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YuMing Zhang honored as a 2023-24 University Research Professor

June 14, 2023

YuMing Zhang, Ph.D., James Boyd Professor in Electrical Engineering and UK Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering director of International Partnerships, is one of 16 University Research Professors for 2023-24. 

Peng Wang Receives NSF CAREER Award

May 15, 2023

The CAREER Award is one of the "most prestigious awards in support of the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of their organization's mission," according to the NSF.

YuMing Zhang Named IEEE Fellow for Robotics and Automations Research

December 08, 2022

YuMing Zhang, James R. Boyd Professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky, has been named a 2023 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow.

I. S. Jawahir Awarded the 2022 Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal

May 18, 2022

The SME Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal honors significant published research leading to a better understanding of materials, facilities, principles, operations and their application to improve manufacturing processes. Each year since 1957, one researcher is selected for this award.

Two UK Engineering Professors Receive NSF CAREER Awards

May 09, 2022

The CAREER Award is one of the "most prestigious awards in support of the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of their organization's mission," according to the NSF.

Julius Schoop Receives NSF CAREER Award

April 28, 2022

Schoop received the award for his project titled “CAREER: Thermomechanical Response and Fatigue Performance of Surface Layers Engineered by Finish Machining: In-situ Characterization and Digital Process Twin” The project will award $507,288 over five years.

UK, UT-Knoxville, Army Collaborating on $50 Million Project to Advance US Manufacturing

July 26, 2021

Under this three-way partnership, UK’s project will receive approximately $23.8 million from the U.S. Department of Defense

Peng Wang Awarded NSF Funding to Research Machine Tool Anomaly Detection

August 25, 2020

I. S. Jawahir in the Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing and the Department of Mechanical Engineering is Co-PI.

YuMing Zhang Receives New NSF Grant for Intelligent Co-Robotic Welding

August 25, 2020

Peng Wang, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, will serve as co-PI.

ISM Wins Environmental Sustainability Award

February 05, 2020

The Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing has been selected as a Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center (KPPC) Douglas C. Griffin Environmental Sustainability Award winner for 2019.