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
FALL 2022 KICKOFF MEETING NOW WATCHABLE
August 5, 2022 Y4 KICKOFF AGENDA Welcome – Rodney Announcements & Upcoming events SV Sept. 20-22 • List of Attendees & Student Presenters due 8/22 • Questionnaires due 9/2 • Slides due 9/12 • SV connection test 9/19 • Project & Research Updates 9/20 • Project Elements, PostDoc Session, and Student Presentations 9/21 Outstanding business/announcements – Jeff 5-10 min per Research Co-I on Y4 project goals & new hires/promotions 5 min for Q’s & Announcements from RT community 10 min for EOD Announcements 5 min for other shareables from WFD/EOD committee + Any Q&A SV Planning Meeting – SV participants
FIVE HIRES FROM PREVIOUS TRACK-1 RECEIVED NSF-FUNDED CAREER AWARDS
Congratulations to five KY NSF EPSCoR hires from our last track-1 award – Powering the Kentucky Bioeconomy for a Sustainable Future (2014-2019) who have earned the prestigious Career award from NSF. CAREER: The Faculty Early Career
SCC Professor Eric Wooldridge appointed to National Additive Manufacturing Coalition Advisory Board
Somerset Community College Press Release Somerset, Ky. Last week the Additive Manufacturing(AM) Coalition announced the appointment of eight members to the newly formed advisory board. One of those eight individuals is Somerset Community College Professor,
submit track-1 proposal ideas 2024-2029
2024-2029 KY NSF EPSCoR RII Track-1 Proposal Idea Papers 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/
SuperCollider 2022: Investigating Questions In-Person
https://youtu.be/5ITSbySkLdY SuperCollider 2020 took place in February 2020, as COVID-19 was spreading on the other side of the world. One month later, our entire country would be shut down for months, along with the research
Graduate student , FULLY FUNDED BY KY NSF EPSCOR, receives Minton Award AT WKU
From WKU News: Ahmet Kaan Aydin, an Applied Mathematics graduate student from Istanbul, Turkey, is the 2021-22 recipient of WKU’s John D. Minton Graduate Student Award. “WKU has offered me the opportunity to nurture myself
WKU hosts nanocollider, reports on workforce development, undergrad and high school student success
Earlier this April, Western Kentucky University hosted the 5th KY NSF EPSCoR nanoCollider. KY NSF EPSCoR nanoColliders allow for participants to more broadly identify opportunities to enhance existing cross-institutional collaborations or establish new connections for potential partnerships.
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