Materials Technologies

Interests are like a spark. When carefully stoked, a spark can ignite a flame, and just as molten iron becomes steel, an interest can be shaped into a passion. Forrest Dills, a Lexington native [...]

Christina Thompson, a PhD student studying chemistry, was just recently awarded 1st Place award for her poster in UK’s Sustainability Showcase. As a part of pursuing her PhD, Christina works at [...]

Kentucky is the seventh-largest coal-producing state in the nation, mining millions of tons each year. After mining, coal is sent to a preparation plant where it is sized and separated for [...]

Q: What is your major and year? A: I am graduating in May with a B.S. in Materials Engineering and an undergraduate certificate in Aerospace Materials Systems Engineering. Q: Where are you from? [...]

By Makiyah Owens, CAER Communication Intern and ISC Graduate   UK CAER’s Cementitious Materials Group is known for sustainable innovation and has caught the attention of the U.S. Army Corps [...]

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 [...]

It doesn’t take long to encounter Jack Groppo’s passion. His email signature provides a direct indication: “This message was sent on an iPhone, which was made possible by mining 47 different [...]