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UK engineers help NASA improve heat shields for 1st crewed Moon mission in 50 years

Lindsey Piercy

Dec 13, 2024

Researchers in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky are at the forefront of advancing space travel safety and reliability by improving heat shields for NASA’s Artemis program.

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Organize 14th Ablation Workshop

Nov 19, 2024

In November, University of Kentucky Pigman College of Engineering faculty provided a platform for experts to exchange ideas and innovations in hypersonic atmospheric reentry, materials science and space exploration technologies at the 14th Ablation Workshop at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.

Lu Elected SAE Fellow

Nov 15, 2024

In May, Y. Charles Lu, Ph.D., director of the UK Engineering Paducah Campus and H.E. Katterjohn Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, was named to the 2023 class of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Fellows. Established in 1975, the Fellow grade membership recognizes and honors long-term members who have made a significant impact on society's mobility technology through leadership, research and innovation.

Ralph G. Anderson enshrined into Kentucky Aviation Hall of Fame

Nov 4, 2024

Anderson, a 1950 UK mechanical engineering graduate and founder of Belcan Corporation, was one of three inducted in a formal ceremony held in Lexington on Oct. 19.

UK team participated in Small-UAS Coordination for Atmospheric Low-Level Environmental Sampling measurement campaign

Oct 31, 2024

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering recently sent a team of 12 faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students to Tulsa, Oklahoma to participate in a Small-UAS Coordination for Atmospheric Low-Level Environmental Sampling (SCALES) measurement campaign.

Tracy Drain featured in LabX and The Science and Entertainment Exchange's 'I Was Born' series

Oct 29, 2024

Tracy Drain '98 shares her journey from UK mechanical engineering undergraduate to NASA engineer for the Europa Clipper in a video for the National Academy of Sciences' LabX.

Headshots of the eight faculty selected as Lighthouse Beacon Scholars

8 faculty and 8 graduate students named Lighthouse Beacon Foundation Scholars

Sep 30, 2024

Established in 2024, the Lighthouse Beacon Foundation Endowment supports faculty, research, graduate students, facilities and research infrastructure in the Pigman College of Engineering. In its inaugural year, the endowment has made $160,000 in funds available for distribution, with a priority on faculty and research scholar support.

PPL partners with UK IDEA on award for up to $72 million in federal funding from U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations

Sep 13, 2024

PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) announced today it has executed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) for an award up to $72 million to help fund a groundbreaking carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture research and development project at the company's natural gas combined-cycle generation facility in Louisville, Kentucky.

Community invited as Kentucky Army National Guard lands Black Hawk helicopters on campus Sept. 19

Sep 9, 2024

The University of Kentucky community can witness the Kentucky Army National Guard land Black Hawk utility helicopters on campus beginning at 1 p.m. Sept. 19. The aircraft will be on display through 4 p.m.

The Johnson Central EagleX car (left) and the Somerset Independent Solar Jumpers car (right)

Kentucky high schools sponsored by Pigman College of Engineering receive top ranks at national Solar Car Challenge

Sep 6, 2024

Somerset Independent High School and Johnson Central High School ranked No. 1 and No. 4, respectively, at the summer competition held at the Texas Motor Speedway.

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