Category Archives: Faculty

Casali Named ITER Scientist Fellow for Fusion Research

 June 8, 2022 Faculty, Press Releases Department of Nuclear Engineeering, ITER, Livia Casali

UT Zinkle Fellow and Assistant Professor Livia Casali has been named an ITER Fellow for her work in developing fusion technology.

Ragauskas Honored by Royal Society of Chemistry with Environment Prize

 June 7, 2022 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Art Ragauskas, Department of Chemical and BIomolecular Engineering, UT-ORNL Governor's Chair

The Royal Society of Chemistry has given UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Art Ragauskas its 2022 Environment Prize.

Schmisseur Named New UT Space Institute Director

 June 6, 2022 Faculty, Press Releases John Schmisseur, University of Tennessee Space Institute

John Schmisseur has been named the new executive director for the University of Tennessee Space Institute beginning on August 1.

SEAMTN Hosts Highly Successful Inaugural Symposium

 May 27, 2022 Event, Faculty, In The News, Press Releases advanced manufacturing, Outreach, SEAMTN

The Southeastern Advanced Machine Tools Network (SEAMTN, “pronounced see mountain”) hosted its first annual symposium at the University of Tennessee […]

Engineering Vol Community Honored at 2022 Chancellor’s Banquet

 May 13, 2022 Accolades, Faculty, Staff, Student Success Chancellor's Honors Banquet, Torchbearers

Students, faculty, and staff from the Tickle College of Engineering were recognized for outstanding achievements during the Chancellor’s Honors Banquet […]

Six for Six: One Health Initiative-Backed Projects All Include TCE Faculty

 May 3, 2022 Accolades, Faculty, Research Highlights health initiative

Last November, the UT One Health Initiative (OHI) announced its second seed grant competition, whose goal is to create transdisciplinary […]

DoD Grant Takes Collaboration Between UT Institutions, 4-H to the Next Level

 May 2, 2022 Faculty, Press Releases Office of Naval Research, University of Tennessee Space Institute

Several University of Tennessee Institutions are working through the Office of Navy Research to provide STEM opportunities to K-12 students via 4-H.

Lee Martin, Alumnus and Longtime Faculty Member, Honored with 2022 Dougherty Award

 April 29, 2022 Accolades, Alumni & Friends, Event, Faculty, Press Releases, Staff Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Professor Emeritus Lee Martin first came to the University of Tennessee in 1974 to […]

Staff Spotlight: Jake Dvorak Directs the Maker Lab

 April 22, 2022 Faculty, Staff advanced manufacturing, Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, Maker's Club

PhD student Jake Dvorak is the first director of the MABE department’s Maker Lab in the Dougherty Engineering Building. He […]

UT’s Dongarra Receives Prestigious ACM A. M. Turing Award

 March 30, 2022 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Association of Computing Machinery, Jack Dongarraa, Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, ORNL

Longtime UT and ORNL Professor Jack Dongarra was named the AM Turing Award winner for 2021 for his contributions to computing.