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The National Institute for Hometown Security is a non-profit organization that protects and preserves critical infrastructure in the rural and underserved communities across the nation.
Pegah Safavi and Fatemeh Hamedia took home top honors in the 3MT and Pre-3MT competitions.
In November, University of Kentucky Pigman College of Engineering faculty provided a platform for experts to exchange ideas and innovations in hypersonic atmospheric reentry, materials science and space exploration technologies at the 14th Ablation Workshop at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.
Xiaoyue Yang, Ph.D., a postdoctoral scholar in the F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering Laboratory of Nanomedicine and Immunoengineering, has won a competitive National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Scholars Scientific Conference Travel Award.
In May, Y. Charles Lu, Ph.D., director of the UK Engineering Paducah Campus and H.E. Katterjohn Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, was named to the 2023 class of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Fellows. Established in 1975, the Fellow grade membership recognizes and honors long-term members who have made a significant impact on society's mobility technology through leadership, research and innovation.
Abby Phillips is a Biosystems Engineering major with a Biomedical Focus. Phillips is the Engineering Student Council President, ELLP Peer Mentor, Engineering Ambassador, Wildcat Pulling Team Secretary, and is an Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Advanced Diagnostics Lab.
Our role in the engineering talent pipeline is critical. We have the sightlines and connections into the K-12 system to identify and recruit engineering talent. We have the ability to hone that talent to the needs of businesses and industry through our academic programs. And, we have the connections to place that talent where it can have meaningful impact for our graduates, the businesses that hire them and the communities where they live. This building will support every future engineering student in the college by enhancing the hands-on approach to engineering education.
To meet the new and complex challenges of a world built on technology, our students need increased opportunities to roll up their sleeves and tackle real-world problems. The Funkhouser Building modernization will give them a space for that.
