The Work From Home Edition 2020
ACADEMIC NEWS
A tribute to the department’s graduates and award winners can be viewed at https://youtu.be/vFNphhUTDGs . Thanks to Rachel Rohrer for the suggestion, and Donnie Stamper for the hard work.

Tau Beta Pi Banquet Awardees (selected by students)

  • Outstanding Sophomore in BAE – John Wesche
  • Outstanding Junior in BAE – Rachel Rohrer
  • Outstanding Senior in BAE – Cynthia Arnold
  • Woeste Award – Danielle Hockensmith (selected by faculty committee)
  • Outstanding Instructor in BAE – Alicia Modenbach and Joe Dvorak (tie)

BAE Academic Showcase (selected by BAE Awards Committee)

  • Undergraduate Excellence – Alyssa Kelly
  • Outstanding M.S. – Shawn O'Neal
  • Outstanding Ph.D. – Ryan Kalinoski
  • Outstanding Senior Design Team – Driver Isolation System - Alyssa Kelly, Lukas Banhidy, and Collin O'Donnell
  • Friend of BAE – NTRA (Alex Waldrop, representative)
  • Friend of BAE – Altec (Kathryn Plucis, representative)
  • Early Career – Rita Davis
  • Early Career – Tim Greis
  • Outstanding Professional – Tami Brown-Brandl
  • Outstanding Professional – Kati White Migliaccio
  • Lifetime Achievement – Richard Shultz
  • Lifetime Achievement – Doug Mynear
  • Entrepreneur – Eric Dawalt
AWARDS
Alicia Modenbach is the recipient of the 2020 ASEE BAE Division Early Achievement in Engineering Education Award.
NEWS
Karin Pekarchik is among the 30 participants chosen for the 2020 UK Women's Executive Leadership Development (WELD) program. Due to Covid 19, the 2020 WELD program has been delayed until 2021.

Alicia and Jeff Modenbach were featured in an article in the Kentucky Kernel on how employees are managing work and childcare. http://www.kykernel.com/news/how-five-uk-faculty-members-are-balancing-work-and-childcare/article_b906b3e2-80bf-11ea-80db-ef8a0b99457b.html

To help in the fight against the spread of COVID-19, the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering donated the following personal protective equipment to UK Healthcare.
  • 69 boxes of gloves
  • 120 N95 masks (6 boxes)
  • 50 pairs of shoe covers,
  • 20 disposable lab jackets
  • 12 pairs of goggles,
  • 3 respirator face shields w/filter pads,
  • 1 full face shield and 1 box of disposal aprons (50).
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Assessing efficacies of insect pest management methods for stored bagged maize preservation in storehouses located in Nigerian markets. Samuel I. Nwaubani, Grace O. Otitodun, Shekinat K. Ajao, George P. Opit, Adeola A. Ala, Mobolaji O.Omobowale, Jonathan C.Ogwumike, Grace I.Abel, Moses O.Ogundare, Jafar A.Braimah, Busari S.Gbenga, Akhere E.Olenloa, Olumuyiwa R.Kolayemi, Samuel G.McNeill, Klein E.Ileleji. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2019.101566
ALUMNI NEWS
Two recent BAE students who completed the UK MBA program are starting new jobs. Cameron Magdolan is the new assistant construction superintendent at Fischer Homes. Alyssa Wozniak is starting as a field application engineer at Bastian Solutions.
GRADUATE STUDENT UPDATE
Graduate students for the BAE Graduate League of Students (BAEGLS) have assumed the following leadership positions:

  • President, Gabriel Abdulai
  • Vice President, Staci McGill
  • Secretary, Toby Adjuik
  • Treasurer, Gina DeGraves, Bo Smith
  • Member at Large, Drew McGill
  • GSC Representative, Rilwan Oyetunji

This leadership team will be working on a constitution that will be recognized by the Graduate School, representing the graduate student body when concerns arise, and planning orientation and social activities to more fully involve graduate students in the department. Graduate students are invited to join the Group Me and to attend weekly meetings.
SOCIAL MEDIA
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