Bertucci named UK’s 1st Lee T. Todd, Jr. Student Innovation Scholar
Lucas Bertucci, a University of Kentucky chemical engineering senior from Louisville, Kentucky, has been named the university’s first Lee T. Todd, Jr. Student Innovation Scholarship recipient. [...]
Inaugural GEN-EV Race at Kroger Field
Elementary school students from across the Commonwealth descended upon Kroger Field on June 4 to take part in the first-ever GEN-EV electric car race. GEN-EV is a STEM-based activity that helps [...]
UK CAER, Nucor Steel Gallatin Partnering on Unique CO2 Capture Project
UK CAER has received $4.9 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to provide its carbon dioxide (CO2) capture system a new [...]
Novel Funding Model Provides CAER Researchers Support to Produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Funding early-stage, proof-of-concept research is often a challenge for university researchers. Traditionally, governmental funding agencies have chosen to invest in basic science and in projects [...]
UK’s Anthony, Risko Receive NSF Special Creativity Award
Organic semiconductors, often referred to as plastic electronics, offer key advantages for emerging electronic and communication devices, provided they can meet all the appropriate metrics for [...]
CAER Project Seeks to Capture Carbon Directly From the Atmosphere
UK CAER received $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE-NETL) to develop technology that will capture carbon dioxide directly from the [...]
LG&E and KU, UK CAER Collaborate to Create Net-Negative CO2 Emissions
Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company (LG&E and KU) and the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) have launched an innovative [...]
CAER Grant Uses Acoustic Technology to Reduce CO2 Capture Cost
A University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) team has received a grant to develop a novel, acoustic-assisted process that would make capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from [...]
CAER Program to Create High-performance Concrete for U.S. Military
A new University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) project seeks to create new, high-performance cements and concretes that will aid United States military operations both [...]