With over $9 million in new funding for research projects in 2017, faculty members in the Department of Mining Engineering are at the forefront of next-generation mining technology and applications. Through funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Alpha Foundation and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, researchers are making advances in rare earth element recovery, autonomous underground mining systems that improve safety and mitigating damage from underground coal mine explosions.
UK Mine Design Team Takes First Place at SME
The UK mine design team took first place at annual student design competition held during the SME Annual Conference & Expo in Denver, CO. This is the second year in a row that the UK team won first place.
VIDEO: Rare Earth Elements Support Renewable Energy Technologies
Sustainability and coal mining don't typically go hand in hand, but a project at the University of Kentucky is offering an opportunity to bring the two together.
VIDEO: Pilot-Scale Plant to Extract Rare Earth Elements in Heart of Coal Country
Mining engineering professor Rick Honaker recently launched a pilot-scale processing plant aimed at recovering rare-earth elements from coal and its byproducts in Webster County.
