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Members of the UK AIChE student chapter in Orlando

Chemical Engineering Students Win at AIChE Conference

Last month, chemical engineering undergraduate students and faculty advisor, Anastasia Hauser, attended the 2023 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Student Conference in Orlando, Florida. 

Great Teachers 2023: Dibakar Bhattacharyya helps students realize their full potential

Dibakar Bhattacharyya, Ph.D., is one of this year’s Great Teacher Award recipients. For the UK College of Engineering professor known across campus as "DB," there is nothing more exciting than that “aha!” moment when a student realizes their full potential. Teaching students continues to drive Bhattacharyya, now in his sixth decade at UK.

Faculty Awards

2023 College of Engineering Faculty Awards

The annual College of Engineering Faculty Awards ceremony was held on April 27 at Malone's Prime and Events. Awards were given in the areas of research, service and graduate studies.

Department Spotlights

Mujan Seif

Materials engineering doctoral student Mujan Seif doesn’t like to settle for simply knowing something works. She wants to know why it works. 


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John Pham researches soft materials and interfaces and liquid-surface interactions, among other interests.

Jonathan Pham

Jonathan Pham says distinguishing between solids and liquids is a lot more complicated than you think.


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John Balk

Balk has taught materials engineering at the University of Kentucky for 14 years. In 10 of those years, he received the Materials Engineering program’s outstanding teacher award.


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