Access and Engagement
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Women of Purpose Share Their Engineering Vision
“As a graduate student, I believe the event was really informative,” said attendee Dawn Sepehr, vice president of Systers. “Even if you think you already know your purpose and you’ve been in this field for a while now, it’s always a good idea to just pause for a moment and re-evaluate your values and make…
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Accolades: Boggs Brings It for Road Safety, Minneci Minimizes Material Stress
Boggs’s research includes examining self-driving vehicle crashes and disengagements and commercial vehicle parking shortage. The title of Boggs’s dissertation is “Analysis of Automated Vehicle Crashes and Disengagements.”
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Accolades: Hines keeps busy, CEE staff gets down to business, faculty and students earn awards & patents
CEE staff members have recently completed master’s degrees in business administration while continuing to work full time. Business Manager Samantha Allen and Financial Specialist I Amber Mathes took the same online MBA program through UT Martin concurrently.
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Women Engineers Take the Lead with Student Organizations
Many Engineering Vol student organizations—around two-thirds of them—are headed by women who bring dynamic, fresh approaches to their leadership roles. They gain experience in collaboration, strengthen their Volunteer community, and, through outreach, instill younger women with confidence toward STEM careers.
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Accolades: Super(conductor) Award for Zamperini, Burks-Jelks Speaks for MLK Day, Bennett Makes Journal Cover
“This occasion gives each of us an opportunity to reflect on the life of Dr. King and to emulate his work to make our community a place to be proud of,” said Burks-Jelks. “Each of us can make a difference, one person at a time.”
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Taufer to Receive 2019 IBM Faculty Award
Taufer will lead work with IBM to bring the IBM Onsite Deep Learning Workshop on campus. Training EECS students in deep learning and AI disciplines—the backbone of current scientific discovery—will open tremendous opportunities for them in Tennessee and outside the state.
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Engineering Vols Win at NSBE Conference Tech Bowl
Students from the UT chapter of the National Society of Black Engineering won the Academic Technology Bowl at their regional conference.
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Accolades: NSBE Team Earns First Place — iGEM’s Silver — New Members for Tau Beta Pi
Engineering Vols saw success at the NSBE regional conference, at iGEM, and with their academic studies.
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EDP Celebrates 45th Anniversary with Gala, Testimonials
The Office of Engineering Diversity Programs celebrated the 45th Anniversary of the program with a gala luncheon on Friday, November 2.
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Cadet Klimowicz Sustains a Scholarly Summer
CEE student and ROTC cadet Kadee Klimowicz walked two paths as both an Air Force cadet in training and engineering researcher this summer.