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Celebrating twenty years of systems engineering
Over its 20-year history, UK systems engineering has challenged students to apply systems engineering principles and processes to complex multidisciplinary systems from Mars Airplane to Mars Medical, flying taxis and beyond.
Carter Boggess wins ACT Entertainment grand MA3 Programming Contest
Boggess, a sophomore from Lexington, took top prize in the lighting programming competition for college students across the country.
TEDxUKY seeking proposals
TEDxUKY is returning to the University of Kentucky on April 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and seeking speaker proposals from faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
Seay named AIChE Fellow
Jeffrey Seay, the PJC Board of Trustees Engineering Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, has been elected an American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AlChE) Fellow, the organization’s highest grade of membership.
Patwardhan named new chair of biomedical engineering
Abhijit Patwardhan, professor and interim chair, has been named the chair of the F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Kentucky Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering.
Inspire a future engineer at E-Day 2024
The Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering will host its 101st E-Day on Saturday, Feb. 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Over 100 exhibitors will set up interactive displays, demonstrations and exhibits, geared toward a K-12 audience.
Stamatiadis wins best paper award
Nick Stamatiadis, a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, was the 2023 recipient of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Performance Effects of Geometric Design AKD10 Best Paper Award.
Pigman College of Engineering researchers among top 2% of world’s most-cited
143 current UK scientists and scholars were included on the list compiled by Stanford University in a partnership with Elsevier, and 22 of those included are UK Pigman College of Engineering faculty.
PEIK and SPARK Researchers Receive IEEE EMC ECCE Paper Award
Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky (PEIK) and SPARK Lab researchers received from the IEEE Industry Applications Society Electric Machines Committee (EMC) the Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) Second Prize Paper Award for the article: “Winding Losses in Coreless Axial Flux PM Machines with Wave and Spiral PCB Stator Topologies”.
Cramer Named New Chair of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
TVA Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Aaron Cramer has been named the next chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Cramer will assume this role effective Jan. 1, 2024.