Faculty
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Acharya Adds Her Hypersonic Expertise to UTSI Programs
Ragini Acharya brings a wealth of academic and industry experience in hypersonics to her role at UTSI, where she joined in August of 2020.
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Zhao joins MABE
Peng Zhao joined the department as an associate professor of mechanical engineering and is located at the UT Space Institute in Tullahoma.
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MABE Faculty Recognized for Cited Research
Eight members of the department’s faculty were amongst the top 2 percent of cited researchers in the world according to Stanford University.
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Moeller Named ASME Fellow
MAE Associate Professor Trevor Moeller has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
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Mench Named 2020 Chancellor’s Professor
MABE’s Matthew Mench is among the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2020 class of Chancellor’s Professors.
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Thank you, Kivanc Ekici!
Kivanc Ekici returned as professor and director of the department’s graduate program after serving as interim department head.
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Schmitz Receives Best Associate Editor Award at CIRP Conference
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…
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A Mind of Its Own
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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Research Leads to Foundation of New Company
UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Uday Vaidya and Hicham Ghossein are partnering on a new company specializing in carbon fiber nonwovens.
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Making Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Safe and Reliable
Associate Professor Subhadeep Chakraborty and CEE Professor Asad Khattak are working together to standardize testing for autonomous vehicles.