Alumni
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Andes Mountain Top to Tennessee Valley: One Man’s Coronavirus Journey
Jim Froula and his partner Mary Coffey had just returned from Peru and the Andes Mountain to discover they had contracted COVID.
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Alumni Twins Land Dream Jobs with NASCAR
Alumni twins Taylor and Tyler Patterson both graduated from UT with degrees in mechanical engineering and moved on to NASCAR as race engineers.
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College Has Ties to Earliest Days of Tennessee Football
The college and our department has ties to the earliest days of Tennessee’s football team dating back to Nathan Dougherty.
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Alumni Spotlight: Bob Swann Returns to Graduate School after Retirement
After retiring, Bob Swan returned to the University of Tennessee to pursue a graduate degree in mechanical engineering.
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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.
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UT Grad Breaks Record for Most time in Space by an American
UT alumnus and astronaut Scott Kelly broke the record for most days spent in space by an American while aboard the International Space Station.
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Three Graduates Joining NASA from One Engineering Department
Three MABE graduates—Justine Barry, Carol Miselem, and Meghan Green—all headed to Houston to join the Johnson Space Flight Center.
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MABE Announces Establishment of Richard Rosenberg Endowed Professorship
The MABE department recently received a generous donation to establish the Richard Rosenberg Endowed Professorship in Mechanical Engineering.