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UK engineers help NASA improve heat shields for 1st crewed Moon mission in 50 years

Researchers in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky are at the forefront of advancing space travel safety and reliability by improving heat shields for NASA’s Artemis program.

UK’s Bhattacharyya named 2024 National Academy of Inventors Fellow

Dibakar Bhattacharyya, Ph.D., known as “DB,” has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). DB is the University of Kentucky Alumni Chair Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering in the UK Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering and director of the UK Center of Membrane Sciences.

UK researchers explore use of nanoparticles to improve cancer therapy

Researchers at the University of Kentucky are exploring new ways to use nanoparticles in combination with other materials as an innovative approach to cancer therapy. The paper titled “Iron Oxide Nanozymes Enhanced by Ascorbic Acid for Macrophage-Based Cancer Therapy” was published earlier this year in Nanoscale, a high-impact journal in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

SPARK Lab Presents Record Number of Papers and Receive Awards at the IEEE ECCE Congress

SPARK Lab researchers within the Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky (PEIK) and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department presented a record number of 11 papers at this year’s edition of the IEEE ECCE Congress.

UK Mining Engineering Receives $200,000 in Scholarship Funding

The Department of Mining Engineering received a donation of over $200,000 from the Friends of Coal - Kentucky organization to support Kentucky students pursuing degrees in mining-related fields.

2024 Transition to Engineering program kicks off

Last month, 280 of students from 20 Kentucky High School were welcomed to campus for the annual Transition to Engineering (T2E) project kick-off event.

The Future of Engineering in Kentucky

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.

 

Rendering and visualization of the new Funkhouser modernization project