By Jenny Wells-Hosley, UK PR John Anthony, the C. W. Hammond Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named winner of the 2023 SEC Faculty Achievement Award for the University of Kentucky this spring. Anthony, who also serves as associate director at the Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER), was awarded with 13 other …
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By Emily Sallee, UK Public Relations The University of Kentucky Office of Nationally Competitive Awards announced that 10 students and five alumni were selected to receive government-funded National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships. In addition, one graduate student and one alumna received honorable mention recognition from the NSF. As part of the five-year fellowship, NSF Fellows receive a three-year …
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Murray State University (MSU) professors Dr. Aleck Leedy and Dr. Kevin Miller recently received funding from KY NSF EPSCoR for the establishment of a Fuel Cell Laboratory on the MSU campus. The laboratory will support research and training of undergraduate engineering physics and chemistry students. Research studies will focus on the performance and durability of …
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KY NSF EPSCoR Education, Outreach, and Communication awards provide funding for individuals and organizations across the commonwealth seeking to engage students and citizens in Advanced Manufacturing STEM topics. Berea College, a private liberal arts college about an hour south of Lexington, is using these awards to support VR curriculum for as part of their Yahng …
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https://youtu.be/4ZZZzGEo8Vk “[The Robot] can look at your face, and draw your face…it can play chess with you…the main focus is on furthering development in robot-human collaborations.” From WKU Public Relations: “I’ve always been interested in electronics and technology. I think I started first working with a soldering iron when I was around nine years old. …
The University of Kentucky’s PEDOT:PSS Fiber team travelled one-and-a-half hours south to visit Somerset Community College and their Additive Manufacturing Program in late March. Dr. Matt Weisenberger of UK’s Center for Applied Energy Research, alongside Dr. Ruben Riquelme-Sarabia and PhD candidate Paula Alarcon-Espejo explored the fabrication of PEDOT:PSS fibers as part of objective 2.1.2 in …
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As part of Objective 1.1.2. of KY NSF EPSCoR’s strategic plan, Explore to what extent new materials synthesized through synthetic biology can yield superior structural polymers or resins with programmable lifetimes. Dr. David Schultz and Dr. Mark Running’s labs at the University of Louisville have isolated plant and fungal genes encoding enzymes capable of producing …
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The University of Louisville’s ARNA (Adaptive Robot Nursing Assistant) Robot is a built-from-scratch machine under the direction of UofL’s LARRI (Louisville Automation and Robotics Research Institute.) While its primary function is for nursing assistance and walking assistance, this robot’s algorithms were reprogrammed during the COVID-19 outbreak to safely disinfect door handles in a hospital setting. …
On March 8th, KY NSF EPSCoR’s own Rosemary Fama was part of an international webinar hosted by Million Women Mentors, of which Fama serves as a state leader in Kentucky. According to their website, “Million Women Mentors is the premier network dedicated to encouraging girls and women around the world to pursue, persist and succeed …
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We are so proud of the 44 student presenters at SuperCollider 2023! Here are some highlighted presentations from students across disciplines and institutions (or even high schools!) https://youtu.be/MXAqks30H0Ahttps://youtu.be/yRpy5jMB4t0https://youtu.be/SdV5NBBshD0https://youtu.be/yVplsL8nkcchttps://youtu.be/FtBuRwAy-qM
