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TEK announces 2025-26 Faculty Fellows cohort

Jennifer Osterhage

Sep 8, 2025

The University of Kentucky’s Office of Transdisciplinary Educational approaches to advance Kentucky (TEK) has announced the TEK Faculty Fellows for the 2025-26 academic year. A critical mission of TEK is the development of new transdisciplinary courses and the reimagining of existing courses to emphasize one or more essential employability skills. To accomplish this, TEK is leveraging the expertise of a new cohort of TEK Faculty Fellows.

Group photo of the new Pigman College of Engineering faculty in 2025

Pigman College of Engineering welcomes 7 new faculty members

Aug 26, 2025

This month, the University of Kentucky Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering welcomed seven new members to its faculty. Brooks Lane, assistant professor in the F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering Lane earned his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in 2019 and most recently served as a postdoctoral fellow at Drexel University. His research interests are:

SEC engineering leadership comes to the Commonwealth

Eric Sanders

Jul 24, 2025

Engineering education leaders from across the Southeastern Conference (SEC) gathered at the University of Kentucky for the annual SEC Engineering Leadership Meeting. The meeting welcomed more than 100 participants, including engineering deans, associate deans, department chairs and other higher educational leaders.

2025 Sullivan Award recipients exemplify selfless leadership, commitment to serving

Lindsey Piercy & Hilary Brown

May 8, 2025

At UK, the Sullivan Award is bestowed each year on two graduating seniors and one citizen who has a connection to the university. This year’s Sullivan award student winners are Amanda Casolare and Nolan Deon Harvey.

Creation of a Femoral Spacer Mold Project

Pigman College of Engineering hosts first ever Capstone Design Showcase

Apr 29, 2025

On April 28, the University of Kentucky Pigman College of Engineering hosted its first ever Capstone Design Showcase in the Gatton Student Center. The event showcased 56 Capstone projects from over 200 students from seven engineering disciplines. Featured disciplines were biomedical engineering, biosystems and agricultural engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer science, electrical and computer engineering, engineering technology and materials engineering.

Engineering Quad with Solar Car and Tent.

Fall 2024 Dean's List includes 1,009 engineering students

Feb 11, 2025

Pigman College of Engineering Spring 2025 Dean’s List

The University of Kentucky’s Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering and Toyota Kentucky marked 30 years of partnership on Oct. 22.

UK, Toyota celebrate 30 years of partnering to advance the Commonwealth

Oct 24, 2024

Leaders from academia, government and industry gathered to celebrate the milestone anniversary and reflect on the partnership that has transformed engineering education and academic research through efficiency and innovation.

Envisioning engineering education in West Kentucky - Founding the UK Engineering Paducah Campus

Sep 30, 2024

The story of the Paducah campus has always been one of community. As it builds toward the future, the forces behind its foundation take a look back on their ambitious journey to bring UK engineering to Western Kentucky.

Dean Buchheit (left) with Lean Systems Program leadership and Jeff Stryker in front of dedication plaques

The Insitute of Research for Technology Development Celebrate the dedication of the Ken Kreafle TrueLean Networking Lounge

Jul 8, 2024

On Thursday, June 27 the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering celebrated the dedication of the Ken Kreafle TrueLean Networking Lounge with a generous gift from Jeff and Barbara Stryker.

Celebrating the engineering technology inaugural class

Jun 1, 2024

The Fujio Cho Department of Engineering Technology in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering was established in the Fall of 2021 through a 2 + 2 partnership with the Bluegrass Community and Technical College.

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