Former Chancellor, Astronaut in Inaugural MABE Hall of Fame at UT
In 1847, a course offering studies in mechanical philosophies and mechanics appeared at what was then East Tennessee University.
Now, almost 170 years later, the school is UT, and the course has grown into the College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering (MABE), two-thirds of which would have been considered science fiction to those many years ago.