UK Innovator: Rodney Andrews

What does it take to move an idea from the laboratory into industry?

For Rodney Andrews, professor of chemical engineering and mechanical engineering in the UK College of Engineering and director of UK CAER, that translation is at the heart of applied research. His team is developing ways to turn Kentucky resources, from coal to bourbon industry byproducts, into advanced carbon materials used in batteries, aerospace, automotive manufacturing and other technologies.

Through collaboration with UK Innovate, those discoveries are also becoming patented intellectual property with the potential to strengthen domestic supply chains and create new economic opportunities.

In the latest “I am a UK Innovator,” meet Rodney Andrews and see how research at UK moves from bench to market.

Read more at UKNow: https://uknow.uky.edu/research/i-am-uk-innovator-center-applied-energy-research-director-rodney-andrews