Highlights + Events
Statewide Committee Adopts Seven-Year Kentucky Science & Technology Plan
Press release from KSTC: On July 31, 2023, the Kentucky Statewide EPSCoR Committee, the governing body of the state’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
WATCH: PEDOT:PSS Fibers – Wet Spinning Walkthrough
In this video, Dr. Ruben Sarabia-Riquelme walks us through the PEDOT:PSS wet spinning process. This converts the PEDOT:PSS into a fiber form, resulting in a conductive, flexible material that has
KY NSF EPSCOR PROJECT AT WKU’S SKYTEACH PROGRAM FOSTERS STEM TEACHER DEVELOPMENT WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS
According to a 2020 report by Global Trade Magazine, Bowling Green, Kentucky was ranked number two out of twenty American cities for manufacturing. It is critical that our STEM teachers
Paterson group releases first publication featuring Organic Electrochemical Transistors
Organic semiconductors and electrochemical transistors promise to enable new generations of low-cost, mechanically flexible, and wearable electronic devices. With this novel chemical doping process discovered by the Alexandra Paterson team
track-2, uk’s risko to host leadership workshop
Chad Risko of the University of Kentucky, alongside colleagues Sara Zeigler and Rusty Carpenter at Eastern Kentucky University, will teach a virtual Leadership Workshop for early-career faculty. The workshop will
morehead state’s dr. ray utilizes wind tunnel to mitigate damage, harvest energy
Dr. Tathagata Ray, Assistant Professor of Construction and Civil Engineering Technology at Morehead State University, has utilized KY NSF EPSCoR Research Award funds to procure a wind tunnel. Dr. Ray and his crew
KY FIRST ROBOTICS – BREAKING BARRIERS IN STEM EDUCATION
KY NSF EPSCoR is proud to partner with KY FIRST® Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Robotics) to help fund and support instructional curriculum for their First
uk’s Dibakar Bhattacharyya, Former Co-PI, wins great teacher award
Congratulations to D.B.! Dr. Bhattacharyya was a leader in as a CO-PI in our Powering the Kentucky Bioeconomy for a Sustainable Future Track-1 project from 2014-2019. Article taken from UK
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
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
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
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