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Scott Berry inside a mobile research unit.

Prestigious NSF award to advance UK research to track emerging pathogens

Scott Berry, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the UK Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, is the principal investigator of the six-year cooperative agreement projected to be nearly $18 million.

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UK researcher receives NSF CAREER award to create safe, smart target drone capturing

Xu Jin, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the UK Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, has received the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for his research involving learning-based cooperative control algorithms for multi-agent systems to capture and manage target drones.

Kentucky Re-entry Universal Payload System (KRUPS) capsule reentry visualization

Departments of MAE and ECE make history with 5 capsules' successful return from space

The University of Kentucky is the only university that has had a successful hypersonic reentry, a testament to the leading role the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering plays in in hypersonic research and space exploration.

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Alex Castle

Alex Castle (BSCHE 2010) was the first female head distiller in Tennessee, overseeing all facets of production at Old Dominick Distillery in Memphis.


Alumni & Philanthropy Chemical Engineering

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Becca & Cassie Roberts

Becca & Cassie Roberts

Sisters Becca and Cassie Roberts—both with degrees from other institutions—have been elated to receive ample scholarship aid from UK.


Chemical Engineering Computer Science

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Savannah Lewis

Savannah Lewis

Electrical engineering senior Savannah Lewis is changing the face of engineering in the pursuit of her dream to become an astronaut.


Electrical and Computer Engineering

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