Jack Groppo, Ph.D., professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Mining 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.
Two teams, comprised of undergraduate students from the UK Department of Mining Engineering, claimed first and third place victories in two national design competitions.
J. Chris Adkins, Ollie James Akel, Charles 'Rusty' Justice, Maj. Gen. Trey Rawls, David B. Servis and Anna C. Workman were inducted into the Pigman College of Engineering Hall of Distinction on April 18, 2024.
143 current UK scientists and scholars were included on the list compiled by Stanford University in a partnership with Elsevier, and 22 of those included are UK Pigman College of Engineering faculty.
Zach Agioutantis, professor and chair of the Department of Mining Engineering, has received the 2024 Howard N. Eavenson Award from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration.
Rick Honaker, a professor in the Department of Mining Engineering, has received the 2024 Ivan B. Rahn Education Award from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration.
Steven Schafrik, director of graduate studies and associate professor in the Department of Mining Engineering, received awards from the Pittsburgh Coal Mining Institute of America and Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration.
American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) members elected Agioutantis to serve a six-year term.
Two teams, comprised of undergraduate students with the College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky, claimed victory in two national design competitions.
Three engineering students were selected to present their research at the Kentucky State Capitol on March 2.