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8 faculty and 8 graduate students named Lighthouse Beacon Foundation Scholars

Established in 2024, the Lighthouse Beacon Foundation Endowment supports faculty, research, graduate students, facilities and research infrastructure in the Pigman College of Engineering. In its inaugural year, the endowment has made $160,000 in funds available for distribution, with a priority on faculty and research scholar support.

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.

Pigman College of Engineering welcomes 10 new faculty members.

This fall, the University of Kentucky Pigman College of Engineering welcomed 10 new faculty members.  

Department Spotlights

Lauren Bell

Through the biomedical engineering minor, Lauren Bell experienced graduate-level classes that led her to pursue a master's degree in biomedical engineering. 


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Caigang Zhu

Prior to joining UK this fall, assistant professor Caigang Zhu was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University.


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Faculty

Sheng Tong

Biomedical engineering associate professor joined the UK faculty this fall. Previously, he was a research associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rice University.


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