Latest News

Mench and Sarles Receive UTRF Awards

MABE faculty members Matthew Mench and Andy Sarles were amongst the recipients of UT Research Foundation’s Innovation Awards.
White House Innovation Forum Takes on Tennessee Flavor

More than 10% of attendees at the White House Forum on Connecting Regional Innovation Ecosystems to Labs were from Tennessee.
Engineering’s Spring Distinguished Lecture Series Set

Following the College of Engineering’s successful fall slate of Distinguished Lecture Series events, the spring slate of speakers will cover topics ranging from sustainability to space exploration and anything in between. “We had incredible excitement and turnout for our events last fall, and we hope to build upon that momentum this spring,” said Wayne Davis, dean of the college.…
UT Proposes Plan to Offer Automotive Engineering Concentration

UT’s College of Engineering announced that it is developing a graduate-level automotive engineering concentration that will begin in fall 2016.
Astronaut Scott Kelly Makes Pair of Media Splashes

Astronaut and alumnus Scott Kelly made media splashes by appearing with Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight Show and going viral on Twitter.
Mench Elected to ASME Department Head Executive Committee

UT’s Matthew Mench elected to ASME Department Head Executive Committee, advancing mechanical engineering education and sharing best practices nationwide.
UTSI Alum and Astronaut Kelly Honored as R&D Magazine Scientist of the Year

Astronaut and University of Tennessee Space Institute alumnus Scott Kelly has been named as R&D Magazine’s 2015 Scientist of the Year.
MABE Student Business Wins Boyd Venture Award

Students from our department entered the 2015 Boyd Venture Challenge, creating a low-cost, single-use liposome extrusion device.
UTSI Professor Returns from Icebreaker Cruise to the North Pole

UTSI Professor Steve Brooks traveled on the nation’s largest Icebreaker, the Coast Guard Ship “Healy,” studying the ocean at the North Pole.
Engineering Senior Earns Top National Honor

UT aerospace engineering senior Michael Holloway has been named a Tau Beta Pi laureate for 2015, one of just five students so honored across the United States this year. Holloway, a native of Signal Mountain, Tennessee, has used his aerospace background to good measure, including a stint at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama over the summer. “I…