The Department is currently accepting applications for the position of Lecturer in Materials Engineering. The deadline for receipt of applications is March 1, 2013. For more information, please see the full announcement
The Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering held the 4th Annual Graduate Student Poster Competition on Friday, September 28, 2012 in the Ralph G. Anderson Student Commons. The event was organized by the Chemical and Materials Engineering Graduate Student Association (CMEGSA) and sponsored by Eastman Chemical Company. A record 31 graduate students presented posters on [...]
Yunchao Li began his undergraduate engineering education at the China University of Mining and Technology. It was not unusual, he says, for the smallest class size at the renowned institution to be around 100 students. Imagine his surprise when he transferred to the University of Kentucky and began taking materials science and engineering classes. “I [...]
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 25, 2012) — The University of Kentucky College of Engineering and College of Pharmacy are pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel W. Pack as the inaugural Ashland, Inc. Chair in Chemical Engineering. Pack, who is currently professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will hold appointments [...]
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center hosted its annual Markey Cancer Center Research Day on May 16, 2012. This annual event celebrates the advances of cancer research on the University of Kentucky campus with distinguished speakers, oral and poster presentations. Read full article
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In Dr. Y.T. Cheng’s first floor Anderson Tower office, shelves of books adorn nearly the entire length of two walls. They are books one would expect to find in a typical material engineering professor’s office; books on physics, chemistry, mechanics, mathematics and, of course, materials science and engineering. So what is he reading at this [...]
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 17, 2012) — Two University of Kentucky students have been recognized by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program for 2012. Sophomore Josiah Hanna, of Lexington, and junior David Spencer, of Paducah, Ky., received honorable mention recognition from the scholarship program. Read Full article on UKNow
Listed below are the winners from the 46th Tau Beta Pi Awards Banquet, held April 10, 2012. Check out the photo gallery of the event.
University of Kentucky chemical engineering students representing the Lexington and Paducah student chapters of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) were again prominent at the annual AIChE Southern Regional Student Conference. Twenty-eight students from Lexington and sixteen students from the extended campus program in Paducah participated in the conference that was held March 30th [...]