UKSRC Participates in E-Day 2023

Kelly Pennell, Director of the University of Kentucky Superfund Research Center (UKSRC), and Professor of Civil Engineering, along with Angela Gutierrez, UKSRC liaison, and Elena Moseley, a high school student enrolled in the Math Technology Science Center (MTSC) at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington who works in Pennell Research Group, represented UKSRC at the University of Kentucky College of Engineering's annual open house, E-Day on Saturday, February 25, 2023.  
E-Day is traditionally held at the end of Engineers’ Week in February in honor of George Washington’s birthday on February 22.  George Washington was an engineer who surveyed, invented tools for his farm and supported the advancement of engineers. E-Day was first held in 1921 at the University and has become a tradition to celebrate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and it grows stronger every year. This year E-Day attracted nearly 4,000 community members to the University of Kentucky.

UKSRC hosted exhibits where kids of all ages, and their guardians, were able to learn how they work point-of-use water filters. Point-of-use filters are certain filtration devices that are used in homes and other settings to filter water right before consumption. Some examples consist of water pitcher, refrigerator, faucet-mounted, and under-sink filters.