Mick Peterson, director of equine safety and BAE researcher is nationally and internationally recognized for a career in track surface safety research and testing.
Through a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the research team led by Jian Shi, an assistant professor in the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, will work to identify the reasons behind the sulfur variability in pine feedstocks by studying byproducts collected from across the nation. With the DOE grant and cost-share dollars from universities and the industry, the project will total more than $2 million.
Jian Shi, assistant professor in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, is leading the research team.
The Kentucky-West Virginia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (KY-WV LSAMP), spearheaded by UK, is responsible for the program.
In the study led by BAE assistant professor Jian Shi, the dual-purpose cultivars that had the best biofuel potential, which uses the stalk, also produced grain.
McGill’s research project will develop ways to improve the air quality of indoor arenas to make the facilities healthier for humans and horses.
Students inside and outside UK can earn badges for taking two classes within the same concentration. Courses must be completed during the summer of 2020 to be eligible for a badge.
Despite the cancellation of the annual UK College of Engineering Awards Banquet sponsored by Tau Beta Pi, each department and Tau Beta Pi have named awardees.
Six boxes of much-needed N95 masks were among the supplies donated to UK Healthcare.
The COVID-19 pandemic is creating shortages of sanitizing products in hospitals.