News
PEIK Supported Solar Car Team Places Seventh in National Race
The Gato Del Sol V, the University of Kentucky Solar Car, which benefits of technical and financial support from PEIK, successfully completed the Formula Sun Grand Prix in Austin, TX on July 3-8.
Montross Named Chair of UK Biosystems and Ag Engineering
A longtime University of Kentucky educator, researcher and farmer is the new chair of the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
Summer 2017 Power and Energy Experiences Course
The annual edition of the Power and Energy Experiences course took place in the first session of the summer term.
Boggess Awarded Tau Beta Pi Fellowship
Grant Boggess, a recent University of Kentucky College of Engineering graduate, has received a $10,000 Tau Beta Pi Fellowship to attend graduate school at Rice University.
UK Mining Engineering, CAER - DOE Funding for Rare Earth Element Research
DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy recently announced that the three projects have been selected to receive approximately $3 million for research aimed at producing salable rare earth elements from domestic coal and coal by-products. UK’s Department of Mining Engineering is a partner on one of those projects while UK’s Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) is a partner on another project.
Stamatiadis Wins Greek Diaspora Fellowship
Raymond-Blythe Professor of Civil Engineering Nikiforos Stamatiadis has received research funding from the Greek Diaspora Fellowship Program.
UK Students to Livestream August Eclipse as Part of National Project
A team of University of Kentucky students, led by College of Engineering Professor Suzanne Smith, is preparing to launch two high-altitude weather balloons on Aug. 21 as part of a nationwide, NASA-sponsored project to livestream footage of the 2017 total solar eclipse.
Students & Faculty Travel the Region for the Power & Energy Experiences Course
During the summer, few students want to sit in a classroom for hours; thankfully for students in the Power and Energy Experiences course, education is all about observing real facilities in action—first-hand.
UK Offers Free Workshop to Small Water and Sewage Utilities in Appalachia
To help small communities manage their water utilities, the University of Kentucky is offering a free, full day workshop titled, "Sustainable Management of Rural and Small Water and Wastewater Systems."
New Book on Renewable Energy and Systems
Dan M. Ionel, Professor and L. Stanley Pigman Chair in Power, has co-authored and co-edited the book titled Renewable Energy Devices and Systems with Simulations in MATLAB® and ANSYS®, published by CRC Press.