
Seven students from the Tickle College of Engineering have been selected for the 2026 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Alex Ballard is graduating from UT this week with his degree in mechanical engineering. He will be joining the Wisconsin Air National Guard to begin training with the 115th Fighter Wing to fly F-35 fighter jets.

Bill Dunne, associate dean, research & facilities for the Tickle College of Engineering, was named the recipient of the 2026 Extraordinary Service to the University Award.

NE PhD student Emma Houston is graduating and moving to Washington D.C. to work in the Office of International Nuclear Safeguards.

Assistant Professor Sandra Bogetic uses the skills she gained as a parent of two young daughters to help mentor her nuclear engineering students at UT.

Kondapa Naidu Bobba will receive the 2026 Young Investigator Award to advance important prostate cancer research.
Six faculty members, one staff member, and one student from the Tickle College of Engineering received awards at the University of Tennessee Academic Honors Banquet, which was held on April 21 in the UT Student Union.

MSE Associate Professor Dustin Gilbert is involved in an interdisciplinary research project with his wife and another UT professor studying the magnetism of bees. They have measured magnetism in more than 120 different species of bees over the last six years.

Ben Holley dreams of helping others while doing what he loves, making his senior design project to 3D print a concrete anchor doubling as a reef perfect.

Martin Espernberger has been selected as the winner of two prestigious postgraduate scholarship awards in recognition of his excellence in academics and athletics.
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