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GEMS Outreach Event Attracts Over 250 Participants

GEMS Outreach Event Attracts Over 250 Participants

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 [...]

Three Engineering Students with Perfect ACT Scores Share Why They Chose UK

Three Engineering Students with Perfect ACT Scores Share Why They Chose UK

The College of Engineering’s freshman class of 2012-2013 is notable on many levels. Thirteen of the university’s 51 Singletary Scholars are engineering students, as are 18 out of 66 Patterson Scholarship winners. Among such examples of the impressive academic quality the college attracts are three students who accomplished a rare feat: attaining perfect scores on [...]

What Should I Do With My (Engineering) Life?

What Should I Do With My (Engineering) Life?

For many students, selecting a major is an intimidating proposition. What if I end up disliking what I chose? Will I be doomed to a career in a field I can’t stand or, worse, one that is increasingly obsolete? Such questions are not uncommon and even selecting a highly-marketable major like engineering doesn’t fully resolve [...]

Dean Lester Honored by Grateful Students

Dean Lester Honored by Grateful Students

On Thursday afternoon, the Engineering Student Council held a surprise reception in honor of Dean Thomas W. Lester’s 22 year tenure—one day before he officially steps down from the position. The party was held in the Raymond Student Commons of the Ralph G. Anderson Building. Four speakers, Melody Burkhart, Anastasia Kruse, Wes Brooks and Kassy [...]

Dean Lester Reflects During His Last Week on the Job

Dean Lester Reflects During His Last Week on the Job

Top Five Responsibilities of a Dean What, exactly, does the dean of the College of Engineering do? Dean Lester summarizes: #1: Every dean has a responsibility to provide an outstanding educational experience for the students in the college. That responsibility transcends everything else. The dean is responsible for putting pieces in place that give students [...]

Local CEO, Biomedical Research Highlight REU Poster Competition and Awards Ceremony

Local CEO, Biomedical Research Highlight REU Poster Competition and Awards Ceremony

Thursday, August 2 marked the conclusion of a summer’s worth of research for students enrolled in the UK College of Engineering’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program in bioactive interfaces and devices. To concisely summarize their weeks of intense work, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, students designed research posters which were displayed in the Raymond [...]

Mechanical Engineering Professor and Director of IR4TD Produces Unprecedented Collaborative Work with Toyota

Mechanical Engineering Professor and Director of IR4TD Produces Unprecedented Collaborative Work with Toyota

Of the making of books about Toyota, there is no end. Whether analyzing Toyota’s supply chain management, culture, history or philosophy, authors have long been intrigued by the inner workings of the internationally successful automotive manufacturer. Some, like University of Michigan industrial engineering professor Jeffrey Liker’s 2003 volume The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from [...]

ME Alum Ratterman Receives UK Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award

ME Alum Ratterman Receives UK Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 26, 2012) ― The UK Alumni Association Distinguished Service Awards are presented annually to honor and recognize those who have provided extraordinary service to the university and the association. The 2012 recipients were honored on June 15 during the UK Alumni Association Board of Directors Summer Workshop in Lexington. Read Full UKNow [...]

UCLA Dean of Engineering, UK Alum, to Receive Honorary Doctorate

UCLA Dean of Engineering, UK Alum, to Receive Honorary Doctorate

Vijay Dhir, distinguished professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and dean of UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, will receive an honorary doctorate of engineering degree from the University of Kentucky at the Graduate and Professional Commencement Ceremony at 9 A.M. on May 6th. Dhir received his Ph.D. from the University of [...]

Dr. Jonathan Wenk, Applying Engineering Concepts to Surgical Approaches to Heart Disease

Dr. Jonathan Wenk, Applying Engineering Concepts to Surgical Approaches to Heart Disease

Currently, there are seven faculty members with joint appointments in the UK’s College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery. Most of the appointments have a logical relationship with surgery: pediatrics, pharmacy, anesthesiology and radiology. However, there is one joint appointment that, at first glance, doesn’t have a natural association with surgery: mechanical engineering. Dr. Jonathan Wenk, [...]

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