Category Archives: Women in Engineering

Staff Spotlight: Gabrielle Richards

March 4, 2019 Staff, Women in Engineering Engineering Diversity Programs

Gabrielle Richards is the administrative specialist in the Office of Engineering Diversity Programs. Her main responsibilities for the office are […]

Sydney Copp Finds and Gives Support through Society of Women Engineers Mentorship Program

February 28, 2019 Press Releases, Student Success, Women in Engineering Department of Nuclear Engineering, Society of Women

Sydney Copp (middle) with her current mentees, Isabelle Laffer (left) and Cassidy Davenport (right). Nuclear Engineering sophomore Sydney Copp first […]

Women of Purpose event attendees, February 2019

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 […]

Banquet speaker Wes Hines presents the Robert Long Award at the 2019 Conference on Nuclear Training and Education.

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 […]