Department News

Stephen Ware Receives NSF CAREER Award

Apr 28, 2022

Ware received the award for his project titled “Structured High-Agency Interactive Narratives for Virtual Environments.” The project will award $530,369.00 over five years.

UK to Collaborate on $10 Million NSF Cyberinfrastructure Initiative

Apr 25, 2022

The University of Kentucky will collaborate on a five-year, $10 million National Science Foundation (NSF) initiative, led by the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder), to reimagine cyberinfrastructure user support services and delivery to keep pace with the evolving needs of academic scientific researchers.

College of Engineering Inducts Six into Hall of Distinction

Apr 12, 2022

Lisa Ernst, Uday Deshpande, Don Kelly, Damon Barber, Gregg Coleman and Jesus Caban were inducted into the Hall of Distinction April 7, 2022.

Graduate Student Nathaniel Hudson Named Diverse Rising Graduate Scholar

Mar 25, 2022

Nathaniel Hudson, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science, has been named a Diverse Rising Graduate Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, a newsmagazine that focuses on matters of access, diversity, inclusion and opportunity in higher education. Nominations were from all over the country, and only ten graduate students are chosen for the distinction each year.

Fall 2021 Dean's List Includes 991 Engineering Students

Jan 11, 2022

To make a Dean’s List, a student must earn a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher and must have earned 12 credits or more in that semester, excluding credits earned in pass-fail classes.

Simone Silvestri Co-PI on $1.5 Million NSF Award to Form Smart and Connected Farms

Dec 9, 2020

The project contributes to Silvestri's work in applying novel communication technologies to cyber-physical systems towards solving interdisciplinary research problems.

Simone Silvestri to Serve as PI on NSF Project for Human Behavior and Energy Management Systems

Sep 4, 2020

The collaborative project will include as Co-PI, UK ECE professor and L. Stanley Pigman Chair in Power, Dan M. Ionel.

Simone Silvestri Wins NSF CAREER Award

Mar 16, 2020

The award is given in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.

Tingting Yu Wins National Science Foundation CAREER Award

Feb 13, 2017

University of Kentucky computer science assistant professor Tingting Yu has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.

Backseat Driver: UK Student Works to Make Driverless Vehicles a Reality

Nov 29, 2016

Put Angelo Stekardis behind the wheel and he’s one happy man. Instead of flying from Louisville to Southern California, where Stekardis would begin a summer-long internship, he and his father preferred to make the 31-hour cross-country drive. When the internship ended three months later, Stekardis and his girlfriend took a 48-hour “scenic route” home.

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