At the University of Kentucky, turning laboratory discoveries into real-world solutions is a core mission. Few campus leaders embody this bench-to-market ethos more effectively than Rodney Andrews, Ph.D., a professor of chemical engineering and mechanical engineering in the UK Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, senior associate vice president for research administration and central services in the Office of the Vice President for Research and director of the UK Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER).