Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering

14 Faculty Named 2022-2023 University Research Professors

May 2, 2022, 7:43 AM

The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees approved 14 University Research Professorships for the 2022-23 academic year. Established by the Board of Trustees in 1976, the professorships program recognizes excellence across the full spectrum of research, scholarship and creative endeavors at UK.

Research Scholars Program for Inclusive Success Welcomes 2nd Cohort

Apr 29, 2022, 7:23 AM

The Research Scholars Program (RSP) aimed at ensuring diversity and inclusion in research by promoting faculty success welcomed its second cohort of six faculty from four UK colleges.

College of Education Professor Takes Covid-19 Research to Kentucky Schools

Apr 19, 2022, 7:07 AM

Since the early days of the pandemic, a group of UK faculty members have been collecting wastewater samples to test for COVID-19. They are now taking their work on the road in a white Ford van outfitted as a mobile wastewater testing facility.

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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UK Makes History With Successful Space Capsule Experiment

Mar 4, 2022, 7:15 AM

The Kentucky Re-Entry Probe Experiment (KREPE) successfully gathered heat shield data with capsules built by College of Engineering students and faculty, with funding from NASA and the NASA Kentucky Space Grant Consortium and EPSCoR Programs.

Women Making History Series Kicks Off with Isabel Escobar on ‘Behind the Blue’

Mar 1, 2022, 7:02 AM

Throughout March for Women’s History Month, UK shines a spotlight on Women Making History. The series kicks off with a podcast featuring Isabel Escobar, Ph.D., professor of chemical and materials engineering in the College of Engineering.

UK Honors 2022 Great Teacher Award Winners

Feb 24, 2022, 7:26 AM

Six University of Kentucky educators have been named 2022 Great Teachers by the University of Kentucky Alumni Association.

Disease Detectives Use Wastewater Testing to Monitor COVID Infection Trends

Feb 23, 2022, 7:09 AM

College of Medicine and College of Engineering researchers will be using a mobile lab to test wastewater in rural Kentucky for the presence of COVID-19.

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.

UK Senior Awarded Prestigious Brooke Owens Fellowship

Feb 10, 2022, 7:47 AM

Anna Compas, a Lexington senior studying mechanical engineering at the University of Kentucky, is the recipient of a Brooke Owens Fellowship.

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