Isaac Fedyniak, a member of the growing engineering team at Big Ass Fans, has been named to Consulting-Specifying Engineer’s 2013 40 Under 40 Award. This exclusive list is published annually, recognizing building industry professionals age 40 and younger who stand out in all aspects of their lives. Fedyniak, who recently began developing a new Building [...]
John Walz, dean of the University of Kentucky College of Engineering, has announced the winners of the inaugural Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Research and Service. The Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research recognizes and rewards outstanding research accomplishments of lasting impact on engineering and computer science and the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service [...]
The annual Tau Beta Pi Awards Banquet was held April 16 in the Student Center Ballroom on the University of Kentucky campus. The keynote speaker was alumnus Steve Polston, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and enjoyed a diverse career in the nuclear energy, manufacturing and computing systems industries. Tau Beta Pi [...]
The University of Kentucky Office of the Provost has announced that Judy Goldsmith, professor in the Department of Computer Science, Jeffrey Ashley, Jr., lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Radu “Paul” Mihail, teaching assistant in the Department of Computer Science, will each receive a Provost’s Award for Outstanding Teaching. The awards [...]
Mr. WeiJie Zhang, an electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. student in the Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing’s welding research laboratory, has won the 2013 Henry Granjon Prize in “Category D – Human Related Subjects.” The award was given by the International Institute of Welding (IIW) in recognition of Zhang’s paper “Modeling of Human Welder Behavior.” Henry [...]
According to Dr. Vijay Singh, engineering and poetry are more similar than most would think. Dr. Singh is a UK professor of electrical and computer engineering, Earl Robinson Parkinson Chair of the College of Engineering and director of the UK Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CeNSE). He is also a pioneer in the world of [...]
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 13, 2012) — Five University of Kentucky students have been awarded scholarships administered by the Institute of International Education to support their study abroad goals. Read Full Article on UKnow
On November 10, the University of Kentucky College of Engineering and the Girl Scouts hosted the eighth annual Girls in Engineering, Math & Science (GEMS) event. The collaborative effort was once again a huge success, attracting 250 grade school and middle school girls from central and eastern Kentucky. “I am grateful to our faculty volunteers [...]
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) student branch participated in the global IEEE Xtreme 24-Hour Programming Competition on October 21-22. Eight UK teams of three students each competed in the event and one UK team placed 31st out of over 1,500 teams. IEEE UK Student Branch Counselor Regina Hannemann was pleased with the [...]
Last updated: May 22, 2013