Dan M. Ionel, ECE Professor and L. Stanley Pigman Chair in Power, director of the SPARK Lab and of the PEIK Institute, will serve as UK's principal investigator for the project.
The honor was awarded to the top paper related to manufacturing systems presented during the virtual conference.
Tony Powell (BSEE 1959) has been inducted into the NASA Glenn Research Center Hall of Fame as part of its 2021 class.
Hall of Distinguished Alumni inductees are honored for their meaningful contributions to the Commonwealth, nation and the world.
The project is titled “Collaborative Research: Smart Coils for AC Motors,” and will be a collaboration with Kansas State University.
The grant is in the amount of $300,000 and funding will span two years.
The fellowship honors Otis A. Singletary, the eighth president of the University of Kentucky.
His paper was co-authored with electrical and computer engineering assistant professor Ishan Thakkar, with whom he is conducting research as an undergraduate.
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.
This is the second year in a row Alden has been awarded at IEEE PES GM for her undergraduate research work.