Biomedical engineering at the University of Kentucky developed as part of the research programs of the Wenner-Gren Aeronautical Research Laboratory (Wenner-Gren Lab). The Wenner-Gren Lab was a gift of the Viking Foundation (Axel Wenner-Gren, president) in response to a proposal by A. J. Meyer and Colonel James H. Graham (Dean of the College of Engineering). The Wenner-Gren Lab was completed in 1941 and operated through the war years as a research and training facility for the design, operation and maintenance of aircraft engines and related equipment under the administrative jurisdiction of the Office of the Dean of the College of Engineering and directorship of Professor Meyer.
Wenner-Gren Aeronautical Research Laboratory
A legacy over time
A look at the people, discoveries, and eras that shaped Wenner-Gren.
Spaces that sparked discovery
Rare images from aeronautical research, the beginning of biomedical engineering at UK, and beyond.
The people behind the progress
Faculty, researchers, and leaders whose work defined generations of innovation.
Carry the legacy forward
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