Sixteen UK undergraduate researchers presented their research at the 17th annual Posters-at-the-Capitol in Frankfort on Feb. 8. Each had a chance to share their research with UK President Eli Capilouto as well as several state legislators.
Y.T. Cheng, a professor in the UK College of Engineering and College of Arts and Sciences, has received the highest professional accolade bestowed solely to academic inventors.
UK researchers have produced nearly pure rare earth concentrates from Kentucky coal using an environmentally-conscious and cost-effective process, a groundbreaking accomplishment in the energy industry.
Civil engineer Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, an assistant professor at UK, rushed to the hardest-hit areas to survey the damage and collect information that could help communities better withstand natural disasters in the future.
