Students majoring in biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering and biosystems engineering shadowed healthcare providers in a wide variety of areas.
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.
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.
Under this three-way partnership, UK’s project will receive approximately $23.8 million from the U.S. Department of Defense
WAARP is located at North Farm off Ironworks Pike, a 971-hectare agricultural research facility operated by the University of Kentucky.
The program developed thanks to a partnership between the Office of the Vice President for Research, the College of Engineering and different departments and faculty research labs.
To make a Dean’s List, a student must earn a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher and must have earned 12 credits or more in that semester, excluding credits earned in pass-fail classes.
Sean Bailey, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is principal investigator for a wind probe from the University of Kentucky.
Led by professor Alexandre Martin, the UK team comprises faculty members in mechanical engineering and materials engineering.
The NSF GRFP is the country’s oldest graduate fellowship program directly supporting graduate students since 1952.