Nine graduating seniors and graduate students in the department have received a Volunteer of Distinction Award from the Office of the Provost.
Several members of the department received college awards including Brett Compton, Dustin Crouch, Richard Komistek, Caleb Rucker, and Uday Vaidya.
MABE alumna Karen E. Jackson is co-author of a new book that investigates the design and implementation of effective crashworthy composite structures.

Ragini Acharya brings a wealth of academic and industry experience in hypersonics to her role at UTSI, where she joined in August of 2020.
Peng Zhao joined the department as an associate professor of mechanical engineering and is located at the UT Space Institute in Tullahoma.
Ringley marked 2020 by earning his bachelor’s degree, starting graduate school, and building a world-record-setting engine, to name a few.
Alumna Emily Beckman was recognized as one of Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties by Aviation Week Network in collaboration with the AIAA.
Sreya Kumpatla, aerospace engineering major, earned a scholarship from the American Association of University Women to attend their conference.
Eight members of the department’s faculty were amongst the top 2 percent of cited researchers in the world according to Stanford University.
To show their support for higher education and the research being conducted at UT, YG-1—a global leader in precision cutting tool design and production—has donated over $120,000 worth of cutting tools to the MABE department.
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