On July 1st, Rudy Buchheit became the 11th dean of the UK College of Engineering. Prior to joining UK, Dean Buchheit was associate dean for academic affairs and administration of the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University.
The University of Kentucky and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology will host the 27th Annual Meeting of the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) at the Hilton Lexington June 9-13.
At the annual College of Engineering Staff Appreciation Luncheon, Interim Dean Larry Holloway announced that Nancy Miller and Cassandra Rogers were this year's Staff Excellence Award winners.
The annual Dean’s Faculty Awards ceremony was held April 23 at the Hilary J. Boone Center. Awards were given in the areas of research, service and graduate studies.
The annual event took place April 17, 2018 at the Hilary J. Boone Center. Representative Sannie Overly, a 1989 civil engineering graduate from the University of Kentucky, gave the keynote address.
On April 25, students in the Scholars Program for Undergraduate Research presented posters detailing their research findings at the 2018 Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars.
During the 2018 Provost Awards ceremony held April 19, University Alumni Professor of Chemical Engineering Dibakar Bhattacharyya (“DB”) received the Sturgill Award, which is given each year to a graduate faculty member who has provided outstanding contributions to graduate education at UK.
At the annual Tau Beta Pi Award Banquet held April 17, Jeffrey Seay was named the 2018 winner of the Henry Mason Lutes for Excellence in Engineering Education Award.
On April 13, the University of Kentucky College of Engineering inducted six new members into its Hall of Distinction.
When you hear the word “entrepreneur,” who comes to mind? Perhaps Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey or Jeff Bezos—billionaire geniuses whose ideas never miss? Bruce Walcott, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and faculty advisor to the University of Kentucky Entrepreneurs Club, wants you to think of someone else: you.