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UK Partners With NASA to Help Launch $15 Million Space Technology Research Institute

Jun 2, 2021, 8:27 AM

Researchers at the University of Kentucky are working with NASA to advance key technologies for exploring the moon, Mars and beyond.

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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Recognizes 15 UK Students, Alums

May 10, 2021, 8:09 AM

Recipients will receive a three-year annual stipend for a research-based master's or doctoral degree in a STEM-related field.

CAER Grant Uses Acoustic Technology to Reduce CO2 Capture Cost

May 10, 2021, 8:03 AM

The project will build upon the Center for Applied Energy Research’s world-renowned carbon dioxide capture research.

UK’s Bhattacharyya Wins SEC Faculty Achievement Award

Mar 30, 2021, 8:26 AM

Bhattacharyya has been a fixture in UK Engineering for more than 50 years and is renowned for his research, which focuses on incorporating life sciences materials with synthetic membranes for filtering and producing clean water. As the director of UK’s Center of Membrane Sciences, he is also contributing his decades of expertise to help address the spread of COVID-19.

UK, Lexmark Collaboration to Boost Innovation, Economic Development; New Scholarship Program to Support Underrepresented Students

Mar 22, 2021, 9:24 AM

The University of Kentucky and Lexmark International are embarking on the next chapter in their longstanding partnership through a new agreement designed to accelerate innovation and spur economic growth.

CAER Program to Create High-performance Concrete for U.S. Military

Jan 22, 2021, 8:54 AM

The CAER project seeks to solve both of those issues through the development of new high-strength, high-bond cements and concretes that are simple to deploy and use. These products will require little or no surface preparation and eliminate the heavy precast reinforcement-laden structural elements that bog down repair and construction projects.

UK Professor Part of NASA Teleconference on Next Space Station Resupply Mission

Nov 19, 2020, 8:26 AM

"Our research is devoted to resolving the damage that might be caused by micrometeoroids or space dust. We are trying to determine whether we can use the old technology called ‘brazing’ to execute the process in real-time."

Himanshu Thapliyal Ranked among the Top 50 Scientists in his Field

Nov 18, 2020, 8:29 AM

Himanshu Thapliyal, associate professor and Endowed Robley D. Evans Faculty Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been ranked in the top 50 among scientists throughout the world in the field of Computer Hardware & Architecture.

UK Researchers Collaborate on NSF Project to Reimagine the Internet on Global Scale

Nov 5, 2020, 11:04 AM

A new $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will expand FABRIC, a project to build the nation’s largest cyberinfrastructure testbed, to four distinguished scientific institutions in Asia and Europe.

UK Senior Skyler Hornback Named Astronaut Scholar

Oct 7, 2020, 8:28 AM

Since arriving at UK, Hornback has participated in UK Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering’s research on “smart” polymeric sorbents for PFAS removal from contaminated water systems under the leadership of J. Zach Hilt, Gill Eminent Professor of Chemical Engineering.

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