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The UK College of Engineering’s Young Alumni Philanthropy Council, also known as YAPCO, welcomed 16 new members to its 2022-2023 cohort. To join the council, every member makes a monetary gift of $1,000 to the college. These funds are pooled and awarded to engineering student programs.
The NSF-funded FABRIC project, launched with a $3 million grant in 2020, has completed Phase 1 in its work to establish a groundbreaking network testbed cyberinfrastructure to reimagine the way large amounts of data are generated, stored, analyzed and transmitted across the world.
Kirsten Ford, a University of Kentucky senior studying aerospace engineering, placed second for Outstanding Student Oral Presentation at the 19th International Planetary Probe Workshop (IPPW-19) in Santa Clara, California on September 2.
Nathaniel Hudson, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science, has been named a Diverse Rising Graduate Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. Nominations were from all over the country, and only ten graduate students are chosen for the distinction each year.
Computer Science
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Janet Lumpp has always had a knack for creating solutions to unique challenges. Eager to follow in her father’s footsteps, Lumpp knew she wanted to be an engineer from the time she was in middle school.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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In Chess Necessary’s mind, the University of Kentucky offered the ideal engineering school. Its biggest flaw, however, was that it was too close to home.
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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