Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

‘Behind the Blue’: Spotlight on UK’s December graduates

Kody Kiser and Jenny Wells-Hosley

Dec 20, 2024

This Friday, Dec. 20, the University of Kentucky will honor nearly 2,000 of its newest alumni during the December 2024 Commencement ceremonies. On this episode of “Behind the Blue,” UK is spotlighting two of those graduates — Jayla McCoy and Nathan Reynolds — hearing their stories about their time at UK, the memories they’ll carry forward and how they’re ready to apply what they’ve learned to the next exciting chapters of their lives.

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.