Speed School of Engineering

Speed School of Engineering

Bioengineering student Jacob Frank

Engineering transfer student takes diverse path to dream career

Jacob Frank didn’t participate in science fairs or join robotics clubs or take specialized STEM courses. But the seeds of engineering were planted early...
Bullitt County Public School students in the Guaranteed Entrance to Engineering School (G.E.E.S.) program, a partnership with GE Appliances, Bullitt County Public Schools and UofL J.B. Speed School of Engineering.

Unique partnership offers guaranteed entrance to Speed School UofL, GE Appliances and Bullitt County...

The University of Louisville’s J.B. Speed School of Engineering has partnered with GE Appliances, a Haier company (GEA) and Bullitt County Public Schools to...
From left to right : Valerie Tran, Hayley Benson and Mahshad Taheri

UofL’s ‘Royal Court’ students shine

It’s Kentucky Derby time in Louisville, and that means it is Kentucky Derby Festival season.   This year, three University of Louisville students -- Hayley Benson, Mahshad Taheri...
The University of Louisville held its 2023 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Awards on April 18 at the Student Activities Center.

UofL celebrates big ideas and invention at Innovation and Entrepreneurship Awards Six major awards...

More than 70 faculty and staff were recognized for their work to bring big ideas to life at the University of Louisville’s 2023 Innovation...
2023 Goldwater Scholars Madeline Martinez and Klemmer Nicodemus

Two juniors win 2023 Goldwater Scholarships

Two University of Louisville juniors have won 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholarships. Madeline Martinez and Klemmer Nicodemus bring to 12 the total number of UofL students...
Klemmer Nicodemus

UofL engineering student wins state’s only Truman Scholarship

University of Louisville junior Klemmer Nicodemus has won Kentucky’s only Harry S. Truman Scholarship for 2023. The award, valued at $30,000, is given to just...
Heart slices in the physiological biomimetic culture system

UofL technology that could speed medical innovation finds commercial partner

A University of Louisville research-born invention that could spur new medicines by extending the usable life of heart tissue from one day to 12...
Speed School alumni and Blue Origin employees Nick Greco, Gregg Blincoe and Matt Cosgrove welcome Speed School supporter Clinton Kelly back to Earth after his flight aboard New Shepard.

Speed School and rocket team supporter Clint Kelly goes into space

Clint Kelly, a longtime supporter of the J.B. Speed School of Engineering, became one of the oldest people ever to go to space when he...
Alora Mazarakis, Speed School alumna and NASA engineer

NASA engineer on Artemis Mission is Speed School alumna

When Alora Mazarakis was a young girl, she didn’t play with Barbie dolls. Instead, she played with airplane toys and Pilot Mickey Mouse and Flight Attendant...
UofL PhD student Tomas Felipe Llano-Rios has developed an app to help coffee growers in his native Colombia

PhD student develops app to help coffee growers in his native Colombia

Colombia native Tomas Felipe Llano-Rios is, perhaps not surprisingly considering his birthplace, a coffee connoisseur. The University of Louisville PhD student in computer science...