 Towards a Higher Purpose
The severe drought that affected much of the southeastern United States in 1999 had a devastating impact on the region's economy resulting in billions of dollars of losses. Kentucky was particularly hit hard by this drought. The drought and the subsequent increased awareness about water resources coincided with an ongoing debate in central Kentucky about the best way to provide an adequate water supply into the next century for this region.
Dr. Lindell Ormsbee proved a valuable resource in this debate in helping all sides better understand the problem and possible solutions.
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Administrative Appointments
Dr. Richard Gates has been appointed chair of the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering effective April 1, 2002.
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New Employees
Kelly Shaw, mining engineering, has joined the Department of Mining Engineering as a Staff Support Associate.
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Awards and Honors
Dr. Kimberly Anderson Receives Holmes Award
Dr. Kimberly Anderson, professor of chemical and materials engineering, is the recipient of the 2002 Sarah Bennett Holmes Award from the UK Women's Forum. Dr. Anderson received the award at a luncheon held in honor of the 2002 nominees on April 10.
The award, named after former Dean of Women Sarah Bennett Holmes, is granted annually to a woman working at the University who promotes the growth and well being of other women not only at UK but throughout the Commonwealth.
Dr. Don Colliver Named Chairman of 2003 National Engineers Week
Dr. Donald Colliver, biosystems and agricultural engineering, has been named Chairman of 2003 National Engineering Week to be held February 16-22, 2003.
Dr. Dayong Gao Receives Honored by the People's Republic of China
Dr. Dayong Gao, associate professor of mechanical engineering, has received two separate honors from the People's Republic of China.
Dr. Andrew Klapper Named University Research Professor
Dr. Andrew Klapper, professor of computer science, has been awarded a University Research Professorship for the 2002-2003 year.
Taunya Phillips Honored by Black Student Union
Taunya Phillips, director of the Minority Engineering Program and instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was a multiple award winner at the Black Student Unions Awards Banquet held April 17.
Dr. Scott Yost Receives ASEE-SE Evans Award
Dr. Scott Yost, associate professor of civil engineering, has received the American Society of Engineering Education Southeastern Section's Thomas Evans Instructional Unit Award for 2002.
Students and Faculty Honored at Engineering Awards Banquet
Students and faculty alike were recognized for their many accomplishments at the College of Engineering's annual awards banquet held April 9. The event was sponsored by the College's eight honor societies.
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Presentations
Dr. Jose Bicudo, biosystems and agricultural engineering, presented the talk "Manure odor management and control" in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, March 25, 2002.
Dr. Kevin Donohue, electrical and computer engineering, presented the paper "Wavelet Analysis of Print Defects,"
Drs. Judy Goldsmith and Alex Dekhtyar, will present the paper "POET, The Online Preference Elicitation Tool"
Dr. J. Robert Heath, electrical and computer engineering, presented the paper "A Methodology for and Experiences with Behavioral-Level-Only HDL Code Capture, FPGA Prototype Synthesis, and Verification of Correct Synthesis of a Pipelined Architecture Processor"
Sha Zhang, mechanical engineering graduate student, presented two papers at the 2002 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute
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Research
Dr. Robert Adams, electrical and computer engineering, has received funding for his project "Proposal for the Development of a Fast Matrix Inversion Algorithm for EIGER"
Ken Agent, Kentucky Transportation Center, is the principal investigator on a project investigating "Safety Belt and Child Safety Seat Survey" from the Kentucky Department of State Police.
Dr. John Baker, mechanical engineering - Paducah Program, has received an ASEE NASA Fellowship to spend the summer conducting research at NASA's Langley Research Facility.
Dr. Vincent Capece, mechanical engineering - Paducah Program, will conduct research on the topic of "Unsteady Aerodynamic Response of a Linear Cascade of Airfoils in Separated Flow"
Dr. George Huang, mechanical engineering, is the principal investigator on a grant from NASA to study "Modeling, Validation and Implementation of Turbulence Models for 21st Century Aircraft".
