Faculty

  • Sarles Named James Conklin Fellow

    Associate Professor Andy Sarles has received the prestigious Dr. James C. Conklin Endowed Faculty Fellowship for Mechanical Engineering

  • President Trump Nominates UT-ORNL Expert Babu for National Science Board

    UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Suresh Babu was nominated this week by President Trump to serve a six-year term on the National Science Board.

  • Banding Together

    One of the things that sets UT apart is a belief in the Volunteer Spirit. The notion that, when times are their toughest, UT students, faculty, staff, and alumni will rise to meet the occasion. It shone through in March, when the coronavirus brought many aspects of life around the world to a halt, including…

  • MABE Faculty and Staff Receive College Awards

    The college announced this year’s winners of the annual Faculty and Staff Awards including several winners from the MABE department.

  • Frankel Retires After 26 Years at UT

    Professor Jay Frankel will officially retire from the university on February 29 after more than 26 years of research, teaching, and service.

  • Volkswagen, UT, ORNL Announce Collaboration, Innovation Hub

    Volkswagen, UT, ORNL Announce Collaboration, Innovation Hub

    Volkswagen Group of America; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; the UT Research Foundation; and Oak Ridge National Laboratory today announced a partnership to create Volkswagen’s first innovation hub in North America at the UT Research Park at Cherokee Farm.

  • Schmitz Receives Best Oral Presentation Award

    Tony Schmitz received the Best Oral Presentation Award of 2019 at the 34th Annual American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE) Meeting

  • Research Could Improve Water Filtration Technologies

    A team of researchers including Andy Sarles discovered a new method of water filtration that could have implications for a variety of technologies.

  • Ekici to Serve as Interim Head of MABE

    Kivanc Ekici has been named interim head of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering.

  • UTSI Names New Director of Center for Laser Applications

    Mark J. Balas was recently named Director of the Center for Laser Applications at the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) and appointed Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, Tickle College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee. He is the Holder of the Jack D. Whitfield Professorship of Dynamic Systems…