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:

Ragauskas Honored by Royal Society of Chemistry with Environment Prize

June 7, 2022 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Art Ragauskas, Department of Chemical and BIomolecular Engineering, UT-ORNL Governor's Chair

The Royal Society of Chemistry has given UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Art Ragauskas its 2022 Environment Prize.

Six for Six: One Health Initiative-Backed Projects All Include TCE Faculty

May 3, 2022 Accolades, Faculty, Research Highlights health initiative

Last November, the UT One Health Initiative (OHI) announced its second seed grant competition, whose goal is to create transdisciplinary […]

UT’s Dongarra Receives Prestigious ACM A. M. Turing Award

March 30, 2022 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Association of Computing Machinery, Jack Dongarraa, Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, ORNL

Longtime UT and ORNL Professor Jack Dongarra was named the AM Turing Award winner for 2021 for his contributions to computing.

A Final Frontier: Newest Supercomputer at ORNL Comes Online

March 14, 2022 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Innovative Computing Laboratory, Jack Dongarra, Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, ORNL

Jack Dongarra discusses Frontier, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory super computer currently being built, and how it will be the world’s fastest

Systems that Align Productivity and Retention

March 11, 2022 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights CASRE, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rupy Sawhney, Y-12

UT’s Center for Advanced Systems Research and Education teamed with Consolidated Nuclear Security to study and improve workplaces for employers and employees.

Ahmadi Honored with Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship

February 11, 2022 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Mahshid Ahmadi

UT’s Mahshid Ahmadi, of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been selected as a Sloan Fellow, only the fifth in university history.

Bridging the Gap—Project Aims to Increase Transportation Equity

December 21, 2021 Accolades, Faculty, Research Highlights data, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Transportation, Transportation Research

The ease in getting from point A to point B can vary greatly due to a number of factors, including […]

Kreig Part of ORNL Team Exploring Positive Effect of Switchgrass on Biodiversity

December 21, 2021 Accolades, Research Highlights, Student Success biodiversity, Bredesen Center, Chemical Engineering, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Switchgrass is a common source for the production of lignin, which can then be turned into fuel, among other things. […]

The Conversation: How Sensors Monitor and Measure Our Bodies and the World around Us

December 8, 2021 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Nicole McFarlane

Sensors are everywhere. Here’s how they turn events into words and numbers.

Managing Chaos: Coder’s Research Aims to Better Understand Airflow

December 6, 2021 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Air Force, Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, James Coder

Assistant Professor from the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering James Coder has been awarded an Air Force Young Investigator Research Program award.

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