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Category Archives: Research Highlights

As the depth and breadth of the Tickle College of Engineering’s faculty quality and capabilities of our facilities have grown, the college’s research portfolio has diversified. From developing alternative treatments for heart-valve disease to improving nuclear safety and efficiency, some of the more recent TCE research ventures include:

Electricity in the Air: Wang, Bai Pursue Goal of Electrified Flight

April 27, 2021 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights CURENT, Department of Energy, Fred Wang, Hua Bai, Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

UT’s Fred Wang and Hua Bai are developing breaker-related technology that could help improve electrified flight and increase the speed at which it is adopted.

New Composite Bridge Showcases Sustainable Solution for Aging Infrastructure

April 8, 2021 Press Releases, Research Highlights advanced manufacturing, Dayakar Penumadu, IACMI, Infrastructure

Dayakar Penumadu and students helped IACMI develop a composites-based bridge in Morgan County that includes sensors giving real-time data.

UT Part of $25M Nuclear Research and Development Project

March 8, 2021 Faculty, Research Highlights Charles Melcher, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Jason Hayward, Mariya Zhuravleva, Sandra Bogetic, Scintillation Materials Research Center, Vladimir Sobes

UT has joined an 11-member university consortium grant for research and development into nuclear science, engineering, and security.

Campus Partners with CGI for New IT Delivery Center

March 1, 2021 In The News, Press Releases, Research Highlights Haslam College of Business

Global information technology and business consulting company CGI is partnering with UT to launch an IT delivery center that will create 300 local jobs.

ARPA-E Funded “Water Windmills” Make Waves in Energy Sector

February 2, 2021 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights ARPA-E, David Harper, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Energy, Orlando Rios

Assistant Professor Orlando Rios and Professor David Harper are key members of ARPA-E project to boost hydrokinetic turbines for riverine and tidal currents.

Scintillating Ideas: Zhuravleva Helping Homeland Security Secure Borders

January 13, 2021 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Department of Homeland Security, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Mariya Zhuravleva, Scintillation Materials Research Center

Mariya Zhuravleva is helping the Department of Homeland Security detect illicit radioactive cargo and securing our safety through the design of new materials.

Engineering Quad in front of Ferris Hall

Faculty Recognized for Cited Research

January 12, 2021 Accolades, Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights

56 researchers from the Tickle College of Engineering are among the top 2 percent of scientists based on research citations, according to a study by Stanford University.

Carbon-free Aircraft Propulsion; Greener Skies

January 6, 2021 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Fred Wang, Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, NASA, Revolutionary Aviation, Transportation

Fred Wang led a recently concluded project that UT and Boeing conducted for NASA that explored a new, carbon-free means of electrified aircraft propulsion.

MSE’s Mandrus Again Among World’s Most Cited Researchers

December 16, 2020 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights David Mandrus, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

The end of the fall semester and the beginning of the spring brings with it many of the same events […]

UT’s Parker Promotes AI Policy

December 15, 2020 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Artificial Intelligence, Lynne Parker, Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Deputy US Chief Technology Officer and UT engineering professor Lynne Parker led an initiative on artificial intelligence use by the US government that President Trump signed into law.