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Frazar Receives the Karen Wetterhahn Memorial Award for Scientific Excellence

The award recognizes one outstanding graduate student or postdoctoral researcher who exemplifies qualities of scientific excellence.

UK Awarded $14 Million NSF Grant to Launch World-Class Cultural Heritage Lab

Using NSF funding, Brent Seales has gathered a team of experts from UK's College of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences to build EduceLab — UK’s vision for next-generation heritage science.

CAER Director Chairs National Report on Coal-Derived Products

Center for Applied Energy Research Director Rodney Andrews is chair of a new report by the National Coal Council, highlighting advanced markets for coal-derived products.

CAER Project Seeks to Capture Carbon Directly From the Atmosphere

The Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) received $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory for development of new carbon capturing technology.

10 UK Doctoral, Postdoctoral Researchers Named SEC Emerging Scholars

The program provides professional development and networking opportunities for current doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers considering careers in higher education.

UK Engineering Launches New Aerospace Engineering Degree Programs

Housed in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the degree pathways will foster research through collaborations between UK and the local aerospace industry.

LG&E and KU, UK CAER Collaborate to Create Net-Negative CO2 Emissions

The Center for Applied Energy Research has launched an innovative partnership to study capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at natural gas combined cycle power plants.

UK Solar Car Team Wins Formula Sun Grand Prix

The independent, student-led organization that designs, builds, and races solar electric vehicles won the first national competition in its 22-year history earlier this month in Topeka, Kansas.

UK Students Construct Capsules for NASA, Send Them to International Space Station

The project continues UK's commitment to producing the next generation of aerospace engineers at NASA, and UK College of Engineering's contributions to space exploration.

UK, Fayette County Schools' STEM Pipeline Program

As summer camp season wraps up and a new school year begins, this “Research Made Possible” podcast shares how University of Kentucky researchers across campus are targeting science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education.