CAER Current News
Friday, May 9, 2008
Taulbee to Appear in Odyssey
Darrell Taulbee (in hard hat) with Jeff Worley, of OdysseyDarrell Taulbee's work to make the U.S. a safer place will be highlighted in the upcoming issue of Odyssey Magazine (the UK research sector's award-winning publication that features exception and interesting research). Darrell has been researching a method of coating potential volatile ammonium nitrate, which can be used to make bombs, with coal ash to lessen the impact of potential explosions. One of Odyssey's writers and a photographer came to CAER recently for a photoshoot of Taulbee.
Posted by Marybeth McAlister [Link]
Contributions to new Coal Petrology Wiki
Jim Hower (CAER) and Maria Mastalerz (Indiana Geological Survey) wrote an article on coal petrology for SCIRUS's Topic Pages, a free wiki-like internet service that publishes authoritative topic summaries written by scientific experts. This new form of educational outreach facilitates knowledge sharing and provides the latest and most relevant journal and web results.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Congratulations Graduates
The CAER staff would like to congratulate several of our students who are graduating this spring:
- Victor Kunadian (Mechanical Engineering) and Jen O'Keefe (Earth & Environmental Sciences) will receive their PhDs.
- Brad Toon (Mechanical Engineering) will receive his Masters Degree
- Allison Richardson (Earth & Environmental Sciences) will be graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree.Some of these students have spent years with us, conducting research while working on their degrees. We are proud of them all.
Posted by Marybeth McAlister [Link]
E.ON Group Tours CAER
A group from E-ON U.S., as well as their International Research Board, met at the CAER in April for presentations and a tour of appropriate research areas.Posted by Marybeth McAlister [Link]
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Kentucky Mine Mapping in the News on Two Fronts
The Kentucky Mine Mapping Information System (headed by John Hiett and administered through the CAER) received the Best of Kentucky technology award in the Best Online Services category at the Kentucky Digital Government Summit. The conference brings government information technology leaders together to share innovations and accomplishments.
Development of the information system began in May 2004 with a $1 million grant from the Mine Safety and Health Administration and continues with support from the U.S. Office of Surface Mining. The Internet site, http://minemaps.ky.gov, provides online digitized and georeferenced maps showing the location and extent of underground mines in Kentucky. The Kentucky Office of Mine Safety and Licensing has confirmed the presence of more than 30,000 abandoned mines in Kentucky and its collection of over 165,000 individual mine documents is the largest in the world.
Underground mining has occurred in Kentucky for well over 100 years. Many of these early abandoned mines present a danger to the public and the environment in terms of subsidence, blowouts, and other hazards. The Kentucky Mine Mapping Information System is serving a vital role in the areas of miner and public safety as well as environmental protection. The demand for this type of information is reflected in the fact that the Internet site experiences an average of 600,000 hits monthly.
In addition, the group was featured in the trade journal GeoWorld, April, 2008. the article is titled "A Mine Sweeper -- Kentucky Delivers Maps of Abandoned Mines Online."
Posted by Marybeth McAlister [Link]
Monday, April 21, 2008
Energizing Kentucky
UK President Lee Todd, along with the presidents from Centre College, Berea College, and the University of Louisville, held a press conference recently for a new collaboration called "Energizing Kentucky." CAER Director Rodney Andrews has been instrumental in organizing this event, which will include three conferences during 2008. For more details on the event, go to: Energizing Kentucky.
Posted by Marybeth McAlister [Link]
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Solar Decathlon Competition Progresses
CAER researcher Bob Rathbone presented awards last night at the Kentucky Theatre for the UK Smart Blues House competition. This moves the university toward the national design competition for the US Department of Energy's 2009 Solar Decathlon in Washington DC. Each competing university is attempting to design, build and operate the most attractive, effective and energy-sufficient solar-powered house. Five of 25 submitted designs were given awards last night.
Posted by Marybeth McAlister [Link]
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Ford Motor Company Funds CAER
The Biofuels and Environmental Catalysis Group is the recipient of a University Research Program grant from Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, MI). The grant will be used to fund a three year project to optimize catalyst systems in order to decrease NOx emissions from diesel exhaust gas. Program Director, Mark Crocker is the Principal Investigator on the project.
Posted by Marybeth McAlister [Link]
Tri-State Catalysis Society Seminar
The Tri-State Catalysis Society will host a seminar by Professor Hans Schulz from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, with a focus on Principles of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis (FTS). Professor Schulz has been a pioneer in advancing FTS and the lecture will highlight some of his recent work. The seminar is scheduled at the Offices of Sud-Chemie Inc. in Louisville Kentucky, located on 1600 West Hill Street. · Presentation: Principles of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
· Location: Sud-Chemie Inc., 1600 West Hill Street, Louisville, KY
· Date: April 15th 2008
· Time: 4:00 pmPosted by Marybeth McAlister [Link]
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
High School Interns at CAER
The center has participated in the local high school mentoring program for many years with great success. This year's students arrived recently to shadow researchers and perform their own scientific investigations. Kory Figueroa (top) and Evan Schroader are from Tates Creek High School. Kory will be working with Bob Rathbone in the Environmental and Coal Technologies Group, while Evan will do carbon research with Matt Weisenberger in the Carbon Materials Group. We welcome them both and hope this experience helps them in determining their future goals.
Posted by Marybeth McAlister [Link]
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