{"id":1360,"date":"2017-09-06T18:51:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T22:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2025-07-29T18:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T22:52:13","slug":"utsi-names-new-director-of-center-for-laser-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/news\/utsi-names-new-director-of-center-for-laser-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"UTSI Names New Director of Center for Laser Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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. 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