Dr. Rhonda Lee, chemical engineering - Paducah Program, has received an ASEE/NASA Faculty Fellowship for Summer 2002.
Dr. Jack Leifer, mechanical engineering - Paducah Program, has received an ASEE/NASA Faculty Fellowship for summer 2002.
Dr. Pinar Menguc, mechanical engineering, has received funding from Synergetic Technologies, Inc. for his proposal "On Line, Nondestructive, Rapid Characterization of Nanopowders and Agglomerates".
Drs. Tim Stombaugh, Scott Shearer, and colleagues received 5 extramural grants from a program entitled: "Precision Agriculture: Development and Assessment of Integrated Practices for Kentucky Producers - Phase III".
Dr. Jun Zhang, computer science, has received funding for this research project "ALGORITHMS: New Concept and Parallel Algorithms for Robust Preconditioning in Large Scale Parallel Matrix Computation"
Bhattacharyya PI on First Research Grant Teaming Nanotechnology and Environmental Problems
Dr. D. B. Bhattcharyya, chemical and materials engineering, is the principal investigator on a research grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA-STAR program to study the use of nanosized in the destruction of hazardous organics. This marked the first time US EPA had solicited proposals for nanotechnology research related to environmental problems.
CFFS Research Featured in Today's Chemist
An article highlighting research conducted by Drs. Gerald Huffman, Frank Huggins, Naresh Shah and the team in the Consortium of Fossil Fuel Science recently appeared in the February 2002 issue of Today's Chemist.
KTC Leads Research in Infrastructure Planning
Dr. Ted Grossardt
The Policy and Systems Analysis Division of the Kentucky Transportation Center is leading a new research area in Structured Public Involvement (SPI) in infrastructure planning.
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Professional Service
Dr. Dayong Gao, mechanical engineering, has been appointed as Editor of the Preservation Engineering Section, Journal of Cell Preservation Technology and as a member of Editorial Board of the Journal of CRYOLETTERS.
Dr. Jerzy Jaromczyk, computer science, serves as Co-chair of the 18th European Workshop on Computational Geometry, Warsaw, Poland, April 10-12, 2002.
Dr. Sue Nokes, biosystems and agricultural engineering, served as a panel reviewer on the US Department of Agriculture's National Research Initiative.
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Educational Outreach
Dr. Janet Lumpp, electrical and computer engineering, visited West Jessamine Middle School, Nicholasville, Kentucky April 8 - 12 to instruct approximately 40 students on how to build circuits.
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Student News and Activities
Jamie Belt Wins Honors as AIAA-Paducah Attend Region III Conference
The student section of AIAA-Paducah (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) attended the AIAA Region III Student Conference sponsored by the University of Cincinnati on April 5-6.
Jamie Belt, a senior in Mechanical Engineering at the College of Engineering Extended Campus Program in Paducah, won second place for his paper
Jeni McDowell Receives ASME Leadership Award
Jeni Dowell, mechanical engineering senior - Paducah program, was one of only two students in American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Region VI awarded a Student Leadership Award. A total of 22 colleges and universities make up ASME Region VI.
Latasha Jones and Janelle Merritt Honored by Black Student Union
Two of the College of Engineering's outstanding students were honored by the UK Black Student Union at its annual awards banquet held April 17.
Latasha Jones, chemical engineering, was named UK's Outstanding African American Freshman. Janelle Merritt, mechanical engineering, received the Doris Wilkinson Award for Outstanding African American Junior.
Jessica Walker, Karla Conn and IEEE Software Team Garner Awards at Southeastcon 02
Members of the UK chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) made another spectacular showing at the IEEE Southeastcon 02.
Lindsay Caldwell Named First Nichols Fellow
Lindsay Caldwell, civil engineering graduate student, is the first recipient of the Gerald L. Nichols Fellowship for graduate study in civil engineering.
Two Engineering Seniors Awarded NSF Graduate Fellowships
Two accomplished University of Kentucky seniors have been named National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellows for 2002. Both hail from the College of Engineering. They are: Stephen Lindeman, electrical and computer engineering and Galen Rasche, electrical and computer engineering.
