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.
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.
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.
The three-year $315,000 grant will support research on seismically deficient bridges on and over the interstates and parkways in Western Kentucky.
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, 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 allows students to explore various facets of civil engineering that deal with infrastructure and infrastructure systems.
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.
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.
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.