Ramkumar T. Annamalai, assistant professor in the F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering, is awarded $350,322 through the competitive NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (R21) to develop a nanomedicine-based therapy for nonunion fractures.
Two College of Engineering faculty members, Fanny Chapelin, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Brittany Givens Rassoolkhani, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, were included in the Research Scholars Program (RSP) aimed at ensuring diversity and inclusion in research by promoting faculty success.
Schoop received the award for his project titled “CAREER: Thermomechanical Response and Fatigue Performance of Surface Layers Engineered by Finish Machining: In-situ Characterization and Digital Process Twin” The project will award $507,288 over five years.
Ware received the award for his project titled “Structured High-Agency Interactive Narratives for Virtual Environments.” The project will award $530,369.00 over five years.
The inaugural cohort of students from the University of Kentucky Department of Engineering Technology was celebrated on April 11, 2022.
Y.T. Cheng, professor of materials science engineering, was interviewed by WEKU's Stu Johnson for a story titled, “Earth Day 2022 signals increased interest in EVs.”
The University of Kentucky will collaborate on a five-year, $10 million National Science Foundation (NSF) initiative, led by the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder), to reimagine cyberinfrastructure user support services and delivery to keep pace with the evolving needs of academic scientific researchers.
Lisa Ernst, Uday Deshpande, Don Kelly, Damon Barber, Gregg Coleman and Jesus Caban were inducted into the Hall of Distinction April 7, 2022.
The University of Kentucky College of Engineering will host Erica Volini, senior vice president of ACE Go-to-Market Operations for ServiceNow, and one of the foremost experts on the future of work. Volini’s talk, which will explore the intersection of diversity, equity & inclusion, and the workplace of the future, is made possible by UK’s Donovan Trust.
PAINTSVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - A partnership between Johnson Central High School (JCHS) and the University of Kentucky College of Engineering has the Golden Eagles planning to drive on sunshine. With funding from the university and the donation of one of the program’s solar cars, students across the JCHS career pathway courses are working to create a solar car of their own.
