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Engineering tomorrow: Morris’ path in STEM, passion for mentoring the next generation

Ashley Morris, a principal research engineer at the UK Center for Applied Energy Research and part of the Carbon Materials Research Group, is among a new generation of women engineers who are paving the way for women in science.

Coal to critical elements: $5 million DOE award propels UK’s refined materials work

A team of engineers at UK, in collaboration with researchers at other universities, will work on a system to transform coal into high-value materials.

CAER’s Weisenberger named Graffin Lecturer

Matthew Weisenberger, associate director of the Carbon Materials Research Group at the UK Center for Applied Energy Research, has been named the American Carbon Society’s 2024 Graffin Lecturer.

UK’s CAER empowers student researcher through experiential learning

Kara Bracken, a North Carolina State University chemical engineering major, spent the summer at CAER doing hands-on research.

2024 Kentucky Innovator Challenge to focus on materials, health care, circular economy

The second annual Kentucky Innovator Challenge will take place on Thursday, April 11 starting at 8:30 a.m. in Ballrooms 212 A&B in the Gatton Student Center.

CAER seeks to utilize carbon dioxide in creating next-generation cements, concrete

Researchers from UK's Center for Applied Energy Research are exploring a new way to utilize CO2 to improve the performance of cement and concrete, seeking more environmentally friendly solutions.

UK researchers develop novel method to turn coal waste into carbon fiber

Researchers at the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) have developed a method to turn Kentucky waste coal into valuable carbon products.

Discussing materials science in ‘Research Made Possible’

Alicia Gregory, director of Research Communications, sits down with four UK leaders to learn more about the recently announced eighth Research Priority Area in Materials Science and its connection to the Chips and Science Act of 2022.

LG&E and KU, EPRI, UK Engineering begin industry-leading research

Groundbreaking energy research that could lead to the first-of-its-kind deployment of carbon capture technology at a natural gas combined-cycle power plant is underway in Kentucky.

CAER, ORNL Research Partnership to Turn Coal Into High-value Carbon Fiber

Coal-to-carbon fiber research shows great promise to positively impact the nation’s sluggish coal industry. In 2019, U.S. coal production, consumption and employment reached their lowest levels in 40 years.

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