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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
