Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering

Provost IMPACT Awards fund 8 projects to advance education, research, service and care

Nov 15, 2023, 7:26 AM

The University of Kentucky Office of the Provost has funded eight transformative projects, supporting an inaugural cohort of IMPACT Award recipients.

UK bioengineer designs tools to improve treatment for head and neck cancer

Nov 15, 2023, 7:22 AM

One University of Kentucky researcher is working to develop new techniques for radiation treatment to improve survival rates of patients with a specific type of cancer.

Paterson paper advances organic electronics field

Nov 6, 2023, 7:10 AM

A new paper published in Nature Materials from Alexandra F. Paterson’s organic electronics group challenges traditional practices in organic electronics.

10 students selected as 5-Minute Fast Track research finalists

Oct 25, 2023, 7:05 AM

The Office of Undergraduate Research is proud to announce the fifth annual 5-Minute Fast Track student research competition finalists.

UK, partners awarded $12 million to advance biomedical innovation, entrepreneurship

Oct 13, 2023, 7:34 AM

UK and its partners at four other institutions have been awarded $12 million from the National Institutes of Health to launch a new hub focused on accelerating real-world impact of biomedical innovations through education, mentorship and financial support.

Discovery made from within 2,000 year-old Herculaneum scrolls

Oct 13, 2023, 7:15 AM

Brent Seales, computer science professor at the UK, (in partnership with EduceLab, the Library of the Institut de France and founders of the Vesuvius Challenge), presented a monumental breakthrough: for the first time in more than 2,000 years, text has been read from part of the still-closed Herculaneum scrolls.

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New UK startup seeks to turn US trash into Kentucky treasure

Sep 14, 2023, 7:23 AM

Three researchers at the University of Kentucky have launched an ambitious new startup company they hope will build upon Kentucky’s proud energy legacy.

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Herculaneum scrolls: A 20-year journey to read the unreadable

Aug 24, 2023, 7:09 AM

Restoring an ancient library from the ashes of Mount Vesuvius is now closer to reality. To highlight the progress, this is the first in a four-video series featuring Brent Seales, UK Alumni Professor in the Department of Computer Science and his Digital Restoration Initiative team.

Discussing materials science in ‘Research Made Possible’

Aug 7, 2023, 7:19 AM

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.

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NSF CAREER Award advancing UK researcher’s work integrating AI in manufacturing

Aug 7, 2023, 7:10 AM

Edward Wang, Ph.D., will work to develop the first large-scale generalizable machine learning model specifically tailored for manufacturing applications, like welding, similar to how ChatGPT processes language.

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