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15 UK students, alumni awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

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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 and one alumna received honorable mention recognition from the NSF. As part of the five-year fellowship, NSF Fellows receive a three-year …

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Murray St. Professors Receive Funding for the Establishment of a Fuel Cell Lab

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Murray State University (MSU) professors Dr. Aleck Leedy and Dr. Kevin Miller recently received funding from KY NSF EPSCoR for the establishment of a Fuel Cell Laboratory on the MSU campus.  The laboratory will support research and training of undergraduate engineering physics and chemistry students.  Research studies will focus on the performance and durability of …

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berea college eoc award funds vr goggles for undergrad, k-12

Communication + Dissemination, Education, Undergrad Experience / By

KY NSF EPSCoR Education, Outreach, and Communication awards provide funding for individuals and organizations across the commonwealth seeking to engage students and citizens in Advanced Manufacturing STEM topics. Berea College, a private liberal arts college about an hour south of Lexington, is using these awards to support VR curriculum for as part of their Yahng …

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Watch: WKU ‘s seymour hmi projects highlighted

Human-Machine Interfaces, Western Kentucky University / By

https://youtu.be/4ZZZzGEo8Vk “[The Robot] can look at your face, and draw your face…it can play chess with you…the main focus is on furthering development in robot-human collaborations.” From WKU Public Relations: “I’ve always been interested in electronics and technology. I think I started first working with a soldering iron when I was around nine years old. …

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UK’s PEDOT Fiber Team tours somerset lab, engage in collab talks

3D-Printed Embedded Sensors, Somerset Community College, University of Kentucky, Workforce Development / By

The University of Kentucky’s PEDOT:PSS Fiber team travelled one-and-a-half hours south to visit Somerset Community College and their Additive Manufacturing Program in late March. Dr. Matt Weisenberger of UK’s Center for Applied Energy Research, alongside Dr. Ruben Riquelme-Sarabia and PhD candidate Paula Alarcon-Espejo explored the fabrication of PEDOT:PSS fibers as part of objective 2.1.2 in …

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watch uofl’s jared scott infuse a tobbaco plant with nylon precursors

Next-Gen Conductive Materials, University of Louisville / By

As part of Objective 1.1.2. of KY NSF EPSCoR’s strategic plan, Explore to what extent new materials synthesized through synthetic biology can yield superior structural polymers or resins with programmable lifetimes. Dr. David Schultz and Dr. Mark Running’s labs at the University of Louisville have isolated plant and fungal genes encoding enzymes capable of producing …

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meet arna: a walkthrough of uofl’s custom robot

Human-Machine Interfaces, Prototyping Robotic Systems, Uncategorized, University of Louisville / By

The University of Louisville’s ARNA (Adaptive Robot Nursing Assistant) Robot is a built-from-scratch machine under the direction of UofL’s LARRI (Louisville Automation and Robotics Research Institute.) While its primary function is for nursing assistance and walking assistance, this robot’s algorithms were reprogrammed during the COVID-19 outbreak to safely disinfect door handles in a hospital setting. …

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Rosemary fama featured in international women’s day webinar

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On March 8th, KY NSF EPSCoR’s own Rosemary Fama was part of an international webinar hosted by Million Women Mentors, of which Fama serves as a state leader in Kentucky. According to their website, “Million Women Mentors is the premier network dedicated to encouraging girls and women around the world to pursue, persist and succeed …

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SuperCollider 2023 – Recap on Another Year of Statewide Partnership

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Lexington, Kentucky – SuperCollider 2023 brought together KY NSF EPSCoR participants from across the commonwealth in February for project updates, collaboration, and student poster presentations. There were 97 attendees, with 41 posters and 44 student presenters. As the KAMPERS project heads into its final year, SuperCollider continues to be KY NSF EPSCoR’s largest and most …

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