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Department of Energy: Katie Schuman—Giving Neuromorphic Computers Brains and Brawn

Katie Schuman is working on applying the principles of the human brain and turning those principles into the next generation of supercomputers.





Tickle College of Engineering Alumnus, Nuclear Icon Hashemian Honored with Dougherty Award

When Hash Hashemian, then a recent nuclear engineering graduate, and then-department head Tom Kerlin co-founded Analysis and Measurement Services in 1977, their main goal was to provide the nuclear energy industry with a reliable source of testing and problem solving. In the years since, AMS has become a globally recognized leader in nuclear energy and […]


UT Alumnus James B. Porter Jr. Receives Nathan W. Dougherty Award

A recent night of recognition for outstanding achievement for the College of Engineering culminated with James B. Porter Jr. receiving the Nathan W. Dougherty Award—the college’s highest honor—at the Holiday Inn World’s Fair on Thursday, April 9, 2015, during the college’s annual Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner. College faculty, staff, and current and former Board […]


The Daily Times: Colonel Carmella Lawson returns as first female to lead Air Force JROTC at William Blount

With a career that spans more than 70 countries and more than two decades, she is hoping to instill some of the leadership qualities and responsibility her time in the military taught her.


UT Alumnus W. Dwight Kessel Receives Nathan W. Dougherty Award

2014 Faculty & Staff Awards Winners Named The University of Tennessee College of Engineering gave its most prestigious honor—the Nathan W. Dougherty Award—to industrial engineering graduate W. Dwight Kessel at the college’s annual Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner, held on Thursday, April 3, 2014, at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Knoxville. The awards dinner was […]