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New NSF Sponsored Project to Research Smart Electric Motor-Drive Systems
The project is titled “Collaborative Research: Smart Coils for AC Motors,” and will be a collaboration with Kansas State University.
Ishan Thakkar Receives New NSF Award
The grant is in the amount of $300,000 and funding will span two years.
Chapelin, Khurana, Join TILT Alliance
The “TILT” alliance was recently created to support translational and clinical research in transplant/immunology related to the use of cell immunotherapy.
LG&E and KU, UK CAER Collaborate to Create Net-Negative CO2 Emissions
In addition to capturing CO2, the system will produce two value-added streams, hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2,) which can be sold to offset the cost of CO2 capture.
Adedeji receives prestigious John Clark Award from Canadian Society of Bioengineering
The award is given to a society member who has produced outstanding work in food engineering through industry, research, teaching or extension.
James B. Beam Institute Collaborates on Spent Grains Solutions
Faculty with the institute will serve as judges in an upcoming contest to find innovative solutions for using spent grains.
UK Partners With NASA to Help Launch $15 Million Space Technology Research Institute
Researchers at the University of Kentucky are working with NASA to advance key technologies for exploring the moon, Mars and beyond.
UK Hosts 1st Event at New WAARP Flight Facility
Researchers from the University of Kentucky Department of Mechanical Engineering hosted collaborators from Virginia Tech and Oklahoma State University for a series of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flight experiments June 21-24 at the new Wildcat Agricultural and Atmospheric Research Pavilion (WAARP) flight facility. WAARP is located at North Farm off Ironworks Pike, a 971-hectare agricultural research facility operated by the University of Kentucky.
UK, UT-Knoxville, Army Collaborating on $50 Million Project to Advance US Manufacturing
The University of Kentucky, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT) and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory (DEVCOM ARL) have announced a five-year, $50 million collaboration directed toward improving manufacturing capabilities in the United States.
JiangBiao He Awarded 2021 Zucker Faculty Grant
Contributions from this project will establish a cost-effective, accurate and robust reliability improvement framework for modern electric propulsion systems.