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-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.