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College of Engineering Welcomes New Faculty Members

August 20, 2021

Twelve faculty members spanning seven academic departments attended the orientation. 

James B. Beam Institute Collaborates on Spent Grains Solutions

August 18, 2021

Faculty with the institute will serve as judges in an upcoming contest to find innovative solutions for using spent grains.

UK Solar Car Team Wins Formula Sun Grand Prix, Takes Second at American Solar Challenge

August 17, 2021

The independent, student-led organization won a national solar car competition for the first time in its 22-year history. 

UK Partners With NASA to Help Launch $15 Million Space Technology Research Institute

August 11, 2021

Researchers at the University of Kentucky are working with NASA to advance key technologies for exploring the moon, Mars and beyond.

UK Hosts 1st Event at New WAARP Flight Facility

August 11, 2021

Researchers from the University of Kentucky Department of Mechanical Engineering hosted collaborators from Virginia Tech and Oklahoma State University for a series of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flight experiments June 21-24 at the new Wildcat Agricultural and Atmospheric Research Pavilion (WAARP) flight facility. WAARP is located at North Farm off Ironworks Pike, a 971-hectare agricultural research facility operated by the University of Kentucky.

UK, UT-Knoxville, Army Collaborating on $50 Million Project to Advance US Manufacturing

August 11, 2021

The University of Kentucky, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT) and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory (DEVCOM ARL) have announced a five-year, $50 million collaboration directed toward improving manufacturing capabilities in the United States.

Engineering Undergraduates Complete Summer Clinical Observation at Cardinal Hill

August 11, 2021

Students majoring in biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering and biosystems engineering shadowed healthcare providers in a wide variety of areas.

2021 REU in Review

August 05, 2021

The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in Engineered Bioactive Interfaces & Devices program at the University of Kentucky (UK) concluded on Thursday, July 29, 2021, with a poster competition and awards ceremony.

Nelson Akafuah Named Chair of New Department of Engineering Technology

July 26, 2021

Previously, Akafuah served as a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and associate director of IR4TD. He succeeds Kozo Saito, who served as director of IR4TD since 2007.

UK, UT-Knoxville, Army Collaborating on $50 Million Project to Advance US Manufacturing

July 26, 2021

Under this three-way partnership, UK’s project will receive approximately $23.8 million from the U.S. Department of Defense