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SuperCollider 2023 – Recap on Another Year of Statewide Partnership

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Lexington, Kentucky – SuperCollider 2023 brought together KY NSF EPSCoR participants from across the commonwealth in February for project updates, collaboration, and student poster presentations. There were 97 attendees, with 41 posters and 44 student presenters. As the KAMPERS project heads into its final year, SuperCollider continues to be KY NSF EPSCoR’s largest and most …

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SCC Student Selected for Prestigious NSF Research Experience Program

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From SCC News Just looking at Gavin Fowler-Ramsey, it’s hard to believe he’s old enough to be graduating from Somerset Community College (SCC) in May. But when you ask him about what he did last summer, there is no question that this young man is more than qualified. “The (project) I worked on was for …

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WKU’s Ozer, Aydin, Represent EPSCoR-supported research at IEEE Conference, Mexico

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Ahmet Kaan Aydin, the WKU’s John D. Minton awardee of 2022, from Mathematics has successfully presented his paper co-authored with Prof. Ahmet Ozkan Ozer at the prestigious 61st IEEE Conference on Control and Decision in Cancun, Mexico, taking place from December 6-9, 2022. Ahmet’s research was fully funded by the Kentucky NSF EPSCoR KAMPERS (National …

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Sarabia, alarcon present at mrs meeting

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Dr. Ruben Sarabia was invited speaker at the 2022 MRS meeting in Boston.  He presented his pioneering work in PEDOT fiber processing as part of the Symposium: SB10-New E-Textile Materials and Devices for Wearable Electronics.  PhD student, Paula Alarcon (Paterson & Weisenberger), also presented her work on PEDOT fiber OECTs in the same session.   https://www.mrs.org/meetings-events/fall-meetings-exhibits/2022-mrs-fall-meeting/call-for-papers/detail/2022_mrs_fall_meeting/sb10/Symposium_SB10

Posters-at-the-capitol returns!

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Posters-at-the-Capitol (P@C) is a one-day, annual event held to educate Kentucky State Legislators on of the importance of undergraduate research. KY NSF EPSCoR discoveries impact many issues that affect our economy both stateside and globally, and P@C helps to increase understanding of the important role undergraduate research among those responsible for higher education funding (Kentucky’s Cabinet for …

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Track-2 Solicitation is now available

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NSF EPSCoR’s Track-2 Solicitation was just released!  The required theme of these proposals is, “Advancing climate change research and resilience capacity to expand opportunities for disproportionately affected communities.” Every institution in Kentucky can lead one proposal submission to this program and furthermore, every institution can be a collaborative partner on additional proposals that are led …

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Sarabia, alarcon to present nationally on pedot:ss reasearch

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University of Kentucky researcher Dr. Ruben Sarabia is an invited speaker at the 2022 Materials Research Society meeting in Boston.  He will be presenting his pioneering work in PEDOT fiber processing as part of the Symposium: SB10-New E-Textile Materials and Devices for Wearable Electronics. PhD student, Paula Alarcon (Paterson & Weisenberger), also of UK, will …

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UofL nanocollider Talks HMI, Sensing Fibers, Robotics in Healthcare & Conductive Materials from Plants

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On September 16th, the University of Louisville hosted its first nanoCollider, touching on innovative research from several pillars in the KAMPERS project. Watch the full video below: A summary:  Intro: Dr Tommy Roussel Speaker 1: Dr Shamus McNamara, Title: “Fiber Optic Powered Sensor Array for Skin-Like Sensing” • Distributed sensor array • Power and communication …

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UofL receives $750,000 in federal funding to enhance advanced manufacturing workforce

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From the Lane Report The University of Louisville has received $750,000 to launch the Robotics and Additive Manufacturing Pathways to SUCCESS (RAMPS) program aimed at preparing workers for the automated workplaces of the future that involve collaborative human-machine interfaces and 3D printing. The skills needed by nearly all manufacturers will soon be shaped to some …

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