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2025 Pigman College of Engineering Faculty Awards

May 5, 2025

The annual Pigman College of Engineering Faculty Awards ceremony was held on May 1 at Malone's Prime and Events. Awards were given in the areas of research, service and graduate studies.

Creation of a Femoral Spacer Mold Project

Pigman College of Engineering hosts first ever Capstone Design Showcase

Apr 29, 2025

On April 28, the University of Kentucky Pigman College of Engineering hosted its first ever Capstone Design Showcase in the Gatton Student Center. The event showcased 56 Capstone projects from over 200 students from seven engineering disciplines. Featured disciplines were biomedical engineering, biosystems and agricultural engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer science, electrical and computer engineering, engineering technology and materials engineering.

Pigman College of Engineering inducts 2025 class into Hall of Distinction

Apr 25, 2025

Initiated in 1992, the Hall of Distinction recognizes and honors UK Engineering alumni for exemplary professional accomplishments, outstanding character and an ongoing commitment to community service. Every member of the Hall of Distinction is honored with a plaque in the lobby of the Ralph G. Anderson Mechanical Engineering Building. All members and extended bios are listed here.

WATCH: Bryson presents at TEDxUKY

Apr 23, 2025

Climate-driven landslides are a growing threat. How can we harness the power of advanced science, technology and AI to better predict and prepare? Sebastian Bryson, chair and Hardin-Drnevich-Huang Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering with a joint appointment in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, provided an answer in his recent TEDxUKY talk.

Engineering Quad with Solar Car and Tent.

Fall 2024 Dean's List includes 1,009 engineering students

Feb 11, 2025

Pigman College of Engineering Spring 2025 Dean’s List

‘UK at the Half’: UK leads collaborative Kentucky climate resiliency project

Jan 17, 2025

The University of Kentucky is leading a five-year, $20 million Research Infrastructure Improvement award from the National Science Foundation’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR)with $4 million in additional funding provided by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development. The project is titled “Climate Resilience through Multidisciplinary Big Data Learning, Prediction & Building Response Systems (CLIMBS).”

Bryson elected to NIHS Board of Directors

Nov 25, 2024

The National Institute for Hometown Security is a non-profit organization that protects and preserves critical infrastructure in the rural and underserved communities across the nation.

How Kelly Pennell is engineering a safer world

Nov 4, 2024

Environmental / Water Quality Engineering

Kelly Pennell, Ph.D., professor and Earl Parker Robinson Chair in the Department of Civil Engineering and director of the UK Superfund Research Center, discusses her research on pollution and its impacts on the environment and public health.

Unprecedented flooding devastated parts of Eastern Kentucky in July 2022, including Hindman in Knott County. UK researchers want to be better prepared for flooding. Hilary Brown

UK leads study focusing on flash flooding in Appalachia, preparation, prevention

Oct 14, 2024

A group of UK researchers are partners on the four-year project, “The Flooding in Appalachian Streams and Headwaters Initiative: Mitigating impacts of climate change and flash flooding in Appalachia," which aims to better understand and be better prepared for future flooding events.

Ariel Robinson presenting at Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium

Ph.D. candidate gives outstanding performance at annual symposium

Oct 2, 2024

Ariel Robinson, Ph.D. candidate in the University of Kentucky Department of Civil Engineering, was honored with the award for most outstanding platform presenter at the Kentucky Water Resources Institute Annual Symposium.

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