S. Zebulon “Zeb” Vance received the Joseph T. Burch Young Alumni Award on Friday, June 27 during the University of Kentucky Alumni Association's 2025 Distinguished Service Awards. These awards are presented each year to individuals who have provided extraordinary service to the University of Kentucky, the UK Alumni Association and their communities.
The University of Kentucky is well-represented on a list of the most-cited researchers in the world. In a database compiled by Stanford University in a partnership with Elsevier, 136 current UK scientists and scholars appear among the top 2% of the most-cited researchers across 22 disciplines. Of those 136 scientists and scholars, 20 are UK Pigman College of Engineering faculty.
A University of Kentucky Pigman College of Engineering alumnus is at the helm of one of the country’s most ambitious housing innovation projects. Eric Wooldridge, director of the Kentucky Community Technical College System (KCTCS) Additive Manufacturing Center, located at Somerset Community College (SCC), is spearheading the Floodbuster 1 project, reimagining how homes can be built to withstand disaster, reduce costs and speed up construction using 3D-printed concrete.
On April 28, the University of Kentucky Pigman College of Engineering hosted its first ever Capstone Design Showcase in the Gatton Student Center. The event showcased 56 Capstone projects from over 200 students from seven engineering disciplines. Featured disciplines were biomedical engineering, biosystems and agricultural engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer science, electrical and computer engineering, engineering technology and materials engineering.
R. Wayne Skaggs was born and educated in Elliott County, Kentucky. He received a Bachelor of Science in agricultural engineering in 1964 (with high distinction), and a Master of Science degree in 1966 from the University of Kentucky. After receiving his doctor of philosophy in agricultural engineering from Purdue University in 1970, Dr. Skaggs joined the faculty of the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department at North Carolina State University.
B.S. Agriculture Engineering 1962 M.S. Agriculture Engineering 1964
Larry Turner is remembered for many accomplishments in agricultural engineering, from teaching to research to leadership as a department chair and as associate dean for extension. His colleagues often use the word “dedicated” in describing Dr. Turner and his contributions to education and agricultural engineering in Kentucky. There is no question he dedicated his professional life to the University of Kentucky.
The Chemical and Materials Engineering Spring 2025 Seminar Series will take place Wednesdays at 11:00 am in RMB 323.
As electronic waste (e-waste) piles up globally, researchers at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering are spearheading innovative methods to recover valuable metals from discarded devices and industrial waste.
