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Kentucky Professional Engineers in Mining (PEM) Seminar to be Held Virtually September 11
Attendees receive professional development credit which can be applied toward the requirement for maintaining professional engineering licensure.
Mujan Seif Receives NASA Space Technology Research Opportunity
Awards are made in the form of grants to accredited U.S. universities on behalf of individuals pursuing master’s or doctoral degrees, with the faculty advisor serving as the principal investigator.
Sottile, Schafrik, and Agioutantis receive $643,000 NIOSH Contract for Autonomous Shuttle Car Docking
The project began on September 1, 2020, and will span two years.
Agioutantis and Schafrik Receive New Alpha Foundation Grant
The project is titled, “Comprehensive atmospheric monitoring in underground coal mines: long term critical trend analysis and tablet-based communication.”
Dibakar Bhattacharyya Featured in NIEHS Article
The article celebrates Bhattacharyya's 50+ year career, particularly his research into developing new membranes able to capture and destroy contaminants.
Rosemary Alden Receives Best Poster Award at IEEE PES General Meeting
The conference is the flagship annual event organized by the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES), which is one of the largest organizations within IEEE.
Peng Wang Awarded NSF Funding to Research Machine Tool Anomaly Detection
I. S. Jawahir in the Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing and the Department of Mechanical Engineering is Co-PI.
YuMing Zhang Receives New NSF Grant for Intelligent Co-Robotic Welding
Peng Wang, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, will serve as co-PI.
Alumna Alex Castle Elected President of Tennessee Distillers Guild
Castle was the first female head distiller in Tennessee, overseeing all facets of production at Old Dominick Distillery.
CAER, ORNL Research Partnership to Turn Coal Into High-value Carbon Fiber
The collaboration will allow two of the world’s leading carbon fiber research and development organizations to maximize their respective expertise in the field.