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UK Engineering recieves record number of NSF CAREER awards

Aug 20, 2025

Six Pigman College of Engineering faculty members received National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards, the Foundation's  prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty, in the 2025 funding cycle.  This year, the Pigman College of Engineering recorded its highest number of NSF CAREER awardees in the 30-year history of the program. In addition, the college boasted a 75% success rate for CAREER awards in the 2025 funding cycle. 

From Louisville stargazer to NASA torchbearer, UK alum Tracy Drain turned sci-fi dreams into real-life missions across the cosmos.

Defying gravity: UK alum’s journey from Kentucky stargazer to NASA engineer

Dan Knapp
 Aug 19, 2025

The article below is featured in the Summer 2025 edition of Kentucky Alumni magazine. ****

Alexandra Paterson is an assistant professor of joint materials engineering with a joint appointment in electrical engineering in the UK Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering.

Paterson earns 2 prestigious national awards for research, innovation

Lindsay Travis
Aug 15, 2025

Alexandra F. Paterson’s research paves the way for more reliable and innovative technologies that could benefit health care, manufacturing and everyday life. For her work, she has earned two prestigious national awards for early-career faculty: the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award.

Jeffrey Graham

The Eternal Optimist Honoring the 20th anniversary of the 2nd Lieutenant Jeffrey C. Graham Memorial Scholarship

Meghan Arrell
 Aug 12, 2025

Jeffrey C. Graham, a 2003 civil engineering and UK Army ROTC graduate, was serving as 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army when he died of injuries sustained from both an improvised explosive (IED) and small-arms fire during Operation Iraqi Freedom. 2nd Lt. Graham is credited with saving numerous lives due to the actions he took at the time of the incident and is recalled as a hero by military officials.

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UK’s Alexandre Martin wins NASA medal for advancing space technology

Lindsey Piercy
 Aug 8, 2025

Alexandre Martin, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky, has been awarded the NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal — one of the highest honors given to individuals outside the agency.

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Hastings appointed associate dean for research and graduate studies

Aug 1, 2025

The University of Kentucky Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering is pleased to announce the appointment of J. Todd Hastings, Ph.D. as associate dean for research and graduate studies, effective July 1, 2025.

Herculaneum scroll with red laser lines being scanned at Institut de France by Brent Seales and his team.

UK’s Brent Seales, global team secures Europe’s top research grant to digitally decode Herculaneum scrolls

Lindsey Piercy
 Jul 28, 2025

Brent Seales, heritage science chair in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky, has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant as part of an international team seeking to unlock the secrets of the Herculaneum scrolls.

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Best Student Demo Award for SPARK and PEIK Researchers at the IEEE IEMDC 2025 Conference

PEIK Institute
 Jul 28, 2025

SPARK Lab researchers within the Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky (PEIK) and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Kentucky Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering received a best student demo award at the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Electric Machines and Drives (IEMDC), which was held in Houston, TX.

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The 2025 Outstanding Teaching Awards: Leonie Bettel

Jenny Wells-Hosley
 Jul 25, 2025

Leonie Bettel, a doctoral candidate and graduate assistant in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky, is one of nine winners to receive the University of Kentucky’s 2025 Outstanding Teaching Awards.

SEC Engineering Leadership Meeting

SEC engineering leadership comes to the Commonwealth

Eric Sanders
 Jul 24, 2025

Engineering education leaders from across the Southeastern Conference (SEC) gathered at the University of Kentucky for the annual SEC Engineering Leadership Meeting. The meeting welcomed more than 100 participants, including engineering deans, associate deans, department chairs and other higher educational leaders.

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