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Cook Driven to Help Students Confront Global Challenges

The National Academy of Engineering began the Grand Challenge Scholars Program as a way to get top students engaged in helping to solve some of the most pressing challenges of this century.

By committing to an endowment supporting the Tickle College of Engineering’s program, UT alumnus Joe Cook and his wife, Judy, are helping to further sharpen the ability of students.

David Marsh, a Haslam Scholar in mechanical engineering in the Class of 2018, said that focusing on those approaches offered engineering students opportunities they might not otherwise have.

“Engineering is so full of math and physics that there is not enough room to gain a broad world outlook and a knowledge of the challenges of others,” said Marsh. “I joined the Grand Challenge Scholars Program because of the chances it presents to gain that perspective.”

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