The University of Kentucky’s Office of Transdisciplinary Educational approaches to advance Kentucky (TEK) has announced the TEK Faculty Fellows for the 2025-26 academic year. A critical mission of TEK is the development of new transdisciplinary courses and the reimagining of existing courses to emphasize one or more essential employability skills. To accomplish this, TEK is leveraging the expertise of a new cohort of TEK Faculty Fellows.
During the Evening with Engineering Reception in Pikeville, you’ll meet UK Engineering Recruiter Sara Soard as well as local engineering alumni to learn more about the Pigman College of Engineering. You'll have your questions answered about the engineering program, admission requirements, co-ops, scholarship opportunities and more.
During the Evening with Engineering Reception in Paducah, you'll meet current engineering students, professors, and local alumni to learn more the UK Pigman College of Engineering -- both the Paducah and Lexington campuses. You'll hear important information about the engineering program, co-ops, next steps in the application process, and more.
During the Evening with Engineering Reception in Hazard, you’ll meet UK Engineering Recruiter Sara Soard as well as local engineering alumni to learn more about the Pigman College of Engineering. You'll have your questions answered about the engineering program, admission requirements, co-ops, scholarship opportunities and more.
During the Evening with Engineering Reception in London, you’ll meet UK Engineering Recruiter Sara Soard as well as local engineering alumni to learn more about the Pigman College of Engineering. You'll have your questions answered about the engineering program, admission requirements, co-ops, scholarship opportunities and more.
Arjun G. Yodh is the James M. Skinner Professor of Science and Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania. He was recently Director (2009-2020) of Penn's Materials Science and Engineering Center (NSF-MRSEC). Areas of Yodh's ongoing research include: the physics of soft materials such as colloids and liquid crystals, and biophotonics, especially functional imaging and monitoring of living tissues with diffuse light.
A University of Kentucky researcher is developing electro-photonic circuits, a technology that could dramatically reduce the energy demands of computing and communication in the age of artificial intelligence.
During the Evening with Engineering Reception in Mason, you’ll meet UK Engineering Recruiter Amy Foulkes as well as local engineering alumni to learn more about the Pigman College of Engineering. You'll have your questions answered about the engineering program, admission requirements, co-ops, scholarship opportunities and more.
Curiosity, compassion and chemistry drive one UK student’s food printing project.
Two UK Pigman College of Engineering biomedical engineering graduate students were winners in the Women's Business Center of Kentucky 2025 Emerging Entrepreneur Pitch Competition, hosted in partnership with Women Leading Kentucky. The event, held at the historic Lyric Theatre in Lexington, brought together founders, judges, mentors and sponsors to champion innovation and elevate women entrepreneurs.
