Category Archives: Student Success

FIRST Robotics Launches ‘Deep Space’ Mission

 January 11, 2019 Press Releases, Student Success FIRST Robotics, Outreach

Hundreds of students from Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia high schools came to UT on Saturday for the annual kick off […]

Engineering and Marketing Take Off Like a Rocket

 December 19, 2018 Professional Practice, Student Success aerospace engineering, Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, professional practice, Robert Nickels, Rocketry Team

The Marketing 462 team knew it was going to need an engineer when it launched a plan to build a […]

Enciso Eager to Learn the Code

 December 14, 2018 Accolades, Event, Student Success computer engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Haslam Scholar

Like many athletes, Daniel Enciso thrives on challenging himself. That’s why, with his back-to-back state championship winning soccer days drawing […]

Eli Harris Builds Youthful Fascination into Entrepreneurial Pursuit

 December 13, 2018 Accolades, Student Success computer science, cybersecurity, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor, entrepreneurship

Read about the college’s minor in Engineering Entrepreneurship. Eli Harris has been on the path to blend engineering and entrepreneurship […]

Serious Accolades for Laughing Gas and Secure Routing

 November 30, 2018 Accolades, Faculty, Research Highlights, Student Success biodiversity, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Loeffler gets serious about laughing gas The National Science Foundation recently announced support for a variety of studies aimed at […]

Engineering Vols Win at NSBE Conference Tech Bowl

 November 27, 2018 Accolades, Engineering Diversity Programs, Student Success engineering vols, National Society of Black Engineers, nsbe

Engineering Vols won first place in the Academic Technology Bowl at the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Fall Region 3 […]

Accolades: NSBE Team Earns First Place — iGEM’s Silver — New Members for Tau Beta Pi

 November 26, 2018 Accolades, Engineering Diversity Programs, Student Success Diversity, Engineering Diversity Programs, iGEM, National Society of Black Engineers, Tau Beta Pi

Engineering Vols Win at Tech Bowl Engineering Vols won first place in the Academic Technology Bowl at the National Society of […]

Walking Under the Influence

 November 26, 2018 Faculty, Press Releases, Research Highlights, Student Success Chris Cherry, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Transportation Research

Highlights Walking Under the Influence of alcohol can play a role in car accidents that result in injury or death. […]

Grant Rigney is UT’s Eighth Rhodes Scholar

 November 19, 2018 Featured, Press Releases, Student Success Department of Chemical and BIomolecular Engineering, Grant Rigney, Rhodes Scholar

Grant Rigney, senior in chemical and biomolecular engineering, has recently been named a 2019 Rhodes Scholars.

Engineering is a Family Affair for Simran Dayal

 November 16, 2018 Accolades, Engineering Diversity Programs, Student Success, Women in Engineering Biomedical Engineering, Student Profile

Simran Dayal arrived at UT just in time to celebrate her 18th birthday. Her parents accompanied her on the long […]