Speed School of Engineering

Speed School of Engineering

The real dilemma zone is different for each driver, based on speed and distance from the light.

UofL research team tackles ‘yellow light dilemma’

We've all been faced with the sometimes-impossible decision to stop or accelerate when approaching a yellow traffic light.  UofL engineering professor Richard Li calls it...
A group of UofL students, faculty and staff visited Croatia in May as part of the International Service Learning Program.

UofL professor reflects on ISLP trip to Croatia

In May, 22 students and five faculty/staff headed to Sisak, Croatia, to work with high school students as part of UofL's International Service Learning...
WaterStep enlisted a cross-disciplinary team of engineers and designers at the University of Louisville’s J.B. Speed School of Engineering, along with business students at Bellarmine University, to develop a tool that could use a solar panel instead of a car battery to create safe drinking water.

UofL team helps develop safe drinking water tool for those in need

Entire neighborhoods were leveled. Everywhere, there was debris, mud and water — though, none you could drink.  That’s what Mark Hogg, CEO and founder of...

Blast off: UofL’s rocket team wins NASA competition

The University of Louisville’s rocket team, River City Rocketry, has always done well at the annual NASA Student Launch challenge held at NASA’s Marshall...
Speed Up, UofL’s summer product launch competition, returns for its third year from May to July.

UofL’s summer product launch competition returns for its third year

Some students slow down during the summer — no classes, no assignments, no responsibility. But at the University of Louisville, students Speed Up.  Speed Up,...
UofL faculty members were recognized for their years of service at the annual Celebration of Faculty Service Awards.

Faculty recognized for service to university

A total of 49 faculty members from the University of Louisville have been recognized for their years of service. The recent Celebration of Faculty Service...
UofL researchers have planted industrial hemp on the Belknap campus as part of its research mission to find ways to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.

Conn Center plants industrial hemp in quest for renewable energy

The University of Louisville’s Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research will plant two varieties of industrial hemp and a strain of kenaf on the...

UofL’s Conn Center to grow industrial hemp and kenaf for energy research

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville’s Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research will plant two varieties of industrial hemp and a strain of...
Civil engineering students at UofL built a concrete canoe and figured out how to make it float as part of a competition with students from other engineering schools in the region.

Civil Engineering students solve the concrete canoe conundrum

Why would anyone build a concrete canoe? And if you were to build one, how would you make it float? Well, civil engineering students at...
Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center Senior Sustainability Engineer Mark Toda

KPPC sustainability engineer to serve as judge at state conference

Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center Senior Sustainability Engineer Mark Toda will serve as a judge for the Kentucky Technology Student Association State Conference, which is...