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UK leads study focusing on flash flooding in Appalachia, preparation, prevention

October 14, 2024

A group of UK researchers are partners on the four-year project, “The Flooding in Appalachian Streams and Headwaters Initiative: Mitigating impacts of climate change and flash flooding in Appalachia," which aims to better understand and be better prepared for future flooding events. 

Ph.D. candidate gives outstanding performance at annual symposium

October 02, 2024

Ariel Robinson, Ph.D. candidate in the University of Kentucky Department of Civil Engineering, was honored with the award for most outstanding platform presenter at the Kentucky Water Resources Institute Annual Symposium. 

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.

Harik and Peiris receive new grant from Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

September 16, 2024

The three-year $315,000 grant will support research on seismically deficient bridges on and over the interstates and parkways in Western Kentucky. 

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.