industry and Defense Programs, Wichita
State University - Kansas Board of Regents representative
WHAT: - Official dedication of the Jerry Moran Center for Advanced Virtual Engineering and
Testing at Wichita State University
WHEN: 4 p.m. Thursday April 8 4-4:30 p.m. – Dedication ceremony 4:30-5 p.m. – Tour of building and media availability 4:30-5:30 p.m. – Reception
The media are invited to attend the dedication ceremony for the Jerry Moran Center
for Advanced Virtual Engineering and Testing on the campus of Wichita State University
at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 8, at 4720 E. 18th St.
The Jerry Moran Center houses Wichita State’s Crash Dynamics, Virtual Engineering,
Virtual Flight Testing and Building Blocks Laboratories, part of the National Institute
for Aviation Research.
All media are asked to RSVP prior to the event.
Wichita State University serves as the Kansas urban-based research university, enrolling
more than 15,000 students from every state in the U.S. and more than 100 countries.
Wichita State and WSU Tech are recognized for being student centered and innovation
driven.
Located in the largest city in the state with one of the highest concentrations in
the United States of jobs involving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM),
Wichita State University provides uniquely distinctive and innovative pathways of
applied learning, applied research and career opportunities for all of our students.
The Innovation Campus, which is a physical extension of the Wichita State University main campus, is one
of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing research/innovation parks, encompassing
over 120 acres and is home to a number of global companies and organizations.
