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:

Three Research Groups from College Earn R&D 100 Accolades

November 18, 2021 Accolades, Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, Michela Taufer, Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Tony Schmitz, Yilu Liu

Tickle College of Engineering faculty Michela Taufer, Tony Schmitz, Yilu Liu, and Lin Zhu were part of research teams that were honored with R&D 100 awards.

Engineering Quad in front of Ferris Hall

Four from College Among World’s Most Cited Researchers

November 18, 2021 Accolades, Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Art Ragauskas, David Mandrus, Department of Chemical and BIomolecular Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Easo George, Jiaqiang Yan, UT-ORNL Governor's Chair

Four faculty members from the Tickle College of Engineering were named to the 2021 list of world’s most cited researchers.

UT Research Group Part of $5.6M Effort to Diversify Data Access for Science and Society

November 3, 2021 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Michela Taufer, Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Science Foundation

UT Professor Michela Taufer is part of a new NSF-backed research initiative being led by the University of Utah that hopes to diversify science.

UT Teaming with Intel to Advance HPC and Visualization through oneAPI

October 26, 2021 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Hartwig Anzt, Intel, Jian Huang, Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Intel is launching a oneAPI center at UT, with one research thrust coming from the Innovative Computing Laboratory and another from EECS.

Dayakar Penumadu stands on the composite bridge that leads to the John D. Tickle Engineering Building.

Advancing UT’s Innovation Ecosystem

October 11, 2021 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Dayakar Penumadu, IACMI

Fred M. Peebles Professor Dayakar Penumadu is refining the materials of the future and nurturing the future leaders of advanced manufacturing.

Sign of Success: Dryzhakov Selected for DoE Science Graduate Student Research Award

October 8, 2021 Press Releases, Research Highlights, Student Success Department of Energy, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ORNL

Bogdan Dryzhakov, a doctoral candidate in materials science and engineering, was recently named a DoE Science Graduate Student Research Award winner.

Student Using Advanced Manufacturing Equipment on UT's Campus

SEAMTN Awarded $5 Million in Funding from Department of Defense

September 28, 2021 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Department of Defense, SEAMTN, Tony Schmitz

The Department of Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program awarded UT-led SEAMTN $5 million in funding.

Center for Global Engagement Helps Build Uzbekistan Collaborations

September 24, 2021 Faculty, Global Initiatives, Research Highlights Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rupy Sawhney

Keen to build partnerships in Central Asia, Rupy Sawhney turned to UT’s Center for Global Engagement (CGE) to explore opportunities. […]

UT Partners with Enexor to Help Improve Renewable Energy Efficiency

September 7, 2021 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Dayakar Penumadu, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Enexor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Enexor BioEnergy and UT’s Dayakar Penumadu have teamed up to design and build a combustion engine that can burn waste products with zero carbon emissions.

Two Faculty Members Have Projects Among Finalists of R&D 100 Awards

September 3, 2021 Accolades, Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights Michela Taufer, Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Yilu Liu

Two UT professors work on teams that have been nominated for R&D 100 awards, Yilu Liu and Michela Taufer.