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CLIMBS: Change of climate: Professors lead team to find out what’s heating up in Kentucky

August 09, 2024

A Q&A with Michael M. McGlue, professor in the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, and Sebastian Bryson, chair of civil engineering in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, about the $20 million collaborative project to build climate resilience in Kentucky.

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.

SEEK Welcomes High School Students for its Inaugural Engineering Summer Camp

June 27, 2024

SEEK allows students to explore various facets of civil engineering that deal with infrastructure and infrastructure systems.

Pigman College of Engineering inducts 2024 class into Hall of Distinction

April 05, 2024

J. Chris Adkins, Ollie James Akel, Charles 'Rusty' Justice, Maj. Gen. Trey Rawls, David B. Servis and Anna C. Workman were inducted into the Pigman College of Engineering Hall of Distinction on April 18, 2024.

Erhardt's research helps inform Georgia voters

February 29, 2024

Gregory Erhardt, Raymond Blythe Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, recently contributed to a story on an upcoming voter referendum that would further invest in transit in Cobb County. 

Stamatiadis wins best paper award

January 18, 2024

Nick Stamatiadis, a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, was the 2023 recipient of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Performance Effects of Geometric Design AKD10 Best Paper Award.

Souleyrette Delivers Keynote at 2023 International Symposium for Railroad Operations Research

November 21, 2023

Reginald Souleyrette, the Commonwealth Chair in Transportation Engineering and a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, delivered an invited keynote address at the International Symposium for Railroad Operations Research in Beijing, China. 

Alumnus Ralph Palmer Makes $10,000 Gift to Civil Engineering

September 27, 2023

Palmer, a distinguished graduate of the University of Kentucky and the Department of Civil Engineering, has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to supporting the development of tomorrow's leaders.

Glennon Orthober Wins Third Place at KY/TN Water Professionals Conference

September 25, 2023

Glennon Orthober, a civil engineering senior, presented his research at the KY/TN Water Professionals Conference in Memphis, Tennessee.

2023 Civil Engineering Awards Banquet

September 25, 2023

The 2023 Civil Engineering Awards Banquet, which took place on September 16, 2023 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Lexington/UK Coldstream, recognizes outstanding alumni and industry leaders in the civil and construction engineering industry.