The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has approved the construction phase of a new “makerspace” building for the UK Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering — advancing a project designed to expand student innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration.
For freshman Ian Mattingly, investing isn’t just about today. It’s about building toward the future. Mattingly, of Versailles, Kentucky, came to the University of Kentucky with some experience saving and investing. But through UK Invests, he is gaining firsthand experience managing an investment account of his own and learning more about investment strategies he can carry with him long after college.
The University of Kentucky’s role in shaping the future of mining and energy innovation drew leaders from the U.S. Energy Department to campus this week. Assistant Energy Secretary Audrey Robertson visited UK as part of an initiative to partner with the country’s premier mining institutions to improve workforce development.
The University of Kentucky Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering has launched a fully online Master of Science in civil engineering, providing working engineers with a flexible opportunity to advance their technical expertise and prepare for leadership and specialized roles in the profession.
The UK Mining Engineering 125th Anniversary Gala brought together generations of UK mining engineers to share and reflect upon the legacy of mining engineering at UK, and to look toward the future of a field facing new demands for critical minerals, advanced technology and a larger engineering workforce.
When Iceland experienced a rare total solar eclipse last month — marking the country's first total solar eclipse since 1954 and the first to cross the western region since 1433 — a team of University of Kentucky student researchers were there to measure how Earth’s atmosphere responded to it.
University of Kentucky freshman Ryan Hidek, from Lyndhurst, Ohio, is one of them. Through UK Invests, he is learning the fundamentals of budgeting, investing and financial decision-making while beginning to build a foundation for his financial future.
Every year, birds migrate north and gather in a single location in the Arctic, and a team of University of Kentucky researchers is collaborating with Alaska Native communities to study how diseases spread and evolve in this gathering before they reach human populations. Scott Berry, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical Engineering with a joint appointment in biomedical engineering, recently returned from a research trip to the northernmost community in the United States: Utqiaġvik, Alaska
The Fujio Cho Department of Engineering Technology in the University of Kentucky Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering will launch a new, full-day lecture series this fall. The inaugural Fujio Cho Leadership Lecture Series will be held on Nov. 5, organized around the theme, “The Future of Manufacturing: Lean Thinking in a Digital World.”
Alexandre Martin, Ph.D., W. Raymond Stamler Chair Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the University of Kentucky Pigman College of Engineering's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has been selected to the Distinguished Visiting Engineer program at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
