Dave Melanson

May 5, 2022

UK, Nucor Steel Gallatin Partnering on Unique CO2 Capture Project

CAER Research Program Manager Heather Nikolic with Associate Professor Kunlei Liu, who is leading the new project.
March 21, 2022

Novel Funding Model Provides CAER Researchers Support to Produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Robert Pace, primary investigator of the project (right), and Ph.D. student Great Umenweke are performing the majority of the sustainable aviation fuel research.
March 8, 2022

UK’s Anthony, Risko Receive NSF Special Creativity Award

Professor of chemistry and UK CAER’s Chad Risko performing computational chemistry in 2017.
Jan. 12, 2022

Unique Public-Private Research Consortium Established CAER as CO2 Capture Pioneers

Research launched in CAER’s laboratories has generated new knowledge and technological advancement around carbon dioxide capture and utilization. Mark Cornelison | UK Photo
Jan. 7, 2022

UK to Serve as Regional Convener for US Department of Energy Business Plan Competition

UK has been selected as a regional convenor for the national EnergyTech University Prize competition. Image courtesy of US DOE.
Nov. 18, 2021

Registration Now Open for UK’s Food, Energy and Water Symposium Featuring AppHarvest CEO

University of Kentucky’s Food, Energy & Water Symposium will take place on Dec. 9.
Nov. 4, 2021

Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Virtual Museum Now Available

A new virtual museum focused on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant was developed as a collaboration between the DOE and UK’s Center for Applied Energy Research’s Kentucky Research Consortium for Energy and Environment.
Oct. 19, 2021

CAER Project Seeks to Capture Carbon Directly From the Atmosphere

Members of the Power Generation team at UK CAER include (left to right) Emmanuel Ohiomoba, Ayokunle Omosebi and Xin Gao.
Sept. 8, 2021

LG&E and KU, UK CAER Collaborate to Create Net-Negative CO2 Emissions

Reynolds Frimpong, senior research engineer at CAER, works on a carbon dioxide capture experiment.
May 10, 2021

CAER Grant Uses Acoustic Technology to Reduce CO2 Capture Cost

photo of Bradley Irvin

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