AEN-148: Considerations in Goat Barn Design

By Joe Taraba, Katie Jackson, and Morgan Hayes
Published on Mar. 30, 2020

Farmers who raise goats for meat or milk need guidance in the interrelated tasks of choosing a barn design and managing temperatures for their herd. Barn orientation, ventilation design, and stocking density are all important considerations which impact goats socially and physiologically, potentially impacting production.

Kentucky Climate Consortium Empowers Kentuckians to be Environmental Stewards

By Carol Lea Spence
Published on Jan. 28, 2020

Carmen Agouridis has co-founded a new statewide consortium headquartered at UK that will promote interdisciplinary climate research and education.

Preventing Cattle Loss with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with Jesse Hoagg

By Lindsey Piercy
Published on Jan. 27, 2020

It's a staggering statistic — every year nearly 3 million cows in the U.S. die from health problems. And it's costing the cattle industry more than $1 billion.

Jian Shi Receives New NSF Grant

Published on Jan. 16, 2020

Shi and his students will visit and conduct collaborative research with the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the next two years.

College of Engineering Celebrates Co-op/Intern of the Year Awards

Published on Nov. 11, 2019

The winners were nominated by their co-op supervisors. Each received high praise from their employers.

$3 Million NSF Grant to Support the Next Generation of Kentucky Food, Energy and Water Systems Innovators

By Dave Melanson
Published on Oct. 3, 2019

UK faculty members Carmen Agouridis and Isabel Escobar will be involved with the project.

UK Researchers Studying Better Ways to Detect Worms in Apples

By Katie Pratt
Published on Oct. 2, 2019

Faculty members Akinbode Adedeji and Kevin Donohue are developing ways to keep healthy U.S. apples in the supply chain.

Sue Nokes Named 2019 Outstanding Alumnus by North Carolina State BAE Department

Published on Sep. 20, 2019

Nokes completed her Ph.D. at North Carolina State in 1990.

Hoagg Awarded $1.2 Million Grant for Applied UAV Research

Published on Sep. 4, 2019

The National Science Foundation grant will allow a research team to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the event of airborne contaminant dispersion.

Agouridis Named Associate Dean for Instruction in College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

By Carol Lea Spence
Published on Aug. 2, 2019

Agouridis is director of the Stream and Watershed Science graduate certificate and co-director of the Environmental Engineering undergraduate certificate programs.