UK’s entry in the 2009 Solar Decathlon, s.ky blue finished 9th overall in the competition. Congratulations to all the team members and faculty advisors and thanks to all the sponsors!
University of Kentucky senior Samuel Nicaise was presented with a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) during a public presentation and ceremony, 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, in 230 Student Center, on the UK campus.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 6, 2009) − University of Kentucky President Lee T. Todd Jr. and lead donor Davis Marksbury today presided over groundbreaking ceremonies for a new $18.6 million building to house the second phase of the university's high-tech "Digital Village" concept. Follow the construction live.
Phase II of the Digital Village concept - an $18.6 million building to house high-technology research on visualization, computer science and electrical and computer engineering is scheduled to open in January 2011. This building will be a high-tech hub and center of innovation, creativity and discovery.
The University of Kentucky, headed by the College of Engineering and the College of Design is one of only 20 university-led teams in the world competing in the U.S. Department of Energy 2009 Solar Decathlon.
The 2009 University of Kentucky Solar Car Team finished in second place in the Formula Sun Grand Prix at Motorsport Ranch in Cresson, Texas.
Dr. John Balk, assistant professor, chemical and materials engineering was the recipient of one of the 2009 Provost's Outstanding Teaching Awards at UK.
Brent Seales, a University of Kentucky computer science professor, heads up the Enhanced Digital Unwrapping for Conservation and Exploration (EDUCE) project.