Dave Melanson

June 3, 2024

CAER researchers earn American Ceramic Society’s top publication award

Bob Jewell and Tristana Duvallet standing in a room in front of a screen on which a presentation is being projected. They are each holding awards.
April 10, 2024

CAER researchers utilizing fly ash to increase Kentucky oil, natural gas production

Fly ash, a fine powder created from coal combustion
Feb. 5, 2024

CAER seeks to utilize carbon dioxide in creating next-generation cements, concrete

UK CAER Cementitious Research team. Photo provided by UK CAER.
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

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