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Chemical engineering student named one of two winners at Future Leaders in Chemical Engineering

November 01, 2024

Ifrah Hammad, chemical engineering senior, was named Best Soundbite winner at the national award symposium for undergraduate researchers. 

8 faculty and 8 graduate students named Lighthouse Beacon Foundation Scholars

September 30, 2024

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.

Envisioning engineering education in West Kentucky - Founding the UK Engineering Paducah Campus

September 30, 2024

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. 

From UK Beam Institute student to Jim Beam engineer

September 30, 2024

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.

David Lu, Ph.D candidate and US Department of Energy Scholar brings internship experience to Paducah, Ky.

September 09, 2024

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.

Pigman College of Engineering welcomes 10 new faculty members.

August 30, 2024

This fall, the University of Kentucky Pigman College of Engineering welcomed 10 new faculty members.  

SpaceLex, UK’s rocketry and propulsion team, takes 1st place at national competition

July 30, 2024

SpaceLex, the University of Kentucky Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering’s student-led rocketry team, won first place at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry (FAR-51025UNL) competition in the Mojave Desert in Randsburg, California.

The 2024-25 Outstanding Teaching Awards: Anastasia Hauser

July 25, 2024

Anastasia Hauser, Ph.D., a lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering in the University of Kentucky Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, is one of nine winners to receive UK’s 2024-25 Outstanding Teaching Awards.

High school student in Zan Paterson's lab receives worldwide recognition

June 28, 2024

Grace Sun, a 16-year-old Paul Laurence Dunbar High School student, was awarded the $75,000 top prize from the 2024 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair for her work completed in Paterson's Organic Materials and Devices Laboratory. 

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes 5 Pigman College of Engineering students, alums

June 27, 2024

The University of Kentucky Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has announced a total of eight students and recent graduates have been selected as award winners of the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Of these eight, five were from the Pigman College of Engineering.