May
24
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center hosted its annual Markey Cancer Center Research Day on May 16, 2012. This annual event celebrates the advances of cancer research on the University of Kentucky campus with distinguished speakers, oral and poster presentations. With a record-breaking 132 total posters this year, the College of Engineering was pleased [...]
May
24
The National Science Foundation sponsors two multidisciplinary grants in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Kentucky – a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and an Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT). The two programs share a research theme of Engineered Bioactive Interfaces and Devices. The shared research theme [...]
Mar
29
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 28, 2011) — University of Kentucky chemical engineering graduate student Ashley Hawkins was one of 10 winners for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) poster competition. IGERT is the NSF flagship interdisciplinary training program, educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers by building on the foundations of [...]
Mar
6
The annual University of Kentucky Engineers Day Open House, also known as E-Day, was held on Saturday, Feb. 25. More Hosted by the UK College of Engineering, the popular event features contests, displays and demonstrations for students of all ages. IGERT trainees had a table with prosthetic samples and talked with visitors about the advances [...]
Mar
6
At the National Science Foundation 2010 IGERT Principal Investigators Meeting in May, Melissa Howard represented the University of Kentucky in the Trainee Poster Contest. The posters were to communicate significant impacts from the trainees’ IGERT program. There were 126 competitors and Howard was 1 of 10 award winners with her poster on “Solid Lipid Nanoparticles [...]
Mar
6
On Sept. 25, 2009, the Society for Biomaterials sponsored Biomaterials Day in Lexington, KY. The event was organized by the University of Kentucky and Case Western Reserve University. Dr. James Anderson gave the keynote address on “The Foreign Body Reaction: Unsolved Issues at the Biomaterial/Tissue Interface.” The day included both poster and oral competitions for [...]
Mar
6
Dr. Bruce Hinds, Associate Professor and William Bryan Professor, was named by President Obama as one of 100 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on young professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. The recipient scientists and [...]
Mar
6
Scott Lewis gave both an oral and a poster presentation at the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Annual Conference in Charleston, SC in June 2009. There were about 80 posters presented during the NAMS Poster Competition, and Lewis’s “Iron- Functionalized MF Membranes for Hydroxyl Radical Reactions” poster won 3rd place. For this achievement Lewis was [...]
Mar
6
The Department of Chemistry recently bestowed its 100% Plus Award to Chemistry graduate student and IGERT trainee Leslie Doleman. This award is given to the graduate (or undergraduate) student who shows the most exemplary professional attitude. Such an individual is enthusiastic about his/her research and frequently works nights and weekends, attends most departmental seminars and [...]
Mar
6
On March 20, 2009, accompanied by Tom Dziubla, trainees headed to Winchester, KY to discover the goodness of Kentucky’s only soft drink bottling company, Ale-8-One. En route, there was a Wienermobile sighting on I-64. At the factory, trainees learned about the history of the company and were treated to a tour of the production facility. [...]