Index Catalog // Scholar@UC

Type:: Media
Description/Abstract:: Can magnets repel hurricanes? Well, no... but maybe new magnet technology could play a role in helping prevent future hurricanes. Jett Barham, a 4th year materials engineering undergraduate at the University of Kentucky explores motivations behind research into rare-earth free magnets while sharing his experience as a part of the 2026 REALIZE program at UC.
Creator/Author:: Barham, Jett; Mayer, Corrie M.; Steiner, Matthew A., and Payton, Eric J.
Submitter:: Eric Payton
Date Uploaded:: 08/15/2026
Date Modified:: 08/15/2026
Date Created:: 2026-07-21
License:: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

Type:: Media
Description/Abstract:: Rare earth elements. They are a hot topic in the news... but why? What technologies are they used in? Jett Barham, a materials engineering major at University of Kentucky, describes his summer doing research at University of Cincinnati and how new magnet research could shape the global energy landscape.
Creator/Author:: Barham, Jett; Steiner, Matthew A., and Payton, Eric J.
Submitter:: Eric Payton
Date Uploaded:: 08/13/2026
Date Modified:: 08/15/2026
Date Created:: 2026-08-13
License:: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

Type:: Media
Description/Abstract:: What happens when the biggest barrier to scientific discovery isn’t a lack of ideas, but the cost of the tools themselves? In this episode, Jarin Earle, a junior in Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina A & T State University, shares how a summer research project designing a low-cost viscometer changed the way he thinks about engineering; not as a way to build machines, but as a way to expand who gets the opportunity to do science.
Creator/Author:: Earle, Jarin O.; Yavitt, Benjamin M., and Payton, Eric J.
Submitter:: Eric Payton
Date Uploaded:: 07/24/2026
Date Modified:: 08/15/2026
Date Created:: 2026-07-24
License:: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

Type:: Media
Description/Abstract:: Through my college journey, the terms “research” and “zero-emissions” have become central to my academic identity. Not just because they reflect both my lab experience and keen interest in sustainable tech, but because they evoke a personal question that many high school seniors and college underclassmen grapple with: what does it mean to be a scientist? I’m Trevon Collins, a mechanical engineering student at Tennessee Technological University. In this podcast episode, I’ll share the answers I’ve found through investigating age-old secrets of phase change and their implications for the green transition.
Creator/Author:: Collins, Trevon L; Yasin, Ayaaz; Bellur, Kishan, and Payton, Eric J
Submitter:: Eric Payton
Date Uploaded:: 07/24/2026
Date Modified:: 07/25/2026
Date Created:: 2026-07-24
License:: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

Type:: Media
Description/Abstract:: Kennedy Whiters lives by "Do not fear failure; rather, fear not trying." She participated in the REALIZE REU when she was a junior at Albany State University. Kennedy performed research on methanogens, a type of anaerobic bacteria that consumes carbon dioxide and turns it into natural gas, which we can use as a source of energy in power plants. In this episode, she describes her experience working in the lab of Prof Annie Rowe, where she found the lab group to be a good source of positive support, like her family.
Creator/Author:: Whiters, Kennedy D.; Rowe, Annette R., and Payton, Eric J.
Submitter:: Eric Payton
Date Uploaded:: 07/19/2026
Date Modified:: 07/24/2026
Date Created:: 2024-07-28
License:: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

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