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Professor James Fox Wins Lutes Teaching Award

May 05, 2020

In his 15 years at UK, Fox has strongly impacted many students through his teaching activities.

2020 College of Engineering Tau Beta Pi and Department Awards

April 27, 2020

Despite the cancellation of the annual UK College of Engineering Awards Banquet sponsored by Tau Beta Pi, each department and Tau Beta Pi have named awardees. 

UK’s Superfund Research Center Receives $8.7 Million

April 20, 2020

The grant will go toward research aimed at better understanding and minimizing the negative health and environmental impacts of chlorinated organic compounds found at Superfund sites.

Nikiforos Stamatiadis Receives Fulbright Award

April 06, 2020

His project will develop and deliver a bicyclist and pedestrian facility design course considering bicycling in Greece

Gutierrez Soto Performs Tornado Damage Assessment in Nashville

March 30, 2020

Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto specializes in smart structures—buildings that can adapt to changes in the environment.

Three Engineering Wildcats Inducted into Frank G. Ham Society of Character

February 10, 2020

Inductees have shown an extraordinary commitment to academic excellence, athletic participation, personal development, career preparation and serving as a role model.

Shakira Hobbs Receives Two New Grants

February 06, 2020

The awards come from the Office of the Vice President for Research and the UK Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences.

Harik Elected American Concrete Institute Fellow

January 31, 2020

Being elected a Fellow is a prestigious recognition of an individual’s contribution to ACI and the concrete industry. Less than five percent of ACI members earn this recognition.

Disruptive Technology in Construction Management with Hala Nassereddine

January 07, 2020

Civil engineering assistant professor Hala Nassereddine joined the UK College of Engineering faculty this past fall as the newest member of the Construction Engineering and Project Management Program. Nassereddine teaches the introduction to construction management course and will teach a new course on lean systems in construction management in the spring. She is also involved with the Kentucky Transportation Center on multiple highway research projects.

Last summer, Nassereddine won the 2019 Construction Industry Institute (CII) Academic Showcase at the CII Annual Conference in San Diego, California. The project for which Nassereddine won the showcase is detailed below in a recent conversation we had about her research focus. 

Couple Turns Tragedy Into Triumph by Giving Back to UK in Honor of Their Sons

January 07, 2020

Jeffrey (BSCE 2003) and Kevin Graham were following in their father's footsteps pursuing a career in the military.