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New Assistant Professors Join UTSI
This academic year, UTSI welcomes four assistant professors with joint appointments at UT’s Knoxville campus: Jennifer Colborn, Boris Leonov, Jennifer Schuler, and Joseph O’Leary.
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Seed Boost
Five faculty members from TCE are leading teams that have been awarded funding by ORIED for multidisciplinary energy and environment research projects.
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Six New Faculty Members Join MAE Department in 2026
Six new faculty members have joined MAE starting in the fall 2026 semester, bringing with them a range of expertise in various areas.
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Capolungo Brings Structural Mechanics Expertise to TCE
Laurent Capolungo, an award-winning researcher with a focus on structural mechanics modeling for extreme environments, is joining the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) as a tenured professor this fall.
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Baccarella Wins $750,000 NASA Early Career Faculty Award
Assistant Professor Damiano Baccarella has received a $750,000 NASA Early Career Faculty Award to further his research on the extreme environments that hypersonic spacecraft and missiles encounter during atmospheric re-entry.
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Edwards Wins AIAA Best Student Paper Award in Fluid Dynamics
Sophia Edwards won the 2026 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Best Student Paper Award in Fluid Dynamics.
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Dove Honored with AIAA Ground Testing Best Paper Award
MAE graduate student Drew Dove was the lead author for a paper that received the 2025 Ground Testing Best Paper Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
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Magna-Power Selected to Power UTSI Hypersonic Wind Tunnel
Magna-Power Electronics has been selected to deliver a 3 MW DC power system for a new large-scale high-enthalpy hypersonic wind tunnel at UTSI.
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Baruah Places Second at Campus Postdoc Symposium
MAE postdoctoral researcher Sweta Baruah presented her work on advanced manufacturing at the 3rd Annual University of Tennessee Postdoc Research Symposium, winning second place.
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After UT Graduation, Ballard Prepared to Join Air National Guard
Alex Ballard is graduating from UT this week with his degree in mechanical engineering. He will be joining the Wisconsin Air National Guard to begin training with the 115th Fighter Wing to fly F-35 fighter jets.
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