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21 Pigman College of Engineering researchers among top 2% of world’s most-cited

Mar 3, 2026

The University of Kentucky is well-represented on a list of the most-cited researchers in the world. In a database compiled by Stanford University in a partnership with Elsevier, 125 current UK scientists and scholars appear among the top 2% of the most-cited researchers across 22 disciplines. Of those 125 scientists and scholars, 21 are UK Pigman College of Engineering faculty. 

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2026 Great Teacher Award winners honored

Meredith Weber
 Feb 18, 2026

For more than six decades, the University of Kentucky has celebrated teachers who leave a lasting mark on their students’ lives. That tradition continued Feb. 17 as six educators were honored as the 2026 Great Teacher Award recipients, each selected through a process that begins with heartfelt nominations from the students they teach and mentor every day.

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Rana Alhaj Bedar receives "Top Education Award"

Feb 9, 2026

Rana Alhaj Bedar, a Graduate Research Assistant in the Mining Engineering Department at the University of Kentucky, received the "Top Education Award" at the NSF-sponsored 2025 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE).

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Fall 2025 Dean's List includes 1,141 engineering and computer science students

Jan 9, 2026

The Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering is proud to announce 1,141 engineering and computer science students included on the University of Kentucky Fall 2025 Dean's List.  Students are eligible for the Dean’s List by meeting these requirements during the fall or spring semester:

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Agioutantis named 2026 Great Teacher

Dec 16, 2025

Zach Agioutantis, Mining Engineering Foundation Professor and chair in the Department of Mining Engineering, is a 2026 University of Kentucky Alumni Association Great Teacher Award recipient.

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No. 1 Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration chapter

Dec 16, 2025

Congratulations to the University of Kentucky Norwood Student Chapter of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME)! For the 9th time, the UK SME chapter won the Minerals Education Coalition (MEC) Student Chapter Outreach Award. In addition, the chapter won the SME Outstanding Student Chapter Award for the 8th time.

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Student team ranks third in mine design

Dec 16, 2025

The University of Kentucky placed third at the 28th Annual Carlson Senior Mine Design Competition. The national competition invites students from accredited mining engineering universities to submit their capstone projects to compete with other universities on the best overall mine design.

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Ph.D. student finishes top three in presentation contest

Dec 16, 2025

Daykin Schnell, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mining Engineering, recently finished in the top three of the Pittsburgh Coal Mining Institute of America and Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME), Pittsburgh Section's Short Presentation Contest for his presentation, "Full-scale and small-scale modeling and testing of underground methane explosions."

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Mining students winners in David D. Eyer Senior Capstone Design Project

Dec 2, 2025

Congratulations to Department of Mining Engineering seniors, Baylor Mattingly, Waylon Martin, Andrew Minckley and Tyler Stephens, who won third place in the 2025 David D. Eyer Senior Capstone Design Project Award competition.

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2026 Lighthouse Beacon Foundation Scholars announced

Nov 3, 2025

Thanks to the generous support of Stanley and Karen Pigman and Kentucky’s Research Challenge Trust Fund (RCTF), engineering researchers are receiving additional annual funding to enhance the research priorities and programs of the Pigman College of Engineering. Established in 2024, the Lighthouse Beacon Foundation Endowment supports faculty, research, graduate students, facilities and research infrastructure in the Pigman College of Engineering. This year, the endowment made $235,000 in funds available for distribution. 

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