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The 2024-25 Outstanding Teaching Awards: Anastasia Hauser

July 25, 2024

Anastasia Hauser, Ph.D., a lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering in the University of Kentucky Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, is one of nine winners to receive UK’s 2024-25 Outstanding Teaching Awards.

High school student in Zan Paterson's lab receives worldwide recognition

June 28, 2024

Grace Sun, a 16-year-old Paul Laurence Dunbar High School student, was awarded the $75,000 top prize from the 2024 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair for her work completed in Paterson's Organic Materials and Devices Laboratory. 

Materials science innovator named 2023 AAAS Fellow

May 07, 2024

Yang-Tse Cheng, the Frank J. Derbyshire Professor of Materials Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, has been named an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow.

UK Women’s Forum announces 30th anniversary Sarah Bennett Holmes Award winners

April 20, 2024

The Sarah Bennett Holmes Awards is among the most esteemed recognitions bestowed at the University of Kentucky and brings recognition for efforts that might otherwise go unnoticed.

David Lu wins poster competition at Membrane Technology Conference & Exposition

April 05, 2024

David Lu, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, awarded in best student poster competition at the 2024 conference in Palm Beach, Florida.

Chemical Engineering Students Win at AIChE Conference

December 06, 2023

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

June 07, 2023

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.

2023 College of Engineering Faculty Awards

April 28, 2023

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.

College of Engineering Inducts 2023 Class Into Hall of Distinction

April 24, 2023

Rob Beeler, Jack Cheng, Tracy Drain, Edward Foree, Vincent Holloway and Howard Moore were inducted into the Hall of Distinction on April 20, 2023. 

How UK research team is proving human hair can be used to repair Kentucky bridges, buildings

April 05, 2023

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.