
Sarah Mobley, a senior lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been named the new director of safety for the Tickle College of Engineering. Mobley replaces Bill Dunne, who is retiring at the end of the fall 2026 semester.

Professor Michael Danquah leads an international team that is mentoring UT students while developing advanced technologies to improve food innovation, safety, and sustainability.

Three Tickle College of Engineering alumni have been selected for the 2026 cohort of Innovation Crossroads, a DOE program based at ORNL.

Biomedical engineering alumna Shelby Goodsell uses the analytical skills she gained at UT in her current job directing music festivals like Bonnaroo for C3 Presents.

Rachel Ellestad is returning to her role as the director of the Jerry E. Stoneking engage Engineering Fundamentals program after having served in the position from 2021 to 2023.

Laurent Capolungo, an award-winning researcher with a focus on structural mechanics modeling for extreme environments, is joining the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) as a tenured professor this fall.

Michela Taufer is the principal investigator on a $9 million project awarded by the National Science Foundation to accelerate AI-driven scientific discovery

UT’s nuclear knowledge and workforce development pathways helped position the state as a finalist to be a DOE-supported Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus host.

UT Knoxville has signed a new six-year master research agreement with Eastman, deepening a decade-long collaboration for developing innovative technologies.

Carolyn J. Anderson, an internationally renowned radiopharmaceutical scientist, is joining the Tickle College of Engineering as the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair for Nuclear Medicine: Radiopharmaceutical Therapies, beginning August 1. Anderson will hold a joint appointment as a professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and a researcher in ORNL’s Isotope Science and Engineering…
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