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CAER, State Energy & Environment Cabinet launch sustainable aviation fuel study

The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) and the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC) are launching a survey as part of a collaborative Biomass Feedstock for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)...

Katherine Johnson

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Fluidity Within Rigidity

My name is MaKayla Koon and I am a recent graduate of the University of Kentucky where I earned my Bachelor of Arts in Architecture with a minor in Spanish. After graduating Summa Cum Laude from UK in December of 2023, I began working full time at...

MaKayla Koon

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UK Beam Institute to demonstrate hydrogen-fueled spirit production

The University of Kentucky James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits (JBBI) and UK Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) have partnered with the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC) and the State Energy...

Katherine Johnson

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KGS Project Measures Methane Emissions from Orphaned Oil, Gas Wells

Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) geologist Marty Parris, in collaboration with the Kentucky Division of Oil and Gas, is leading a two-year, $835,145 project to measure methane emissions from orphaned oil and...

Chelsea Colley

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UK for KY Rapid Response Pilot and Mini-grant Funding

The rainfall on July 27th, 2022 in a 12-county area of Eastern Kentucky was an unprecedented meteorological event even for an area that experiences semi-frequent flooding. Climate-related changes in weather patterns are...

Chelsea Colley

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Dozens of schools interested in UK CAER’s GEN-EV racing program

Dozens of schools across the Commonwealth want to join a STEM-based program run by the University of Kentucky’s Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER). The GEN-EV program teaches students...

Chelsea Colley

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Unique Public-Private Research Consortium Established CAER as CO2 Capture Pioneers

In the mid-2000s, it had become abundantly clear that capturing carbon dioxide was the engineering challenge of our time. No matter the audience — industry leaders, government officials and researchers — there...

Chelsea Colley

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Q&A: Environmental health scientist Erin Haynes on potential impacts of the East Palestine disaster

On Feb. 3, a train carrying hazardous materials near East Palestine, Ohio, derailed. Following the crash, some of the chemicals were intentionally burned in a controlled explosion in an effort to manage the release...

Chelsea Colley

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Student Success at Home and Abroad with UK NRT

A quick scan of news headlines over the past year and anyone can see how the intersection of our food, energy, and water systems is having major impacts across Kentucky, the nation, and the world. Interestingly, one UK...

Donavan Moore

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Distilleries finding “bourbon shrooms” profitable for spent grains

Mushrooms and distilleries have quite a bit in common thanks to students at the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. With funding from the UK...

Chelsea Colley

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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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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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CAER, State Energy & Environment Cabinet launch sustainable aviation fuel study

Fluidity Within Rigidity

UK Beam Institute to demonstrate hydrogen-fueled spirit production

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KGS Project Measures Methane Emissions from Orphaned Oil, Gas Wells

UK for KY Rapid Response Pilot and Mini-grant Funding

Dozens of schools interested in UK CAER’s GEN-EV racing program

Unique Public-Private Research Consortium Established CAER as CO2 Capture Pioneers

Q&A: Environmental health scientist Erin Haynes on potential impacts of the East Palestine disaster

Student Success at Home and Abroad with UK NRT

Distilleries finding “bourbon shrooms” profitable for spent grains

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

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