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:

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 […]

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.

Detecting Danger

October 15, 2018 Faculty, Featured, Press Releases, Research Highlights Department of Energy, Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Nicole McFarlane

Nicole McFarlane, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, is working on new sensors for diabetics to check their glucose levels.

UT-Led Hydrogen Research Earns $2 Million Grant

October 8, 2018 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, Feng Zhang, Matthew Mench, University of Tennessee Space Institute

UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory are part of a team whose breakthrough in fuel cell and hydrogen technology recently […]

Zawodzinski to Lead Department of Energy Fuel Cell Project

September 28, 2018 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights ARPA-E, Department of Chemical and BIomolecular Engineering, Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The US Department of Energy has chosen a project led by UT–Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair for Electrical Energy Conversion […]

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