The US Department of Energy announced support for a PhD student and five faculty with innovative projects to improve nuclear power plant design and safety.
Innovators in Nuclear Engineering Receive Federal Accolades, Project Support
Waste Makes Haste: Sewage and Swift Action Helped Control the Spread of Covid-19
PhD student Ye Li’s work with wastewater during the Covid-19 pandemic helped keep UT safe—and just revealed new opportunities for studying the virus’s spread.
Learning from Experience
Students from interdisciplinary senior design program worked with companies to find solutions to real-world problems.
Globetrotting Gutzwiller Receives Fulbright Award
After being awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, biomedical engineer Leah Gutzwiller (’23) is about to scootch her “Home Sweet Home” about 8,000 miles—to Taiwan. “I am so honored to be awarded a Fulbright,” said Gutzwiller. “I still have days where I am in shock.” The Fulbright will support Gutzwiller for 11 months while she […]
SASE Chapter and President Recognized for Excellence and Philanthropy
Related: Help SASE send 20 students to the SASE National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, in October 2023. A 2023 TCE graduate and the student organization he led as president for two years both earned awards this spring for their contributions to the Big Orange community. Benjamin Pham (BS/AeroE, ’23) earned the title of 2023 Collegiate […]
GATE Opens for Engineering Grad Students
UT’s Science Alliance announced three Tickle College of Engineering graduate students as recipients of 2023 Graduate Advancement Training and Education (GATE) fellowships. The GATE program supports graduate students through assistantships and fellowships awarded by individual departments to support meritorious, collaborative research between the university and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. These TCE graduate students will begin […]
NSBE Members Enjoy Taking Part in 49th Annual Convention
UT’s National Society of Black Engineers recently took part in the 49th national convention.
Engineering Vols Are EURēCA Winners for 2023
The 2023 Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURēCA), took place on April 25 in UT’s Student Union. Led by Undergraduate Research & Fellowships in the Division of Student Success, 1,179 students showed 868 projects from a wide range of disciplines and methodologies. During a closing awards ceremony on May 4, participating colleges presented […]
Undergraduate Research Program Boosts Opportunities for Students
A new UT program that recently wrapped its first year aims to boost undergraduate research opportunities in the Tickle College of Engineering.
ISE Outreach Partnership Fuels Loves for Math and Science
ISE and Green Magnet STEM Academy have been outreach partners since 2019, and in 2021, alum Chelsea Hooker and Assistant Professor of Practice Laura Knight expanded this relationship by adding a creative mentoring program for fourth graders.