Dave Melanson

June 9, 2022

UK Hosts Inaugural GEN-EV Race at Kroger Field

Students on the Rise STEM Academy team prepare for the GEN-EV race at Kroger field June 4. Kirsten Delamarter | Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet
June 2, 2022

UK Research Project Seeks to Capture CO2 and Produce Hydrogen

UK researchers will design, retrofit, and research a dual solvent CO2 capture system on CAER’s existing 0.1 MWthermal bench-scale facility using natural gas-derived flue gas. Pictured: Principal Investigator Heather Nikolic. Photo by Mark Mahan.
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.

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