Mechanical Engineering News
The Solar Car will be part of Karl Shannon's Eighth Annual Cruisin' for St. Jude Car Show on Saturday. September 20th.
The Solar Car is scheduled to make an appearance at the State of the University address, Thursday, September 18th in the Patterson Office Tower Plaza. The event begins at 11:30 a.m.
Faculty Openings - Fall 2009
The Solar Car Team reached its goals of qualifying for and completing the North American Solar Challenge, a 2,400-mile race from Plano, Texas to Calgary, Alberta. The UK team finished 11th.
(Statement from Team Advisor, Dr. Scott Stephens)
(Courier-Jounal feature)
(7/17/08 Article - Solar Powered Cars Storm Sioux Falls)
(CNN coverage of race)
Call for Proposals: Capstone Design Projects
The Paducah Baja team competed in the SAE Collegiate Design Series at Tennessee Tech, May 1-3, 2008.
(more)
The latest model of the UK Solar Car, Gato del Sol III, was unveiled Wednesday, May 21st.
A UK team and Gato del Sol III will compete in the 2008 North American Solar Challenge (NASC2008), a competition to design, build, and drive solar-powered cars in a cross-country time/distance rally event.
(news coverage)
The College of Engineering Commencement was held on Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 4:30 in Heritage Hall.
Congratulations to Dr. Suzanne Weaver Smith who received the Lutes Award for Outstanding Teaching in the College of Engineering.
Congratulations to mechanical engineering B.S. graduate, James Briscoe, on a successful engagement proposal during the ceremony.
U.S. News and World Report ranked UK's mechanical engineering graduate program 38th among all public mechanical engineering graduate programs in 2008 (66th among all mechanical engineering graduate programs).
(rankings)
Congratulations to the following mechanical engineering faculty and students who were honored at the College of Engineering Awards Banquet on April 15th:
Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Engineering Professor Award - Suzanne Smith
Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Faculty Award - Tim Wu
Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Sophomore Award - Lucas Wilkerson
Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Junior Award - Stephanie NeCamp
Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Senior Award - Umut Ulun
ASME Bluegrass Section Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Scholar Awards - Trey Gilliam, Katherine Kahmann and Jonathan Puckett
Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Award - Katherine Warren
Center for Visualization: IR4TD: From PTC to Present, a documentary on the new Institute for Research for Technology Developement, will air on the Research Channel (Insight Channel 16 in Lexington) on February 27th at 4:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
UK is one of only 20 university-led teams from around the world selected to compete in the United States Department of Energy (DOE) 2009 Solar Decathlon. Senior mechanical engineering undergraduate students are members of this team.
(story)
Departmental newsletter -- Fall 2007
Flying on Air: The Science of Inflatable Wings, a documentary on the BIG BLUE project, aired on KET1 Sunday, August 19th, at 10:30 p.m. and will air again on Sunday, August 26th at 4:30 a.m.
The Discovery Channel visited UK on June 20th to film material for their upcoming fall season, which will feature the BIG BLUE project.
(story)
New Aerospace Certificate Option in Engineering
For more details, contact Dr. Suzanne Smith.
Application Form
Toyota gives $1 Million to support the Institute of Research for Technology Development (IR4TD).
Professors Lou Brock, Alan Male, Andy Seybert and Kaveh Tagavi serve the departmental advisory committee for the Institute.
(Video news release)
(UK press release)
(photos from news conference)
Major Enhancements in Undergraduate Experimentation Lab Facilities in ME
