RESEARCH TO
ADVANCE MANUFACTURING
IN KENTUCKY + BEYOND

Manufacturing has fueled the economic success of Kentucky for over two centuries, and this
$24 MILLION
collaborative partnership across eight institutions will help position the Commonwealth for even more success in the years to come.

We need your proposal ideas for 2024-29!
On behalf of the Statewide EPSCoR Committee, KY NSF EPSCoR is seeking idea papers from the Kentucky research community to include in the next $20 million/ 5-year RII Track-1 proposal, which will be submitted to NSF in the Summer of 2023. If funded, an awarded Track-1 proposal to Kentucky would support Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) activities from July 2024 – June 2029.
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

danville high school a gleaming example of eoc in action
Below are student projects created by Danville High School students this year in their Intro to 3D printing class, led by engineering teacher Caleb Wetmore. Says Caleb, “The class was composed of 17 students in 9-12 grade… We primarily used Onshape for CAD, but a few students used Inventor or Fusion. The class closely followed DPT 100 as I went through it in the fall, and I incorporated a few of the DPT150 lessons in the Spring. I am looking forward to including the generative, and lattice meshing concepts of DPT 150 next year…both courses were exceptional and key to the success of my class.”

Dr. Jean Vaz hired at uofl
UofL has hired Dr. Jean Vaz with the help of KY NSF EPSCoR funding, scheduled to begin as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2023. Vaz is joining the list of faculty members sharing

UofL, partners receive $1 million in potential ‘GAME Change’ for manufacturers
New NSF Engines Development Award will drive economic development across Kentucky and Tennessee. By Baylee Pulliam, UofL News The University of Louisville and partners have been awarded $1 million to launch a new coalition aimed

Recap: 2023 NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing
LEXINGTON, Ky., April 29, 2023 – The Kentucky affiliate of the National Center for Women & IT (NCWIT) , in partnership with KY NSF EPSCoR and the University of Kentucky, recognized the 2023 NCWIT Award for Aspirations

WATCH: Carrot, Tobacco, Moss & Marigold: Unlocking Plant Genetics with UofL’s Biology Team
This video is produced by KY NSF EPSCoR Communcations, under NSF Award #1849213 https://youtu.be/Prj6h_hcy6E In fulfillment of Objective 1.1.2: Explore to what extent new materials synthesized through synthetic biology can yield superior structural polymers or

UK’s John Anthony honored with 2023 SEC Faculty Achievement Award
By Jenny Wells-Hosley, UK PR John Anthony, the C. W. Hammond Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named winner of the 2023 SEC Faculty Achievement Award for the University of Kentucky

15 UK students, alumni awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
By Emily Sallee, UK Public Relations The University of Kentucky Office of Nationally Competitive Awards announced that 10 students and five alumni were selected to receive government-funded National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships. In addition, one graduate student

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