Speed School of Engineering

Speed School of Engineering

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UofL, GE Appliances develop engineering scholarship for underrepresented students

Aspiring engineers from underrepresented communities have a new path to a UofL degree. Last fall, the J.B. Speed School of Engineering partnered with GE Appliances...
More than 90 faculty and staff were honored at the inaugural UofL Research and Scholarship Awards on March 29, 2022.

UofL’s Inaugural Research and Scholarship Awards celebrate year of exploration and new knowledge Six...

Researchers, scholars and research administrators were recognized for their contributions at the University of Louisville’s inaugural Research and Scholarship Awards, held March 29.  The event,...
Keith Smith, UofL spinal cord research participant, with trainer Kristin Benton, working with the new tablet interface to control his Medtronic epidural stimulator

New controller developed at UofL improves home use of epidural stimulation for people with...

When Keith Smith recently got a new tablet, it wasn’t for watching videos or scanning social media. Instead, this tablet allows Smith, who has tetraplegia,...
Lawrence Watkins

UofL alum advocates, educates for Black economic power

In Lawrence Watkins’ view, the quest for economic power is the current generation’s civil rights struggle. Watkins ’06 is doing his part to help fellow...
Henry Stifel and his wife, Mary

New York man with paralysis stands 39 years after injury thanks to UofL’s spinal...

Nearly four decades after Henry Stifel’s spinal cord injury – and after following spinal cord injury research as a philanthropist for more than three...
Three recent Chemical Engineering alums and one current Speed School student are playing a critical role in a company created from their research, called Arduro Sustainable Rubber company.

UofL engineering alumni now playing a critical role in a company created from UofL...

Three recent Chemical Engineering alums and one current Speed School student are playing a critical role in a company created from University of Louisville...
UofL engineering researcher Cindy Harnett, left, with Alli Truttmann of Wicked Sheets

UofL selects projects for COVID-19 tech accelerator Applications now open for next project selection...

A University of Louisville program aimed at solving the long-term health, economic and societal problems resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has selected its first...
UofL student Sam Kessler using the water testing tool

UofL senior earns a prestigious Mitchell Scholarship

University of Louisville senior Samuel Kessler has earned a prestigious George J. Mitchell Scholarship. The Mitchell Scholarship program sends future American leaders to Ireland for...
UofL’s Additive Manufacturing Institute of Science & Technology (AMIST)

UofL receives $2 million grant to help minority-owned manufacturers adopt 3D printing

The University of Louisville has received a five-year grant totaling $2 million to help minority-owned manufacturing businesses adopt additive manufacturing and 3D printing technology. The...
BioProducts, a UofL startup based on research-born technology for reusing spent distillers' grain, has won a bourbon sustainability pitch competition.

UofL startup’s bourbon sustainability tech wins pitch competition

A University of Louisville research-backed startup has beaten teams from around the country in a pitch competition aimed at bourbon sustainability. The startup, BioProducts LLC,...