UK Electrical and Computer Engineering

January 2024

Happy New Year!

Message from the Chair

Welcome to the new year! As our new department chair, I want to use this newsletter to help you stay connected with UK ECE and the important work our talented faculty, staff, and students are doing. We want to inform, engage, and inspire you.

As both a faculty member and a UK ECE alumnus myself, I am excited to partner with you in this new year to help the department pursue its vital mission, advancing Kentucky and the world through our teaching, research, and service.

Aaron Cramer Named New Chair of

Electrical and Computer Engineering

TVA Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Aaron Cramer has been named the next chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Cramer will assume this role effective Jan. 1, 2024.

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Fall Semester Sees Millions in New Grants

Since May, ECE faculty have brought in several new grants from the Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, just to name a few.

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Dr. He's Research is Developing a System to Improve Transformer Reliability

In He's project, a portfolio of innovative digital twin predictive reliability models will be developed, which is expected to significantly enhance the reliability of Solid State Transformers.

Students and Alumni

Congratulations Fall 2023 ECE Graduates!

Fall 2023 graduated three graduate students and 25 undergrads, landing career opportunities with Johnson & Johnson, LGE-KU and Texas Instruments, just to name a few. Good luck to all!

PEIK and SPARK Researchers Win Best Paper

Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky (PEIK) and SPARK Laboratory researchers received a best paper award at the 2023 International Conference on Renewable Energy Applications.

Record Number of Power Energy Certificates Awarded

November 17 UK article reports 66 certificates in power and energy were awarded for 2022-23, a record number for the program.

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McKenna Clinch and Donovin Lewis Winners at Sustainability Showcase

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