Trinh Lab’s New Yeast Strain Upcycles Stubborn Plastics
Professor Trinh has helped develop a yeast strain that can upcycle polyolefin plastic, a major pollutant, into useful biochemicals and biodegradable plastics.
TIBML’s Hattar Oversees Microscopy Advance Through International Connections
Associate Professor Khalid Hattar, director of the Tennessee Ion Beam Laboratory, coordinated work with international teams to install a first-ever advanced lens for an electron microspore at Sandia National Laboratories.
College 34th Among Public Colleges in U.S. News and World Report Undergraduate Rankings
The Tickle College of Engineering was ranked 34th among public institution in the latest U.S. New and World Report rankings.
Kalinin Collaboration Moves Microscopy into the Automated Fast Lane
Sergei Kalinin and collaborators at UT and ORNL earned an R&D100 Award for developing autonomous processes for microscopy that can impact research methods in multiple disciplines.
Costinett Honored for Carrying On ‘Powerful’ Legacy
Daniel Costinett has received an early career achievement award from the IEEE for his devotion to power electronics research and education.
Engineering Vols Join Ranks of Manning Scholars
First-year Engineering Vols Coleman Bain and Ariel Thompson are among UT’s newest Peyton Manning Scholars, and recently met the scholarship namesake and benefactor in a reception honoring their achievements.
Khojandi Named Faculty Fellow for Heath Integrated Business and Engineering Program
Anahita Khojandi, associate professor in industrial and systems engineering, is the new Heath Faculty Fellow for the Heath Integrated Business and Engineering Program, joining Russell Zaretzki, counterpart Heath Fellow from…
Vol Researchers Look to Give EV Batteries a Second-life on the Grid
EECS faculty researchers look to repurpose older, but still useful, EV batteries to bolster the power grid.
Gilbert Team Discovery Puts a Magnetic Spin on Neuromorphic Computing
The word “fractals” might inspire images of psychedelic colors spiraling into infinity in a computer animation. An invisible, but powerful and useful, version of this phenomenon exists in the realm…
Joshua Fu Study Clears the Air for Data Quality
Joshua Fu publication examines methods to increase data quality when using machine modeling to measure and predict air pollution.
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