Category Archives: Faculty

Electronic Component News: Need for Speed: Neutrons Study Fluid Flow for Hypersonic Flight

 November 7, 2018 Faculty, Press Releases Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, Hypersonics, ORNL, Zhili Zhang

One of the grand challenges in aerospace engineering is the development of hypersonic vehicles capable of traveling at or above […]

UT’s Trinh Leading Department of Energy Bio-Research Project

 November 7, 2018 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cong Trinh, Department of Energy

Highlights Certain types of yeast aids bio-production Esters used in pharma and food can be produced UT’s Trinh is working […]

Looking Small to Solve Bigger Issues

 November 7, 2018 Faculty, Featured, Press Releases, Research Highlights Career Award, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National Science Foundation, Timothy Truster

Timothy Truster, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, is looking at microfracutres to solve big issues.

Zinkle Receives ASM Gold Medal

 October 29, 2018 Accolades, Faculty, Research Highlights

Nuclear engineering Professor Steven J. Zinkle was selected to receive the ASM Gold Medal for 2018 for his innovative research […]

2018 Boo in the Courtyard was a Yabba-dabba-do Home-Run Rock’n’roll Circus

 October 29, 2018 Event, Faculty, Staff boo in the courtyard, engineering, school spirit

Rainy weather sent the 2018 Boo in the Courtyard into the lobby of the Science and Engineering Research Facility, but […]

Accolades: Alshibli and Hamel Shine at Conferences

 October 19, 2018 Accolades, Faculty Civil Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, mechanical engineering, robotics

Alshibli Delivers Keynote Address at International Geotechnical Conference CEE Professor Khalid Alshibli gave a keynote lecture at the IS-Atlanta 2018, […]

UT-Led Team Working on Improved Hydrocephalus Treatment

 October 17, 2018 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, Stephanie TerMaath

Highlights Hydrocephalus is caused by excess spinal fluid in the brain One million Americans have this potentially fatal condition TerMaath […]

UT Researches Effects of Fracking on Water Health

 October 17, 2018 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Terry Hazen, UT-ORNL Governor's Chair

Highlights Fracking uses water to displace and retrieve natural gas Much is unknown about how it affects water Hazen is […]

A Catalyst for Change

 October 15, 2018 Faculty, Featured, Press Releases, Research Highlights Department of Chemical and BIomolecular Engineering, Siris Laursen

A memorable scene from the 1985 movie Back to the Future shows one of the main characters placing organic garbage […]

Finding the Best Solution

 October 15, 2018 Faculty, Featured, Press Releases, Research Highlights Career Awards, Department of Energy, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Jim Ostrowski

Jim Ostrowski has built a career out of using mathematics and advanced computations and theories to find the solution to having too many solutions.