Alex Mayes, 2021 chemical engineering graduate, is one of many UK students to receive the Distilling, Wine and Brewing Studies Certificate (DWB) from University of Kentucky James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits (JBBI). He has been a process engineer at Jim Beam for more than three years now.
Learn what motivates James Russell as a first-generation college student, computer engineering major, and Pigman Scholar at the University of Kentucky.
The story of the Paducah campus has always been one of community. As it builds toward the future, the forces behind its foundation take a look back on their ambitious journey to bring UK engineering to Western Kentucky.
Established in 2024, the Lighthouse Beacon Foundation Endowment supports faculty, research, graduate students, facilities and research infrastructure in the Pigman College of Engineering. In its inaugural year, the endowment has made $160,000 in funds available for distribution, with a priority on faculty and research scholar support.
Toyota took its talent (scouters) to Paducah.
The three-year $315,000 grant will support research on seismically deficient bridges on and over the interstates and parkways in Western Kentucky.
PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) announced today it has executed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) for an award up to $72 million to help fund a groundbreaking carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture research and development project at the company's natural gas combined-cycle generation facility in Louisville, Kentucky.
David Lu, completed his summer internship at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) headquarters in Washington, D.C. in August. Lu was able to arrange a tour of a cleanup site near his hometown in Western Kentucky.
The University of Kentucky community can witness the Kentucky Army National Guard land Black Hawk utility helicopters on campus beginning at 1 p.m. Sept. 19. The aircraft will be on display through 4 p.m.
Somerset Independent High School and Johnson Central High School ranked No. 1 and No. 4, respectively, at the summer competition held at the Texas Motor Speedway.
