Category Archives: Women in Engineering

Women of Purpose Share Their Engineering Vision

 February 18, 2019 Engineering Diversity Programs, Event, Student Success, Women in Engineering Engineering Diversity Programs, Society of Women Engineers, women in engineering

Around 20 Engineering Vols attended “Women of Purpose: Cultivating Your Personal Brand” on February 12. Participants ranged from freshman to […]

Accolades: Boggs Brings It for Road Safety, Minneci Minimizes Material Stress

 February 15, 2019 Accolades, Student Success, Women in Engineering Additive Manufacturing, Autonomous Vehicles, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, road safety, Transportation

Boggs Named Outstanding Student for Road Safety Transportation engineering doctoral student Alexandra “Ali” Boggs was recently honored by the Collaborative […]

Accolades: Hines keeps busy, CEE staff gets down to business, faculty and students earn awards & patents

 February 8, 2019 Accolades, Faculty, Research Highlights, Staff, Student Success, Women in Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Nuclear Engineering

Wes Hines Stays Busy Nuclear engineering Department Head Wes Hines, above, is celebrating a number of successes just weeks into […]

Women Engineers Take the Lead with Student Organizations

 February 5, 2019 Press Releases, Student Success, Women in Engineering Kalie Knecht, Kendra Jackson, Lauren Ferrer, Mariah LaFond, National Society of Black Engineers, Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers, Society of Women Engineers, Tau Beta Pi, women in engineering

Many Engineering Vol student organizations—around two-thirds of them—are headed by women who bring dynamic, fresh approaches to their leadership roles. […]

Accolades: Super(conductor) Award for Zamperini, Burks-Jelks Speaks for MLK Day, Bennett Makes Journal Cover

 February 1, 2019 Accolades, Staff, Student Success, Women in Engineering Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee Space Institute

Zamperini Brings Home Super(conductor) Award Shawn Zamperini, graduate research assistant in nuclear engineering, earned best presentation at the 2019 ITER […]

Taufer to Receive 2019 IBM Faculty Award

 January 28, 2019 Accolades, Faculty, Press Releases, Women in Engineering Bredesen Center, computer science, high performance computing, IBM, Innovative Computing Laboratory, Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Professor Michela Taufer has been selected to receive a 2019 IBM Faculty Award for $20,000. This highly competitive award recognizes […]

Staff Spotlight: Suzanne Sawicki

 November 30, 2018 Professional Practice, Staff, Women in Engineering Co-op experience, internships, professional practice

Suzanne Sawicki’s position within the college’s office of Engineering Professional Practice is Coordinator II. That simple title only hints at […]

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 […]

Cadet Klimowicz Sustains a Scholarly Summer

 November 9, 2018 Accolades, Student Success, Women in Engineering Air Force, Civil Engineering, research, scholarship, summer program

Kadee Klimowicz walks dual paths in her regularly scheduled life as an Engineering Vol, so it’s no surprise that she […]

Madison Allen Earns ANS Scholarship

 November 2, 2018 Accolades, Student Success, Women in Engineering Nuclear Engineering, student

Nuclear engineering freshman Madison Allen is the recipient of the American Nuclear Society’s Hans P. Loewen Memorial Scholarship. She set […]