JB Speed School of Engineering

Big news from our Civil & Environmental Engineering department!

Speed School has renewed its research partnership with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for a third time, with the latest renewal carrying a $1.5 million contract to fund cutting-edge transportation research through 2028. Across research areas that include smarter intersection design and bridge-monitoring sensors, our faculty and students are tackling the infrastructure challenges that matter most to Kentuckians.

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KYTC 2026 Research Contract Renewal » The J.B. Speed School of Engineering has renewed its biennial research partnership with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), securing a $1.5 million contract that will fund civil and environmental engineering research through fiscal years 2027 and 2028. The renewal marks the third iteration o...

Louisville's "can opener" viaduct at Third Street and Eastern Parkway is no stranger to semi-truck collisions, but the I-65 closure has pushed things to a new level. To help make sense of it all, civil & environmental engineering faculty member Brandon Shelley breaks down the engineering and policy challenges behind one of the city's most persistent infrastructure problems:

Speed School Can Opener » Tucked at the intersection of Third Street and Eastern Parkway, just steps from the Vogt Building on Speed School’s campus, sits one of Louisville’s most notorious spectacles. The Third Street viaduct, a railroad bridge owned by CSX and Norfolk Southern, carries trains overhead while allowing ve...

History is being made right here at UofL.

Thane Hudelson, a Computer Science senior at Speed School, is on track to become the University of Louisville's first-ever Space Force cadet to commission, and this summer, he's heading to Colorado for classified briefings, zero-gravity flights, and joint military exercises before leading field training for ~2,000 cadets in Alabama.

Read his story here: https://engineering.louisville.edu/thane-hudelson-space-force/

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Thane Hudelson Space Force » By the time Thane Hudelson walks across the stage to commission in 2027, he will have already made history as the University of Louisville’s first Space Force cadet ever to commission. For the rising senior Computer Science major in Speed School of Engineering, the path to that milestone has been ...

Happy Plant Something Day!

This spring holiday has us thinking back to the meaningful work our students do beyond the classroom. December 2024 Commencement Banner Bearer Weston Young and fellow graduate students in Prof. Tyler Mahoney's Watershed Erosion and Sediment Transport course got their hands dirty for a great cause, planting sycamore trees and red maple saplings along Beargrass Creek. Both in and beyond the classroom, Speed School engineers are putting their skills to work for our community and our environment.

For many college students, summer means a well-earned break. For Speed School students, it means staying in the game.

Tomorrow marks the beginning of Week 2 of the Summer semester, and our students are doing what they always do: putting in the work, whether that's inside the classroom or out on co-op building hands-on experience in their field.

This May, we're honoring National Inventors Month by shining a spotlight on the innovation happening right here at Speed School. The Speed Center for Innovation (SCI) provides our students with access to sophisticated machinery and a hands-on environment that transforms classroom concepts into tangible creations. The inventor's mindset is alive and well at Speed School!

Congratulations to our Speed School students who were inducted into the Order of the Engineer! By taking the oath and receiving their rings, they have joined a tradition dedicated to bridging the gap between education and experience, and to representing the engineering profession with integrity.

This is just the beginning of a remarkable journey, and we are honored to have witnessed it.

From Day 1 to Commencement Day, what a journey it's been! The entire Speed School community comes together this May to celebrate the incredible Class of 2026. To our graduates: you've made your families and mentors proud. To everyone who supported them along the way: thank you. This achievement is yours too.

For more information about those graduating this semester, learn more here: https://engineering.louisville.edu/commencement/

Big news from Speed School!

Dr. Xiaomei Wang has earned a prestigious NSF CAREER Award for her research on how people actually use (and work around) imperfect AI tools.

Read more about her work and what it means for the future of AI: https://bit.ly/4mUNlxv

Xaiomei Wang Earns NSF CAREER Award » Dr. Xiaomei Wang, assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Louisville’s J.B. Speed School of Engineering, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), one of the most competitive h...