UK EDC News | November 2022 |
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Now in its third year, T2E takes the college’s wildly successful First-Year Engineering (FYE) program, required of all freshman engineering students, and applies it to the high school level.
The UK College of Engineering launched FYE in 2016. The program enables engineering students to take engineering classes during their first year of college. Before the FYE program, engineering students didn’t take engineering courses until their second or third years.
“Our hope is that T2E students come to the UK College of Engineering knowing what to expect from our faculty,” said Doug Klein, an FYE lecturer and director of T2E. “Engineering is a rigorous and hands-on major and allowing students to get a head-start on engineering content and build confidence is a major benefit.”
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UKinSPIRE seed funding is specifically aimed at creating a strong foundation for sustained, globally engaged collaborative research. The goal of UKinSPIRE is to stimulate high-impact research projects in any discipline linking UK faculty and international collaborators, and to establish collaborations with new international partner institutions or add greater depth to existing institutional partnerships.
UKinSPIRE project proposals will be required to demonstrate a significant international collaboration component and identify at least one collaborator or co-principal investigator (PI) primarily affiliated with a research or higher education institution outside the United States
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Equitable Economic Development Update |
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The University of Kentucky Supplier Diversity team hosted a Construction Outreach event Tuesday, Nov. 15, inside the Gatton Student Center. The event was designed to introduce contractors, subcontractors and professional service providers to the process of doing business with the university.
Several major construction companies were invited to attend including Churchill McGee, Congleton-Hacker, Dean Builds, Gray Construction, Layton Construction, Marrillia Design and Construction, Messer, Turner Construction, Wehr, Whiting-Turner and Woodford Builders.
Those in attendance learned about the:
Attendees had the opportunity to network with construction managers, general
construction managers, subcontractors and professional services professionals.
“Over the next few years, our campus expansion plan will include over $2 billion dollars in major renovations and new construction projects," said Supplier Diversity Manager Marilyn Clark. "The construction outreach event was about sharing these projects in advance and bringing prime construction companies and diverse subcontractors together to talk about partnering on these projects before they go out to bid."
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and Cooperative Extension gives the award to recognize a cooperative extension professional who excels at science-based programming, provides visionary leadership and makes a positive impact on their constituents.
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The Cornerstone Community Innovation Partner, FoodChain, installed their Aquaponic System Thursday, Nov. 10 with the help of students from the College of Agriculture. Food and Environment. FoodChain, with the assistance of both students and community members, built the system a week prior at FoodChain.
With the system now installed, students can partner with the organization to help maintain it — giving them hands-on experience with aquaponics. The system will be available to be used as a demonstration for classes and to host training sessions. In addition to partnering with students, faculty and the Economic Development Collaborative, FoodChain is also working with
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Meet the Team
Part of a monthly series to introduce the Economic Development Collaborative Leaders
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Landon Borders is Senior Associate Director for Innovation Economic Development and Industry Partnerships for UK Innovate and Executive Director of UK Innovation Connect. Landon leads efforts to support industry partnerships and economic development objectives for research and innovation at UK, including in alignment with Kentucky’s priority industries as well as UK’s Research Priority Areas.
For over twenty years, Landon has been a leading innovator of new products and technologies that have made a lasting impact on Kentucky industries. Previously, he was the Director of Product Development at Bullard with responsibility for global patent portfolio, technology development and new product introductions leading multi-discipline design and engineering teams across the globe. Prior to Bullard, Landon worked at Big Ass Fans and Lexmark International where he developed and commercialized internet-connected devices, software solutions and imaging systems in various roles. Landon has served on the Advisory Board for Launch Blue, as Board Director for Thread Group, The Connected Lighting Alliance and JSRDF, and is a proud graduate of UK with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
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December 13th, 2022 - 9:00 AM
Presented by Caroline Francis, Ed.S., CCC, BCC, CCSP, CPRC, Director of Alumni Career Services, University of Kentucky.
Job seekers and career changers typically spend a great deal of time and effort on their actual job search but neglect strategically choosing and coaching their references. Learn how to put the icing on the cake and seal your next deal.
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