The American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE) has elected Professor Tony Schmitz as a member of their inaugural class of College of Fellows. This highly prestigious honor recognizes exceptional members of the society who have made outstanding contributions to the art and practice of precision engineering through original research, innovations, education and outreach, or service…
The University of Tennessee is now developing a new technology for the large-scale recycling of wind turbine blades into new recycled composites.
Five new faculty members joined the department including Ragini Acharya, Bryan Good, Mark Gragston, Badley Jared, and Wei Wang.
MABE’s Matthew Mench is among the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2020 class of Chancellor’s Professors.

UT alumni owned Weems Engineering fabricated a new steam condensate tank for the UT Knoxville steam plant earlier this summer.
Kivanc Ekici returned as professor and director of the department’s graduate program after serving as interim department head.
MABE Associate Professor Chris Pionke retired July 31, shifting focus to a new chapter in his long and fruitful career of educating Engineering Vols
Partnering with Kennesaw State, UT is working to provide a unique curriculum for students that prepares them for the military and beyond.
Professor Tony Schmitz received the Best Associate Editor Award at the 53rd CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems (CMS). The conference, hosted by Northwestern University, was held virtually July 1-3. Schmitz also presented his paper, “Cutting force and stability for inserted cutters using structured light metrology”, which was co-authored by Tim No (UT), Michael Gomez (UT/ORNL), and Scott…

Associate Professor Andy Sarles is playing a vital role in research seeking to improve autonomous devices ability to learn how to operate.
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