As a picture emerged for how the COVID-19 pandemic could impact the world well beyond the spring 2020 semester, TCE students and faculty stepped up to limit the effect of the virus’ effect.
Terry Hazen and Frank Loeffler are using their expertise in micorbiology to develop mass monitoring systems for COVID for UT and other institutions.
Qiang He and Shuai Li have paired their expertise to pursue a unique and novel strategy—disease-resistant buildings resilient to pathogen transmission.
Nuclear engineering alumnus Mohammad Khan used the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic to get creative in working toward a radiological solution.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the students, faculty, and staff were able to adapt to finish the semester, showing the resilience of the Volunteer spirit.
The new engineering complex has gone from concept to a beautiful structure and now has a name—the Zeanah Engineering Complex.
Rocky Top is in Bloom
The Rocky Top campus is in bloom. These tulips near the Hodges Library are keeping up the Big Orange spirit. Photos by Carrie Zitzman, TCE Dean’s Office. @ University of TennesseeFacebook • April 14
VFL Josh Dobbs Ready for Take Off
Flashback a few days: Our favorite aerospace QB @joshdobbs met up with astronaut @lelandmelvin before Saturday’s @nasa / @spacex launch.Instagram • June 3
Zeanah Engineering Complex
Our new engineering complex has grown from ambitious concept to a beautiful, realized structure. Now, we have a name: the Zeanah Engineering Complex, in honor of longtime benefactors Eric and Elaine Zeanah.Twitter • April 6
Meet the Engineering Alumni who helped launch this historic collaboration. Here, they discuss their roles in the mission and how their UT engineering education helped them make history.
ROTC students can prepare for careers with a new program launched by UT and Kennesaw State University, in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research.
An interdisciplinary team is working to understand the use of residential solar panels at with a goal of helping policymakers better understand their deployment and adaptation.
The Tickle College of Engineering is working with the several industry partners like Eastman and Siemens to team up on impactful research.
A UT researcher is partering with Carbon Rivers on a $1.1M DoE grant to recycle wind turbine blades for new composite applications. The novel process limits mechanical degradation and has attracted the attention of industry.
Dustin Gilbert has received an Early CAREER Award from the Department of Energy for his research into the structure and behavior of chiral magnets.
Faculty from the Tickle College of Engineering are leading research into remote monitoring of vital signs, breakthroughs in nuclear alloys, and classroom safety.
UT-ORNL Governor's Chair Yilu Liu has taken a critical role in keeping the power flowing through partnerships through ORNL and CURENT.
Tasimba Jonga, a senior in chemical and biomolecular engineering, completed co-ops with Bayer AG and Dow Chemical Company as part of his undergrad experience.
Nicholas Ross, chemical engineering alumnus, was named one of the 2019 Torchbearers by the university.
Micah Folsom, a recent PhD graduate in nuclear engineering, has invented a radiation detector that may be used to stop the smuggling of nuclear material.
Camille Bergin, a recent aerospace engineering graduate, tells her story of growing up wanting to be an astronaut to working with NASA as part of Lockheed Martin.
Industrial engineering alumna Sonya Baskerville has a legal career that has left her criss crossing the country, but she has remained connected to Rocky Top.
Wayne T. Davis came to the University of Tennessee as a graduate student in 1971 and retired nearly fifty years later from the university's top position.
Alumni Angie and Harold started Cannon & Cannon, Inc., nearly 25 years ago. The company now belongs to four of their employees.
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