This fall, the University of Kentucky Pigman College of Engineering welcomed 10 new faculty members.
Simone Silvestri in the Department of Computer Science and Yuan Liao and Samson Cheung in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, are the recipients of a NCAE-C Cybersecurity Workforce Innovation Coalition grant award to develop a new cybersecurity curriculum.
John Young and Rob Adams, faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, have received a four-year award from the Office of Naval Research to study electromagnetic fields in seawater.
The University of Kentucky is the only university that has had a successful hypersonic reentry, a testament to the leading role the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering plays in in hypersonic research and space exploration.
SpaceLex, the University of Kentucky Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering’s student-led rocketry team, won first place at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry (FAR-51025UNL) competition in the Mojave Desert in Randsburg, California.
Rosemary E. Alden and Steven B. Poore, received the first and second prize, respectively, in the Graduate Student Poster Competition at the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Transmission & Distribution (T&D) International Conference and Exposition.
The University of Kentucky Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) recently showcased its students' talents at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) SoutheastCon 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.
J. Chris Adkins, Ollie James Akel, Charles 'Rusty' Justice, Maj. Gen. Trey Rawls, David B. Servis and Anna C. Workman were inducted into the Pigman College of Engineering Hall of Distinction on April 18, 2024.
Boggess, a sophomore from Lexington, took top prize in the lighting programming competition for college students across the country.
143 current UK scientists and scholars were included on the list compiled by Stanford University in a partnership with Elsevier, and 22 of those included are UK Pigman College of Engineering faculty.