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Opportunity to Join Research Team Transforms UK Students’ Careers

When students come to the UK, they discover many opportunities that ignite their passion. For Kyra Seevers, Kristina Gessel and Stephen Parsons, that opportunity was undergraduate research.

How UK Engineering is Using Hemp to Repair Deteriorating Kentucky Bridges

Bridges are a crucial component of Kentucky's infrastructure — providing access between regions and cities and linking workers to jobs. But as traffic continues to increase, bridges across the state are aging at an accelerated pace.

UK's Brent Seales Using Light Brighter Than the Sun to Read Herculaneum Scrolls

The UK Digital Restoration Initiative in the College of Engineering has been working to perfect a technique to non-invasively recover the 2,000-year-old fragile papyri.

UK Receives Grant to Help in the Development of Kentucky’s Research Computing CI

The project will create a new Kentucky Research Computing team (KyRC), led by Brian Nichols, James Griffioen and Doyle Friskney.

$3 Million NSF Grant to Support the Next Generation of Kentucky Food, Energy and Water Systems Innovators

A multidisciplinary UK team will provide unique graduate educational opportunities in food, energy and water systems, thanks to a new grant.

How a South Indian Script is Changing the Way Science Views Parasite

A unique partnership between an engineer and a scientist at UK has produced data that is challenging prevailing wisdom about a potentially fatal parasite.

Hoagg Awarded $1.2 Million Grant for Applied UAV Research

Jesse Hoagg, Donald and Gertrude Lester Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has received a $1,199,150 grant from the National Science Foundation to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the event of airborne contaminant dispersion

UK Invention Gets Accepted to THE BRAIN RACE

A technology from the University of Kentucky has been selected to be part of THE BRAIN RACE, a global competition to advance innovation in fighting brain tumors.

NASA Recognizes UK Student for 'Excellent Work' on Hercules Project

James Tyler Nichols is one of four UK students who were selected for the highly competitive NASA Academy at NASA Langley Research Center. The academy is an intense multidisciplinary research project that requires significant commitment.

Payne Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

The PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning their independent research careers.