Integrated Sensing Architectures - NSF funded under the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) program.

This program focuses on the design and development of integrated sensing architectures and systems. Many laboratories within various colleges at the University of Kentucky are conducting extensive research into chemical sensors and related chemical sensing problems with significant collaborative efforts established among these groups. The IGERT program is focused on cross-disciplinary training for our graduate students across laboratories, disciplines, and colleges; it promises a world class, broad educational experience for Ph.D. students in a critical area of science and engineering.

The IGERT student participants will acquire broad knowledge and experience in the science and technology associated with sensing systems as well as a variety of industry-relevant skills to improve their marketability in an increasingly interdisciplinary job market. The educational component of the IGERT program includes: (1) interdisciplinary seminar series, (2) visits by industrial scientists, (3) cross-disciplinary courses/workshops, (4) problem-based learning, (5) team-work skills, and (6) industrial/governmental laboratory internships.

To achieve this cross-disciplinary training the students will perform research that will be jointly supervised by more than one of the faculty participants. The IGERT Fellows will receive research and teaching experiences in modern science and engineering at the graduate level by using state-of-the-art equipment and technologies. These experiences should enhance the training of the students for a broad spectrum of academic and industrial careers not only in chemical sensing technology, but also in other inter- and cross-disciplinary areas. In this program, students do more than learn equations or theories from three different departments (electrical engineering, chemical and chemistry); rather, students experience three major areas of science and engineering through their research, through the classroom, through their peers, and through their advisors.

The participating faculty are members of the Departments of Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, and Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Kentucky. The Fellowships are limited to U.S. citizens or permanant residents, $18,000⁺/year for three years with a full tuition waiver. For further information please contact Dr. Stephen Gedney at: gedney@engr.uky.edu.