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CAER Program to Create High-performance Concrete for U.S. Military

Jan 22, 2021, 8:54 AM

The CAER project seeks to solve both of those issues through the development of new high-strength, high-bond cements and concretes that are simple to deploy and use. These products will require little or no surface preparation and eliminate the heavy precast reinforcement-laden structural elements that bog down repair and construction projects.

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'Behind the Blue' — Future of Energy Storage With Chad Risko, Susan Odom

Jan 8, 2021, 8:27 AM

On this episode of "Behind the Blue," UK Public Relations and Strategic Communications' Carl Nathe talks with UK faculty members Chad Risko and Susan Odom about their energy storage research and how it connects to students in the classroom and the laboratory.

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UK to Lead Multidisciplinary Effort to Develop Next-Gen Batteries, Energy Storage

Nov 13, 2020, 8:41 AM

The nearly $4 million, four-year project, titled “Data-Enabled Discovery and Design to Transform Liquid-Based Energy Storage,” or D3TaLES, seeks to create new domain knowledge in materials science for the creation of next-generation batteries.

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UK researchers launch a $2 million project to study sulfur variability in biofuel feedstocks

Nov 6, 2020, 8:26 AM

“We hope to better understand how sulfur accumulates in biofuel feedstocks, what happens to the sulfur during thermochemical conversion, how to remove sulfur and improve gasification efficiency.”

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UK CAER, Mining Engineering Collaborate to Launch New, Sustainable Electronics Recycling Program

Oct 26, 2020, 8:37 AM

CAER is building an educational pilot plant to process collected electronic scrap. The plant will be designed, constructed & operated by students & will be financially supported by the sale of marketable metals.

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2 UK Grad Students Selected for DOE Graduate Student Research Program

Oct 13, 2020, 8:15 AM

Brewington will study magnetic field design for the Los Alamos National Laboratory neutron electric dipole moment experiment, or LANL-nEDM. Gervais will work with both the Nab Experiment and nEDM collaboration at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.

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CAER Receives U.S. DOE Grant to Develop Next-Generation Carbon Dioxide Capture Technology

Oct 2, 2020, 8:55 AM

“This project will allow us to significantly reduce the complexity and cost of CO2 capture and biofixation from all sources, whether it is from utility companies, cement manufacturing, or chemical plants."

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CAER, ORNL Research Partnership to Turn Coal Into High-value Carbon Fiber

Aug 20, 2020, 8:22 AM

Coal-to-carbon fiber research shows great promise to positively impact the nation’s sluggish coal industry. In 2019, U.S. coal production, consumption and employment reached their lowest levels in 40 years.

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UK Research Leads to Patent Designed to Reduce Vehicle Emissions

May 21, 2020, 8:45 AM

Mark Crocker and CAER research scientist Yaying Ji have developed and patented a novel technology that addresses the problem of removing nitrogen oxides (NOx) from exhaust gas when a vehicle is first started and the gas is still cold.

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CAER Receives DOE Grant to Support STEM Education Program

May 20, 2020, 8:48 AM

“Even as we are doing everything that we can to protect the ones we love during the coronavirus, these grants will enable Kentuckians to make better choices that will save them money and lead to a more sustainable energy future,” Gov. Beshear said.

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