Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering

Research Advancing Kentucky: Groppo’s focus on critical material recovery

Sep 11, 2025, 6:32 AM

Funding from the U.S. NSF, DOD and DOE has allowed Jack Groppo to find new methods to recover critical materials from electronic and coal waste and build up the supply chain for tomorrow’s electronics

Isabel Escobar examining a sample in a lab

Research Advancing Kentucky: Escobar’s membrane work offers solutions

Sep 11, 2025, 6:31 AM

With significant support from the U.S. NSF and DOE, Professor Isabel Escobar’s research focuses on modifying membranes at the nanoscale.

NSF CAREER award enables light-powered computing research

Sep 4, 2025, 7:35 AM

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

15 students selected for undergraduate research ambassador program

Sep 4, 2025, 7:29 AM

The UK Office of Undergraduate Research has selected 15 outstanding undergraduates for the 2025-26 Research Ambassador program.

CISE Distinguished Lecture: On Perseverance: Virtually Unwrapping the Herculaneum Scrolls

Sep 11, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Dr. Brent Seales, PhD will tell the story of virtual unwrapping, conceived during the rise of digital libraries and large-scale computing, and now realized on some of the most difficult and iconic material in the world - the Herculaneum Scrolls - as a result of the recent phenomena of big data and machine learning. Virtual unwrapping is a non-invasive restoration pathway for damaged written material, allowing texts to be read from objects that are too damaged even to be opened.

Josephine Traver standing in front of her research poster

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

Aug 29, 2025, 7:31 AM

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.

Biomedical Engineering Seminar

Sep 17, 2025, 3:00 – 4:15 PM

Dr. Arjun Yodh from the University of Pennsylvania will give a seminar titled “Imaging and Spectroscopy of the Body Using Diffusing Light.” This will be a great opportunity for those interested in this field to learn from him and engage in discussions about his work.

Alexandra Paterson looking at a laboratory machine

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