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James Obute Awarded Tau Beta Pi Fellowship
The fellowship will support Obute’s graduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin during the 2020-2021 academic year.
William Bailey Receives College of Engineering Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Bailey has served as a TA for seven semesters. This spring, he was chosen by the students as the top TA in the Department of Computer Science.
Nabil Al Aamery Receives 2020 College of Engineering Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
As a testament to the student’s appreciation of Al Aamery’s work as a TA, he was recently voted by the students to receive the 2019-2020 Department of Civil Engineering Outstanding TA Award.
Max Dong Receives Outstanding Doctoral Student Award
His research as part of his dissertation was on the development of green methods of fabricating polymeric membranes, their antifouling properties and applications in wastewater treatment.
Developing a Mask that Captures and Deactivates COVID-19 with Dibakar Bhattacharyya
University of Kentucky engineering professor Dibakar Bhattacharyya recently announced he had the concept and the means to develop a medical face mask that would capture and deactivate COVID-19 on contact. Now, the director of UK’s Center of Membrane Sciences, along with collaborators from two different disciplines, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to make these masks a reality.
Kelly Pennell Named Director of UK Superfund Research Center
Pennell’s contributions led to UK-SRC’s recent $8.7 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Eura Shin Awarded NSF Graduate Fellowship
Shin, a 2019 computer science graduate and Lewis Honors College member from Morehead, Kentucky, will pursue research in robotics and computer vision at Harvard University.
Stephen Parsons Awarded NSF Graduate Fellowship
Parsons, a former Chellgren Fellow and current computer science doctoral student from Lexington, will pursue research in robotics and computer vision at UK.
James Tyler Nichols Awarded NSF Graduate Fellowship
Nichols, a mechanical engineering graduate student from Taylorsville, Kentucky, will pursue research in aerospace engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Three UK Students Awarded NSF Graduate Fellowships
James Tyler Nichols, Stephen Parsons and Eura Shin are the newest NSF fellows from the UK College of Engineering. Annually, the NSF awards approximately 1,500 fellowships from an applicant pool of over 12,000.