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UK Paducah Engineering Program Celebrates 20 Years
In 1992, Steve Polston worked as the plant manager of the Lockheed Martin Uranium Enrichment Plant in Paducah. Each year, about 20 percent of his engineering staff would move for the sake of career advancement. He decided to do something about it.
NOW HIRING: Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering Position
The Department of Civil Engineering in the UK College of Engineering invites applications for a tenure track position at the Assistant Professor level witha start date of August 1, 2019.
NOW HIRING: Construction Engineering and Project Management Position
The Department of Civil Engineering in the UK College of Engineering invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level with a start date of August 1, 2019.
Fall Engineering and Computer Science Career Fair Features New Location, Record Number of Employers
On September 25, from 12 to 4 p.m., a record-number 142 employers will interview engineering and computer science students of all years and majors in the Bill Gatton Student Center ballroom.
CE-509 Semester-Long Project Begins with Construction Site Visit
The class traveled to Louisville, Kentucky to visit Wehr Constructors, Inc.'s job site for the Republic Bank Foundation YMCA.
New E. On Scholarships for PEIK Success
The UK College of Engineering and the Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky (PEIK) have recently awarded more than twenty new E. On scholarships, which are reflective of our commitment for providing opportunities and support for junior and senior engineering majors. The students who were selected to receive this merit-based scholarship demonstrated strong interest in power and energy and already completed at least three courses towards the multi-disciplinary engineering PEIK certificate.
These annual scholarships continue to be supported by the endowment established years ago at UK by E. On / Kentucky Utilities. More information is available on PEIK website: https://www.engr.uky.edu/power/education/scholarship-opportunities
PEIK educates the next generation of power and energy engineers at UK and offers both Undergraduate Certificates and Graduate Certificates. In addition to fundamental multi-disciplinary courses on Power Generation, Power Systems, and Power Policy and Economics, PEIK faculty at UK also offers more specialized courses on Smart Grid, Power Protection, Electric Distribution, Sustainable and Renewable Energy, and many others with a total of more than a thousand annual enrolments.
Three Lean Graduate Certificates Awarded in 2017-18
Three Graduate Certificates in Lean Systems were awarded during the 2017-18 academic year.
UK College of Engineering Launches a Lean Ergonomics Certification Course
Don’t see a connection between lean systems and ergonomics? You should - ergonomics is an efficiency issue and we can prove it.
Toyota Quality Circle Highlights the 2018 True Lean Conference
The 7th annual True Lean Conference, held June 13-14, 2018 at the Carrick House in Lexington, Kentucky, explored the theme, Building a Foundation for Standardization.
Hoagg Named Associate Editor of IEEE Journal
The mechanical engineering associate professor will be associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.