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Military career opens doors for Eastern Kentucky engineering student

Nov 11, 2022, 6:49 AM

College of Engineering senior Donovan Dye's extraordinary journey from Floyd County to the Air Force National Guard to the labs of the Center for Applied Energy Research.

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Abstract submission, registration open for UK’s 2022 Food, Energy and Water Symposium

Nov 4, 2022, 7:01 AM

Leaders will present and discuss their work on the interconnected research fields at the symposium on Dec. 8. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Jacobs Science Building.

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UK Hosts Inaugural GEN-EV Race at Kroger Field

Jun 9, 2022, 7:16 AM

Elementary school students descended upon Kroger Field to take part in the first-ever GEN-EV electric car race, a STEM-based activity that helps to develop engineering and team skills by allowing students to design, construct, and competitively race a one-person electric vehicle.

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UK Research Project Seeks to Capture CO2 and Produce Hydrogen

Jun 2, 2022, 7:29 AM

UK has received $2.4 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory to develop a cost-effective system that will capture carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen at natural gas combined cycle power plants.

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UK, Nucor Steel Gallatin Partnering on Unique CO2 Capture Project

May 5, 2022, 7:19 AM

UK's College of Engineering and Center for Applied Energy Research have received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to capture carbon dioxide at a low concentration from the Nucor Steel Gallatin process flue gas stream.

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2 Outstanding Undergraduates Selected for UK’s Beckman Scholars SUCCESS Program

Apr 19, 2022, 7:00 AM

Elaf Ghoneim, a neuroscience major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Lewis Honors College, and Parker Sornberger, a mathematics and chemistry major in the College of Arts and Sciences — will each begin their independent, laboratory research this summer.

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Novel Funding Model Provides CAER Researchers Support to Produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Mar 21, 2022, 6:52 AM

Researchers at the Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) recently received funding from OUR&D seeking to supplement current research on sustainable aviation fuel.

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Kentucky Geological Survey, Energy and Environment Cabinet Announce Project to Measure Methane Emissions

Feb 22, 2022, 6:48 AM

The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet and the Kentucky Geological Survey at the University of Kentucky have announced a collaborative project focused on mine methane (CH4) emissions in the state.

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Unique Public-Private Research Consortium Established CAER as CO2 Capture Pioneers

Jan 12, 2022, 7:07 AM

Researchers have led changes in global industrial processes and scientific breakthroughs that are changing Kentucky’s and the world’s economy.

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Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Virtual Museum Now Available

Nov 4, 2021, 6:59 AM

The museum focuses on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant and was developed in collaboration with the Center for Applied Energy Research’s Kentucky Research Consortium for Energy and Environment.

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