Associate Professor Khalid Hattar, director of the Tennessee Ion Beam Laboratory, coordinated work with international teams to install a first-ever advanced lens for an electron microspore at Sandia National Laboratories.
TIBML’s Hattar Oversees Microscopy Advance Through International Connections
Kalinin Collaboration Moves Microscopy into the Automated Fast Lane
Sergei Kalinin and collaborators at UT and ORNL earned an R&D100 Award for developing autonomous processes for microscopy that can impact research methods in multiple disciplines.
Gilbert Team Discovery Puts a Magnetic Spin on Neuromorphic Computing
The word “fractals” might inspire images of psychedelic colors spiraling into infinity in a computer animation. An invisible, but powerful and useful, version of this phenomenon exists in the realm of dynamic magnetic fractal networks. Dustin Gilbert, assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and colleagues have published new findings in the […]
Innovators in Nuclear Engineering Receive Federal Accolades, Project Support
The US Department of Energy announced support for a PhD student and five faculty with innovative projects to improve nuclear power plant design and safety.
Waste Makes Haste: Sewage and Swift Action Helped Control the Spread of Covid-19
PhD student Ye Li’s work with wastewater during the Covid-19 pandemic helped keep UT safe—and just revealed new opportunities for studying the virus’s spread.
UT awarded National Science Foundation Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
The new center’s focus will lead to new industries in clean energy, computing, and national security.
UT Research Park Breaks Ground on Innovation South
The University of Tennessee Research Park broke ground on a new facility that will house IACMI and the FCMF research center.
Soft Cells, Tough Questions: Sarles Receives $1M to Study Molecular Adaptations to Deep Sea
In a project led by Georgia Tech, Andy Sarles has received nearly $1M to study how soft cell structures in deep-sea fish withstand high hydrostatic pressures.
Lass and Liaw Put Their Spin on Turbines with DEPSCoR Grant
A duo of Tickle College of Engineering researchers is among 28 collaborative academic teams chosen by the Department of Defense to share $18 million in Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) awards for 2023. These awards are designed to strengthen basic research infrastructure at institutions of higher education in under-utilized states or territories. […]
UT-Led Coalition Chosen to Compete for Funding Related to Electric Vehicles
A University of Tennessee-led consortium has been chosen to compete for an additional $160 million in federal funding.