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‘I am a UK Innovator’: Pigman College of Engineering’s Guoqiang Yu

UK Innovator, Guoqiang Yu, from the UK Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, describes his work developing low-cost optical imaging technologies for noninvasive monitoring of the health and function of tissues and organs.

UK researchers developing neighborhood-level weather technology

Researchers from UK's Karen and Stanley Pigman College of Engineering were awarded $2 million from the NSF to develop a cutting-edge weather forecasting system with the NSF’s National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Kentucky dream takes flight: UK joins NASA on Arctic space mission

A team of students and faculty from UK's Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering will make history in Norway, launching a UK-developed payload as part of NASA’s GHOST spaceflight mission.

‘I am a UK Innovator’: College of Arts and Sciences’ John Anthony

In this Q&A, John Anthony describes his work developing new molecules for semiconductor applications and how this research helps train the next generation of interdisciplinary scientists. His award-winning contributions have positioned him among UK’s most highly cited researchers.

2025 ‘Great Teacher’ Isabel Escobar helps students see the big picture

Isabel Escobar, the Paul W. Chellgren Endowed Chair and professor of chemical and materials engineering in the UK Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, is one of this year’s distinguished Great Teacher Award recipients.

UK team selected for national research advocacy program

A UK team has been selected for the 2025-26 Scholars Transforming Through Research Program of the Council on Undergraduate Research. The five-month program culminates in a two-day event in Washington, D.C.

NSF CAREER Award fuels UK researcher’s breakthroughs in robotics

The U.S. NSF will support Biyun Xie, Ph.D., with $602,698 over five years for her research in human-robot shared control for robotic telemanipulation.

Call for submissions: 2025 Oswald Research and Creativity Competition

The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research is now accepting submissions for the 61st annual Oswald Research and Creativity Competition.

NSF CAREER award enables light-powered computing research

Ishan Thakkar recently received the prestigious NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for his work in developing electro-photonic circuits.

UK student helping build a better base for 3D-printed foods

Josephine Traver spent her summer turning powders and nonanimal gums into something that behaves like Jell-O — and prints like it too — as a stand-in for animal gelatin in 3D food printers.

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