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DOE funds UK research on critical materials for commercial fusion energy

UK will lead a project with $2.3 million in funding from the U.S. DOE to develop next-gen materials critical to commercializing fusion power.

UK researchers develop greener, more sustainable ways to recover metals from electronic waste

As e-waste piles up globally, researchers at UK are spearheading innovative methods to recover valuable metals from discarded devices and industrial waste.

13 UK undergraduates to present at Posters-at-the-Capitol

The 23rd annual Posters-at-the-Capitol event will feature research topics including community health, agricultural sustainability, renewable energy and public health and safety.

Engineering tomorrow: Morris’ path in STEM, passion for mentoring the next generation

Ashley Morris, a principal research engineer at the UK Center for Applied Energy Research and part of the Carbon Materials Research Group, is among a new generation of women engineers who are paving the way for women in science.

Bridging past and future: UK’s Brent Seales to lead national AI-humanities initiative at Schmidt Sciences

Brent Seales, a computer science professor at UK, has been selected to lead a new national program that supports research at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and the humanities. 

‘UK at the Half’: UK leads collaborative Kentucky climate resiliency project

UK is leading a five-year, $20 million Research Infrastructure Improvement award titled “Climate Resilience through Multidisciplinary Big Data Learning, Prediction & Building Response Systems (CLIMBS).”

Coal to critical elements: $5 million DOE award propels UK’s refined materials work

A team of engineers at UK, in collaboration with researchers at other universities, will work on a system to transform coal into high-value materials.

CAER’s Weisenberger named Graffin Lecturer

Matthew Weisenberger, associate director of the Carbon Materials Research Group at the UK Center for Applied Energy Research, has been named the American Carbon Society’s 2024 Graffin Lecturer.

UK researcher using AI to unravel proteins, advance medical research

Qing Shao has been awarded more than $1.3 million from the U.S. National Institute of Health’s National Library of Medicine to develop large protein language models for biomedical applications.

Provost IMPACT Awards celebrate 2nd year of collaborative discovery

The IMPACT Awards initiative is an internal funding program from the Office of the Provost designed to support innovation and transformation within UK’s colleges.