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Isabel Escobar Elected to Become the Next AWIS National Governing Board Chair

Isabel Escobar, professor of chemical engineering and associate director of UK’s Center of Membrane Sciences, has been elected to serve as Board Chair for the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) beginning January 1, 2022.

The UK Superfund Research Center hosted a Science Visualization Workshop

The UK Superfund Research Center’s Research Experience and Training Coordination Core hosted a one-day ‘Science Visualization’ workshop.

IEEE PES National Scholarships Awarded to Electrical Engineering and PEIK Students

This year recipients at UK are Hope Anderson and Steven Poore, who are mentored by Ph.D. students Evan Jones and Donovin Lewis, and advised by Professor Dan M. Ionel.

SPARK Lab Wins Best Paper Award at 2021 IEEE ICRERA Conference

The paper is authored by students Hope Anderson, Evan Jones, postdoc Abdullah Al Hadi, and ECE Professor Dan M. Ionel, L. Stanley Pigman Chair in Power.  

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

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

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

UKSRC Researchers Developing Face Masks for Coronavirus

Three UKSRC Investigators have received funding to support the development of face masks that offer protection from coronavirus. Project 3 PI Dr. Dibakar Bhattacharyya and Co-PI Dr. Tom Dziubla, along with colleagues Dr. Yinwan Wei (Biological Chemistry) and Dr.

UK’s Superfund Research Center Receives $8.7 Million

UK Superfund Research Center director Bernhard Hennig (right) with doctoral students who are part of the center’s “Project #1,” which examines how nutrients affect toxicity caused by PCBs in vascular tissues.

Simone Silvestri Wins NSF CAREER Award

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.