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UK doctoral student collaborates with adviser to write key primer on hydrocarbon biofuels

“Hydrocarbon Biofuels” will not top the New York Times’ best-seller list for nonfiction books, but for Great C. Umenweke, it’s quite an opportunity, and one that could help humans turn waste into renewable energy. Umenweke, a doctoral...

Ella Sides

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Forrest Dills, CAER Undergrad, Forging His Path in Materials Science

Dills’ work, like much at UK CAER, is built off sustainability and using recyclable materials to positively impact energy emissions. “We create synthetic graphite electrodes for our batteries out of materials like waste coal,” said Dills. “To put it...

Ella Sides

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UK researchers develop greener, more sustainable ways to recover metals from electronic waste

As electronic waste (e-waste) piles up globally, researchers at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering are spearheading innovative methods to...

Ella Sides

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Graduate Students Present Work at Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing

Four graduate students in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering traveled to Berlin, Germany to present their work at the Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing in October, 2022. (The following...

Chelsea Colley

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Academics Research

Abstract submission, registration open for UK’s 2022 Food, Energy, and Water Symposium

Leaders from across the University of Kentucky, the Lexington community and the Commonwealth will gather to discuss issues that impact all Kentuckians at the 2022 Food, Energy and Water Symposium (FEWS)...

David Melanson

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Prestigious NSF award advances UK researcher’s low-cost water treatment work

Along the rivers that snake across the Commonwealth, you’ll find a University of Kentucky researcher taking samples to study the health of the water flowing through the state. Tiffany Messer, Ph.D., an assistant...

Chelsea Colley

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UK part of major NSF award to study increased methane in coastal wetlands

Kevin M. Yeager, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Kentucky’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES), has received a major transdisciplinary award from the National Science Foundation (NSF)...

Chelsea Colley

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UK to Host 7th International Forum on Sustainable Manufacturing

Registration is now open for the 7thInternational Forum on Sustainable Manufacturing (IFSM), organized by the Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing at UK. The event is scheduled for October 27-28...

Chelsea Colley

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Academics Research

UK to Host Annual Sustainability Showcase and Student Poster Competition

The UK Office of Sustainability, Office of Undergraduate Research, Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment, and the Student Sustainability Council are excited to announce the return of the annual...

Chelsea Colley

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Behind The Scenes Research

The Hidden Carbon in Our Buildings

When people discuss the best ways to make our buildings more sustainable, folks in the know will usually talk about energy and water efficiency, indoor air quality and maybe something a little more esoteric, like...

Jay Lanier

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UK-led project awarded $2.5 million by NSF to study climate change, biodiversity

A study led by the University of Kentucky has been selected for funding by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) “Biodiversity on a Changing Planet” program, an international, transdisciplinary effort that addresses...

Chelsea Colley

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Researching Ways to Recycle Solar Panels and Lithium-Ion Batteries

Knowing that battery storage is significant to the future of renewable energy, the University of Kentucky, Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company (LG&E and KU) have partnered to develop...

Chelsea Colley

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HealthCare Research

UK Students Help People of Ecuador Obtain Clean Water

In Ecuador, the Tsáchila people have long endured myriad health problems linked to contaminated water. University of Kentucky Professor Wayne Sanderson and a group of students from the UK College of...

Chelsea Colley

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8 Students Selected as Sustainability Summer Research Fellows

Eight University of Kentucky students have been selected for the Sustainability Summer Research Fellowship program, a high-impact learning experience that contributes to the students’ academic growth as well as...

Chelsea Colley

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UK Hosts Carbon (CO2) Capture Research and Deployment Forum

A forum on Carbon (CO2) Capture Research and Deployment was held on the University of Kentucky’s campus on June 8, 2022. The forum served as a platform for collaborators to review the current status of CO2 capture...

Chelsea Colley

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UK doctoral student collaborates with adviser to write key primer on hydrocarbon biofuels

Forrest Dills, CAER Undergrad, Forging His Path in Materials Science

UK researchers develop greener, more sustainable ways to recover metals from electronic waste

Category - Research

Graduate Students Present Work at Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing

Abstract submission, registration open for UK’s 2022 Food, Energy, and Water Symposium

Prestigious NSF award advances UK researcher’s low-cost water treatment work

UK part of major NSF award to study increased methane in coastal wetlands

UK to Host 7th International Forum on Sustainable Manufacturing

UK to Host Annual Sustainability Showcase and Student Poster Competition

The Hidden Carbon in Our Buildings

UK-led project awarded $2.5 million by NSF to study climate change, biodiversity

Researching Ways to Recycle Solar Panels and Lithium-Ion Batteries

UK Students Help People of Ecuador Obtain Clean Water

8 Students Selected as Sustainability Summer Research Fellows

UK Hosts Carbon (CO2) Capture Research and Deployment Forum

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