Chemical Engineering Seniors Named Wethington Fellows
Collin Moore and Philip Elswick, chemical engineering seniors, have each been awarded a Charles T. Wethington Jr.
AIChE Students Winners in Regional Paper Contests
Students from UK's student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), both Lexington and Paducah, attended the 2002 AIChE Southern Regional Conference April 4-6 hosted by the University of Puerto Rico at San Juan.
AIChE-Paducah Students Winners in Regional Chem-E-Car and Poster Competition
The AIChE students from Paducah won several honors in the Chem-E-Car Competition held at the AIChE Southern Regional Conference in Puerto Rico. The Chem-E-Car is the chemical engineering analog to the civil "concrete canoe". Thirty-one schools were eligible to compete in the Southern Region competition.
ASCE Hosts Ethics Panel Discussion
The UK chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recently teamed with the ASCE Bluegrass Branch to host "Engineering Ethics: The Professional Challenge".
IMAPS to Attend Vendor's Day and Symposium
Members of the UK chapter of IMAPS (International Society of Hybrid Microelectronics) traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana on April 22 for the day to attend, exhibit and speak at the Indiana IMAPS/SMTA Vendor's Day and Mini Symposium.
Mechanical Engineering Design Team Pitches a Shutout
A team of mechanical engineering seniors shut out competition from 34 engineering schools from across the Midwest region to win first place at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Regional Design Competition held March 16 in Evansville, Indiana. Teams from engineering schools from Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Kentucky fielded teams.
SAE Formula Car Team Gearing Up For Competition
Members of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) are have come out of curve four and are nearing the finish live in preparation for the 2002 Formula SAE Competition set for May 15 - 19 at the Pontiac Silverdome.
SWE-Paducah Hosts SWE Past-President Gail Mattson
UK SWE-Paducah hosted a visit by Gail Mattson, FY01 SWE National President on April 18, 2002.
Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honors Issac Gilliam, Belcan Corporation
The Gamma Chapter of Upsilon Pi Epsilon, International Honor Society for Computing Science at the University of Kentucky, recently held its new member initiation ceremony.
At the ceremony, the group honored Isaac W. Gilliam, AIA, Belcan Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio,
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Miscellaneous
ECE Day Held
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering held its first-ever ECE Day, April 26. The day is billed as a way to introduce those outside the department to the many activities currently underway as well as to its wide range of facilities.
KTC to Establish Academy for Community Transportation Innovation
Don Hartman
The University of Kentucky Transportation Center received a $1.8 million federal grant through the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to establish an Academy for Community Transportation Innovation.
Jason Wu Wins State MATHCOUNTS Competition
Jason Wu, son of mechanical engineering professor Dr. Tingwen Wu and his wife Yufen Chen, won first place in the Kentucky's MATHCOUNTS Competition held March 16 in Louisville.
Seven Inducted into Engineering Hall of Distinction
The 10th anniversary of the Engineering Hall of Distinction was celebrated on April 12 with the induction of seven new members.
Center for Micro-Magnetic and Electronic Devices Holds Open House
Center for Micro-Magnetic and Electronic Devices (CMMED) held its first open house April 17 in its facilities in the Advanced Science and Technology Commercialization Center (ASTeCC).
CMMED Plans New Course in Micro-fabrication and MEMS
The faculty and staff of the Center for Micro-Magnetic and Electronic Devices (CMMED) are designing a new course on Micro-Electro-Mechanical systems (MEMS).
Civil Engineering Holds Awards Banquet
The Department of Civil Engineering's annual awards banquet was held Saturday, April 27. The banquet honors the recipients of both the Construction Management Founders Society Lifetime Achievement Award and the Civil Engineering Career Achievement Award.
College Teams with WritePlace
William H. McCann
To help assure that graduates of the UK College of Engineering have writing abilities equal to those of their engineering skills, the College has teamed up with the WritePlace, the commonwealthfs online writing center, to develop a technical communication website and to provide online writing tutoring for engineering students.
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