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:

New UT Lab Offers Water Quality Testing for National Agencies

March 18, 2019 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Adrian Gonzalez, Chris Cox, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Water Quality Core Facility

A laboratory established in spring 2018 in UT’s Tickle College of Engineering is on its way to becoming a regional […]

Accolades: Sarles is in the Spotlight, Taufer is One to Watch, T&T is in business, Busch is in the Band

March 4, 2019 Accolades, Faculty, Research Highlights, Student Success entrepreneurship, Pride of the Southland Band, research

Sarles Shines in the UTRF Inventor Spotlight Most people don’t walk around thinking about their bodies as a marvel of […]

Banquet speaker Wes Hines presents the Robert Long Award at the 2019 Conference on Nuclear Training and Education.

Accolades: Hines keeps busy, CEE staff gets down to business, faculty and students earn awards & patents

February 8, 2019 Accolades, Faculty, Research Highlights, Staff, Student Success, Women in Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Nuclear Engineering

Wes Hines Stays Busy Nuclear engineering Department Head Wes Hines, above, is celebrating a number of successes just weeks into […]

On a Scientific Mission to Mars

January 24, 2019 Faculty, Featured, Research Highlights, Student Success Department of Nuclear Engineering, Mars, Steve Zinkle, UT-ORNL Governor's Chair

UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Steve Zinkle along with student researchers from the Tickle College of Engineering are working to power us to Mars.

Brakewood Part of Grant to Study Equity Issues in Cashless Fare Payments

January 9, 2019 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Candace Brakewood, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Transportation Research

UT Assistant Professor Candace Brakewood is one of five researchers across three universities who are collaborating on a new project […]

Simpson Elected Fellow of National Academy of Inventors

December 20, 2018 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Michael Simpson, National Academy of Inventors

Michael Simpson, a professor in UT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been selected for induction as a National […]

UT’s Center for Transportation Research Announces 2018–19 Fellows

December 18, 2018 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Candace Brakewood, Center for Transportation Research, David Clarke, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Xueping Li

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Center for Transportation Research has named its 2018–19 fellows: Candace Brakewood, Department of Civil and […]