UK College of Engineering @ Paducah Year End Notes

Congratulations, Class of 2024! 

The University of Kentucky Pigman College of Engineering Paducah Campus hosted its 2024 Graduate Recognition  and Order of the Engineer Induction Ceremonies on May 2nd at West Kentucky Community and Technical College’s  (WKCTC) Clemens Fine Arts Center. The audience – made up of elected officials, leaders from the UK Lexington  campus and partner institution WKCTC, members of the Paducah Engineering Advisory Committee, faculty, staff,  students, and friends – saw 24 graduates recognized and inducted into the Order of the Engineers. In addition to  special awards for outstanding graduating students, awards were also presented to outstanding students at the  freshman, sophomore, and junior levels. Dr. Charles Lu, H. E. Katterjohn Professor of Mechanical Engineering and  Director of the Paducah Campus, was assisted by faculty and staff as he led the program. 

 Mr. John A. Williams, Sr., Founder and Chair  

Emeritus of CSI, served as keynote speaker for the graduate  

recognition ceremony. He shared his expertise and wisdom by  

offering tips for the graduates to follow in their professional  

and personal lives as they embark upon their careers. 

 Student speakers from the graduating class were Evan  

Bremmerkamp and Benjamin Fulgham. Each reflected on the  

journey to graduation in the remarks shared with their fellow  

graduates.

The 2024 graduating class  

joins more than 500 other  

graduates who have  

completed their studies at  

the Paducah Campus  

since its inception in 1998.  

From left: 

Dr. Charles Lu, Paducah Campus  

Director, Master of Ceremonies 

Evan Bremmerkamp, Mechanical  

Engineering Student Speaker 

Benjamin Fulgham, Chemical  

Engineering Student Speaker 

24 New Engineers Inducted 

The Order of the Engineer Induction Ceremony was held immediately prior to the graduation ceremony on May 2.  Each of the 24 inductees was presented with the “Engineering Ring,” a stainless steel ring which is a symbol of the professional engineer. The ceremony was conducted by an organization known as “Link of Order of Engineer.” Link  of Order of Engineer at UK Paducah is one of only five  

Links in the State of Kentucky. Dr. Jeff Seay, PJC 

Professor of Chemical Engineering at UK Paducah, 

presided at the induction ceremony 

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Paducah Students Are Among the Very Best UK Students 

The Best Undergraduate Researcher in UK! 

Colby Gore, a Mechanical Engineering Senior, was among the 59  

outstanding undergraduate researchers selected by the UK Office  

of Undergraduate Research to present their research at the  

National Conference Undergraduate Research (NCUR), held at the  

California State University - Long Beach on April 8-10, 2024.  

NCUR is the largest symposium of its kind in the world, bringing  

together nearly 4,000 undergraduate students each year from all  

fields and disciplines.  

  

The Best Student Employees in UK! 

Colby Gore and Josh Nelson, Mechanical Engineering Seniors, were  

each recognized with The University of Kentucky Student Employee  

of the Year Award: Top 10 Finalist. 

“Colby’s contributions have far exceeded the expectations for a  

student worker, and we have been fortunate to have a student  

worker of such caliber, reliability, and technical ability in our  

program,” Dr. Jack Maddox 

“Josh is a creative, outside-the-box thinker and is constantly  

coming up with new ideas to improve our processes, while  

understanding that our work is intended to benefit communities in  

developing countries.” Dr. Jeff Seay 

The Best Undergraduate Intern in UK! 

Brian Sibley started at UK Paducah as a Freshman and Sophomore,  

was an Undergraduate Research Assistant, and co-authored a  

journal paper:  

Garcia, J., Smith, S., Sibley, B., and Lu, Y.C., "Effect of Fiber  

Content on Anisotropic Behavior of 3D Printed Fiber Composites,"  

SAE Int. J. Adv. & Curr. Prac. in Mobility 6(1):499-512, 2024. 

Brian went to UK Lexington for his Junior year and spent the 4th year  

as a rotating intern. Brian will come back to Paducah to finish off  

his senior year (Fall 2024).  

The Best Ph.D. Student in the College of Engineering! 

Tyler Stoffel, a 2018 UK Paducah Mechanical Engineering graduate  

and currently a doctoral student in Aerospace Engineering, was  

selected as the Best Ph.D. Student in the UK Pigman College of  

Engineering. 

Tyler’s doctoral research is on the “Modeling of Molten Flows in  

Supersonic and Hypersonic Environments.” For the past four years,  

Tyler has been conducting his computational research at the  

Paxton Engineering Research Center on the UK Paducah campus. 

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Where they came from 

Profile of the Class of 2024  Where they are going 

What they are doing 

Massac County High School Marion High School 

McCracken County High School Marshall County High School Graves County High School Livingston Central High School Lyon County High School Caldwell County High School Christian Fellowship School Ballard Memorial High School Muhlenberg County High School 

Los Alamos National Labs Chemical Process Companies Baptist Health Paducah U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ElectroMechanical Products Engineering Consulting Firm Automotive Companies Environmental Companies Consumer Products 

Energy Company 

Graduate Schools 

(University of Kentucky) (Arizona State University) 

Production Engineer 

Chemical Process Engineer Plant Process Engineer 

Biomedical Engineer 

Project Engineer 

Mechanical Engineer 

Manufacturing Engineer 

Sales Engineer 

Engineer Associate 

Quality Engineer 

Field Engineer 

Pursuing MS in Aerospace  

Pursuing MS in Diplomacy  

Pursuing MS in Global Management  

Points of Pride is a publication of UK Pigman College of Engineering – Paducah Campus and UK Philanthropy and Alumni  Engagement – Western Ky Region. For information on philanthropic support, contact lee.emmons@uky.edu.  

For more information about UK Pigman College of Engineering – Paducah Campus, visit: engr.uky.edu/paducah

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