CAER Current News
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Successful Tour of One of UK's Power Plants Arranged by Energy Club
The UK chapter of the Kentucky Energy Club yesterday arranged a very successful tour of one of the university’s two coal-fired steam plants, to show how the campus is heated. Expecting no more than 20 students, around 60 people (both students and the general public) participated.
The student newspaper the Kentucky Kernel ran an interesting article that describes the tour and the facility well.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
STEM's Girls Collaborative Leadership Team and CAER
In January the leadership team for the state's STEM Girls Collaborative participated in a webinar, held a meeting, and then toured -- all at CAER. Shiela Medina, Associate Director for the Development and Community Engagement Group is on the board.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
CAER Engineer Courtney Fisk Featured in Minority Engineer Magazine
The CAER's Courtney Fisk was featured in a recent article entitled "Corporate Profiles: Energy, Gas & Utilities." It describes her task as project manager for the new laboratory building CAER is constructing. Although the article is not online, there are hard copies available for reading in the Spindeltop Administration Building.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Russell Cave Elementary and CAER - 10 Years Strong
Fayette County Schools recently posted a great story on the decade-old relationship between CAER and Russell Cave Elementary. It includes highlights of a recent CAER tour, our in-classroom demos, and the annual Energy Fair on campus.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
10th Year for Russell Cave Elementary Tour of CAER
This year celebrates a decade that the CAER and Russell Cave Elementary have maintained their partnership. This year's scientist-in-the-classroom partnership began with the 4th grade students touring the CAER. They witnessed melting metals; pinching pennies; and algae in a tube, along with other demonstrations. The next collaboration will be a six-week long experiment in the school's science lab.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Energy Panel Draws Crowd
It is hard to compete with a UK basketball game. But the UK Chapter of the Kentucky Energy Club managed to in early December. Up against the UK vs. St. John’s game, the group held a panel discussion on energy at Memorial Hall. Even with this fierce competition, around 100 people turned out to hear a diverse panel discussion on energy. The featured panelists were:
Gregory Luhan–College of Design–LEED, Green Architecture/Design
Stacy Closson–Patterson School–Energy in National Security
Tim Taylor–College of Engineering–Policy/Econ of Generation Plants & Technology
Jeff Fugate–Greenthumb/MACED–Environmental Management/Policy
Jack Groppo–Energy Club/CAER–Coal Technologies/ResearchSpeakers gave a short, five-minute presentation on energy in their respective fields, after which general discussions and Q & A from the audience took place. The goal of this event was to educate students, faculty, and the public on energy issues with the help of professionals in the energy field.
Jim Hower Contributor to Recently Released USGS Report
This is a product of the collaboration between the USGS and state geologic surveys and other research institutes, such as the CAER. The power plants represent a broad overview of the types of coal most frequently burned for power generation in the US. The title of the publication is "Geochemical Database of Feed Coal and Coal Combustion Products (CCPs) from Five Power Plants in the United States."
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Kentucky Coal Delegation Travels to China
A Kentucky state trade mission and study group visited the People's Republic of China from October 22-30, 2011, to explore China’s rapid development and deployment of advanced Clean Coal Technology (CCT) – as well encourage and support potential KY-China trade in CCTs. The group included: State Secretary of Energy, Len Peters; Don Challman (CAER), and Burt Davis (CAER). Among the destinations were: East China University of Science and Technology, Huaneng Power Group Shidongkou Power Station, and the China Coal & Mining Expo 2011.
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