Dave Melanson

Jan. 18, 2024

UK serves as regional host for DOE student business plan competition, register now

Photo provided by EnergyTech UP, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Technology Transitions.
Jan. 3, 2024

As demand for graphite grows, UK CAER positioned to lead material sourcing

UK CAER's Carbon Materials Research Group is focused on developing new sources of graphite from Kentucky waste coal. Jeremy Blackburn | Research Communications
Jan. 9, 2024

CAER, chemistry researchers awarded US Department of Energy grant to develop biofuel technology

Left to right: Robby Pace, senior research scientist; Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez, CAER associate director for research; Great Umenweke, graduate student; and Chad Risko, John C. Hubbard Professor of Chemistry. Photo by Dave Melanson.
Nov. 22, 2023

UK CAER’s coal-to-carbon fiber research published in Carbon

Scanning electronic microscope image of carbon fibers
Sept. 28, 2023

UK researchers lead multidisciplinary project for next-generation organic semiconductors

Someone holding a foldable cell phone.
Sept. 1, 2023

UK researchers develop novel method to turn coal waste into carbon fiber

Scanning electronic microscope image of carbon fibers
Sept. 14, 2023

New UK startup seeks to turn US trash into Kentucky treasure

Left to right: Professor Jack Groppo, Lucas Bertucci and Zebulon Hart, the co-founders of Verdant Beneficiated Resources. Jeremy Blackburn | Research Communications
July 17, 2023

CAER’s Hower co-authors pioneering coal book

UK CAER's Jim Hower, Ph.D., is co-author of a new book "Inorganic Geochemistry of Coal," released on June 22, 2023. Photos provided by CAER.
July 6, 2023

Longtime UK-University of Burgundy partnership to expand

The expanded research alliance between UK and the University of Burgundy will connect programs at both institutions focused on bourbon and Burgundy. karandaev and Polina Shurygina, iStock/Getty Images Plus
June 12, 2023

CAER’s Andrews appointed to Kentucky Nuclear Development Workgroup

Rodney Andrews is the director of the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research.

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