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Seven UK Engineering students, alumni awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Four engineering students and three engineering alumni have been awarded the coveted five-year fellowship.
How UK research team is proving human hair can be used to repair Kentucky bridges, buildings
A research team in the College of Engineering is leading the charge on utilizing recycled human hair to help repair bridges and buildings across Kentucky and beyond.
LG&E and KU, EPRI, UK Engineering begin industry-leading research
Groundbreaking energy research that could lead to the first-of-its-kind deployment of carbon capture technology at a natural gas combined-cycle power plant is underway in Kentucky.
Chemical Engineering Students Present at 2023 Posters at the Capitol
Three engineering students were selected to present their research at the Kentucky State Capitol on March 2.
UK College of Engineering Hosts International Ablation Workshop
The Ablation Workshop took place on the University of Kentucky's campus on November 9-10, 2022. An international research community of scientists, engineers and students working on ablative thermal protection systems attended the event.
Center of Membrane Sciences Receive NSF EPSCoR Grant to Develop a Membrane Purification Platform
The goal of the project is to create a membrane-based downstream purification platform for large-scale continuous biomanufacturing of viral vectors and virus-like particles (VLPs).
Stewards of Infrastructure, the Environment and Communities
Kelly Pennell alongside Anna Hoover collaborated with researchers at Purdue University and Ohio State University on a recent publication titled: “Bystander Chemical Exposures and Injuries Associated with Nearby Plastic Sewer Pipe Manufacture: Public Health Practice and Lessons”.
Graduate Students Present Work at Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing
Four graduate students in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering traveled to Berlin, Germany to present their work at the Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing in October, 2022.
KRUPS Team Receives ISSRDC Award
The University of Kentucky team that developed the Kentucky Re-entry and Universal Payload System (KRUPS) project received an Innovation and Technology Demonstration award at the International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) in July 2022.
SPARK and PEIK EE Researcher Receives Poster Award at IEEE 2022 PES GM Conference
This is the third consecutive year with such success for SPARK Lab students advised by Dan M. Ionel, ECE Professor and L. Stanley Pigman Chair in Power.