The Engineering Alumni Association has scholarship and funding opportunities available for students meeting certain criteria. All submissions are due February 1, and should act soon if they qualify. The following outlines the criteria for each award. Alumni Leadership Scholarship 1. Student must have completed a minimum of 60 credit hours 2. Student must be [...]
According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, a headache is the most common neurological ailment in the United States. The second most common neurological ailment? Low back pain—a disorder Babak Bazrgari, Ph.D. and his Human Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Laboratory are researching within UK’s Center for Biomedical Engineering. Read Full Article
It is such a fantastic time when our students become graduates! The College of Engineering Alumni Association sponsors this reception with light refreshments on graduation day to support and celebrate with graduates and their families. 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Davis Marksbury Building Please R.S.V.P by Decemeber 10 to Melissa Lippert at 859-257-1280 or alumni@engr.uky.edu
As one of UK Paducah’s four chemical engineering professors, students expect to see Jim Smart hard at work in the classroom; yet, it’s understandable when they are surprised to see him sitting next to them as a student. Read Full Profile
Computer science is a dynamic field where, as Ken Calvert, Ph.D. and chair of the Department of Computer Science, states, “The only way to stay on the leading edge is to invent everything.” Consider that 10 years ago, Facebook, Twitter and iPhones didn’t exist and iPods and digital internet were just coming into play. Ten [...]
The University of Kentucky American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) student chapters recently attended the AIChE Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA (October 27 – November 2). Thirty undergraduates from Lexington attended this meeting and participated in a wide variety of conference events. Sixteen students representing the Paducah chapter also attended. The Lexington UK AIChE student [...]
Guoqiang Yu, an associate professor in the Center for Biomedical Engineering, has devoted years of research to developing novel diffuse optical devices that can noninvasively measure the blood flow, oxygenation and metabolic rate of a tumor. By placing a foam pad containing several optic fibers onto a patient’s neck to establish contact, doctors can learn [...]
Although born and raised in Lexington, Josiah Hanna never seriously considered obtaining an undergraduate education in computer science from the University of Kentucky. “I was actually determined to get away and see more of the country,” he laughs. “I didn’t even take a tour of the campus.” Yet there were compelling reasons for Josiah to [...]
Last updated: January 16, 2013