Carbon Materials
  • Article
  • Jan 23 2025

Ashley Morris, a principal research engineer at the UK Center for Applied Energy Research and part of the Carbon Materials Research Group, is among a new generation of women engineers who are paving the way for women in science.

  • Article
  • Jan 3 2025

A team of engineers at UK, in collaboration with researchers at other universities, will work on a system to transform coal into high-value materials.

  • Article
  • Dec 20 2024

Matthew Weisenberger, associate director of the Carbon Materials Research Group at the UK Center for Applied Energy Research, has been named the American Carbon Society’s 2024 Graffin Lecturer.

  • Article
  • Oct 31 2024

Kara Bracken, a North Carolina State University chemical engineering major, spent the summer at CAER doing hands-on research.

  • Article
  • Apr 3 2024

The second annual Kentucky Innovator Challenge will take place on Thursday, April 11 starting at 8:30 a.m. in Ballrooms 212 A&B in the Gatton Student Center.

  • Article
  • Feb 5 2024

Researchers from UK's Center for Applied Energy Research are exploring a new way to utilize CO2 to improve the performance of cement and concrete, seeking more environmentally friendly solutions.

  • Article
  • Sep 1 2023

Researchers at the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) have developed a method to turn Kentucky waste coal into valuable carbon products.

  • Podcast
  • Aug 7 2023

Alicia Gregory, director of Research Communications, sits down with four UK leaders to learn more about the recently announced eighth Research Priority Area in Materials Science and its connection to the Chips and Science Act of 2022.

  • Article
  • Apr 4 2023

Groundbreaking energy research that could lead to the first-of-its-kind deployment of carbon capture technology at a natural gas combined-cycle power plant is underway in Kentucky.

  • Article
  • Aug 20 2020

Coal-to-carbon fiber research shows great promise to positively impact the nation’s sluggish coal industry. In 2019, U.S. coal production, consumption and employment reached their lowest levels in 40 years.