Since the mid-1990s, Pamplona, Spain, has focused on renewable energy – not as a suggestion, but as major public policy. According to the International Energy Agency, Spain is the world’s fourth-largest user of wind power. The Navarre region, of which Pamplona is the principal city, obtains more than 70% of its electricity from wind and [...]

College of Engineering alumni and administrators cut the ceremonial ribbon in the Joseph G. and Suzanne W. Teague Courtyard to present “Pathway of Innovation” a fundraising program sponsored by the University of Kentucky College of Engineering’s Alumni Association. Read more for more photos from Homecoming 2010

After two weeks of scrutineering, endless driving and hardly any sleep, the members of the UK Solar Car team are finally relaxing and enjoying the success as a result of their hard work. The team finished ninth overall in its second American Solar Challenge that ended this past Sunday. The car, Gato Del Sol IV, traveled [...]

The 2009 University of Kentucky Solar Car Team finished in second place in the Formula Sun Grand Prix at Motorsport Ranch in Cresson, Texas.

View more photos The University of Kentucky’s College of Engineering recognized 550 graduates in ceremonies Saturday, May 8, 2010 at Heritage Hall Center and East in Lexington. The college’s event followed UK’s 143rd commencement at Rupp Arena. The college awarded 389 B.S. degrees, 136 M.S. degrees, and 25 Ph.D. degrees in biomedical engineering; biosystems & [...]

U.S. Department of Energy awards nearly $2.5 million to support power engineering education and certification LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 26, 2010) – University of Kentucky has been awarded nearly $2.5 million by the U.S. Deptartment of Energy to help educate the next generation of power engineers, the specialists urgently needed to handle the technical challenges of [...]

The University of Kentucky announced the establishment of a $1.15 million fellowship program in engineering and medicine, the Halcomb Fellows program, made possible through a donation from alumni Dr. Joe and Joan Halcomb and matching funds by the UK Research Challenge Trust Fund.

Ralph G. Anderson, beloved husband of the late Ruth M. (nee Tucker), cherished father of Candace (Michael) McCaw, loving grandfather of Jason Michael, Matthew Jordan and Amanda Lauren McCaw. He is also survived by nieces Carrie Dean, Beverly Stratton and Virginia Kay Mayes. A private service and burial will be held for the family and [...]

During the course of E-day, a daylong celebration of everything engineering has to offer, the UK College of Engineering is transformed into an enormous science fair with the atmosphere of a carnival.

Engineering alum talks about Xbox 360, PS3 work LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 19, 2010) − In 2001, UK alum David Shippy was asked by IBM to head of a team of engineers developing a new microchip to power Sony’s planned PlayStation 3 game console. “I built a world-class design team,” he said, and for the next [...]