Brett Compton’s work on 3D-printed composites was published in two journals, with one being chosen as an “Editor’s Choice” article.
Andrew Dickerson explored why mammal fur seems resistant to getting dirty; his work was published in Journal of the Royal Society Interface.

Matthew Mench and Chris Pionke discuss alumnus Josh Dobbs’ impressive NFL achievements in The Athletic.
This fall, Assistant Professor Sicheng He and Associate Professor Omer San joined the aerospace engineering faculty of UT’s MABE Department.
Researchers earned a 2023 R&D 100 Award for pioneering a neutron diffraction method that reveals stress in 3D‑printed metal components.

Assistant Professor Zhenbo Wang recently received an NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program award that will provide $537,847 for research toward developing and testing a novel airway system, operational rules, and control schemes for autonomous aircraft of the future.
Zhenbo Wang is part of a NASA University Leadership Initiative team looking at how the electric grid infrastructure can support future air transportation.

Knoxville high school students celebrated Manufacturing Day, an event dedicated to advanced manufacturing techniques and tech.

Colleen Crouch is named a 2023 Emerging Investigator by the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (JASMS).
UT researchers pioneered porous steel that improves impact resistance, opening new possibilities for advanced manufacturing materials.
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