Speed School of Engineering

Speed School of Engineering

Speed graduates with Whittenberg and Henderson Services, are guiding the design and construction projects at UofL.

Speed grads return to campus to pitch in on construction projects

This summer has been a bit of a homecoming for several graduates of the UofL Speed School of Engineering. They work for companies involved...
Participants in FirstBuild's 2015 MegaHackathon work on their project. FirstBuild, backed by GE Appliances, is a maker space and micro factory at the University of Louisville.

FirstBuild wants to ‘hack the home’

Ever wish your home appliances were just a little bit … smarter? That they could run on their own, or better yet, anticipate exactly...
GE enlisted UofL to help develop controls systems for a new compressor that will make its refrigerators more energy efficient.

GE Appliances, UofL partner on ‘cool’ project

The innovation team at GE Appliances, a Haier company, and the University of Louisville recently partnered on a 'cool' refrigerator project.  The Kentucky-based home appliances...

Conn Center promises renewable energy future for coal country

They arrived at the University of Louisville with a truth they had known all their lives: Coal is not only a source of energy,...
Gail DePuy and Lars Smith

Longtime UofL professors step into temporary dean roles

Two veteran UofL professors have stepped up to fill decanal roles temporarily, while one school conducts a national search and another school awaits its...
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,...