PADUCAH, KY (5/14/12) – Change is a good thing according to Dr. William Murphy, the founding director of the University of Kentucky’s College of Engineering in Paducah.
Murphy, who was hired in 1998 to lead the newly formed program, is stepping down as director, effective July 1, 2012. The university is in the process of establishing his replacement, though no formal announcements have yet been made. Though Murphy is stepping down as director of the program, he will continue to teach at the college as a professor in mechanical engineering.