Matthew Mench has been selected to serve as the next dean and Wayne T. Davis Dean’s Chair of the Tickle College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
EECS professor Hairong Qi is working with UT’s EcoCAR team as an advisor providing insight into creating Connected and Automated Vehicles.
MABE Professor Tony Schmitz has been named one of seven to receive a 2021 SME International Honor Award.
Mechanical engineering senior Dana Bjorn was selected for a Department of Defense SMART Scholarship working with the Missile Defense Agency.
The University of Tennessee Rocket Top team finished third in the annual Argonia Cup Collegiate Rocketry Competition.

A senior design team worked to build a device to make providing homes for purple martins easier in Seven Islands State Park.
John Schmisseur was elected to the 2021 class of the Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Academy of Distinguished Alumni at The University of Texas at Austin.
On April 22, MABE honored their outstanding juniors, seniors, and graduate students for their achievements during a virtual awards ceremony.
Sophomore Sreya Kumpatla won second place in the freshman/sophomore open topic paper competition at the AIAA Region II Southeast Student Conference.
Danny Simmons (BS/ME, ’73) was inducted as MABE’s newest Hall of Fame member during its board of advisors meeting on April 23.
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