Speed School of Engineering

Speed School of Engineering

Innovative Therapeutix Inc. co-founder Michael Detmer (center) poses after winning the 2018 Venture Sharks business pitch competition, along with University of Louisville staff from the Office of Technology Transfer, ExCITE and the NSF Innovation Corps site program.

Three UofL-born startups snag combined $1.4 million in funding

Three startups with University of Louisville ties recently brought in a combined $1.4 million in funding, according to Greater Louisville Inc., the Louisville chamber of commerce. Those...
Two University of Louisville-born companies have won prestigious Vogt Innovation Awards. (Photo: Greater Louisville Inc.)

Teams featuring UofL students, faculty win Vogt Awards

Two startups founded by University of Louisville students and faculty are among the 2018 Vogt Award winners, each of whom will receive training, mentoring...
Speed students in Peru for the International Service Learning Project.

Speed students in Peru for International Service Learning Program

A group of students and faculty members from the J.B. Speed School of Engineering have spent the past three weeks in Cusco, Peru as...
New Cardinals take part in orientation over the summer.

UofL’s freshman class is large, diverse and has many out-of-state students

A snapshot of UofL’s incoming 2018 freshman class shows a pretty picture. Although the numbers are preliminary, it is clear that the incoming class is...
Jason Lopes speaks at the Ky. Nanotechnology + Additive Manufacturing Conference at the University of Louisville.

3-D Printing, tiny tech and Iron Man at UofL conference

Nanotechnology and 3-D printing can be used for all kinds of things — to quickly and cheaply create prototypes, for example, or to make...
Dr. Omid Ghasemi Fare (right), of the UofL J.B. Speed School of Engineering, is studying how to clear ice from bridges using geothermal heating.

UofL researcher wants to clear icy bridges with geothermal heating

  Like birds flying south, salt trucks are a sure sign of winter. They flock to roadways and bridges, melting the slick ice that makes...
High school students from Kentucky's federal Promise Zone program take a break during their 2018 summer camp at the J.B. Speed School of Engineering on July 13, 2018.

Promise Zone: UofL camp inspires students from high-poverty areas

Their journey from southeastern Kentucky to UofL started with a promise -- a promise that they would get the chance to do and see...
AFAM, a micro-robot created by UofL's Dan Popa and colleagues 10 years ago.

UofL student scores big with paper on tiny robots

It might be about tiny robots, but Ruoshi Zhang’s paper is getting big attention.  The University of Louisville doctoral candidate just won best student paper at...
Dr. Jason Saleem

UofL research uses tech to improve doctor’s visits

Today, medical records are mostly digital. And for physicians, that may mean they have to spend more time during patient exams looking at a...
sex trafficking victim

Out of the shadows Across its departments, disciplines and campuses, the University of Louisville...

Medical schools from Harvard, University of South Florida and University of Arkansas have expressed interest in UofL’s training.