Accolades
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UT Part of $25M DOE Grant Awarded to Consortium
UT was awarded a $25M grant by the U.S. DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration for R&D in nuclear science, engineering, and security.
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Advincula is First UT Faculty Member Honored with Tess Award
Rigoberto Advincula has received the 2026 Roy W. Tess Award, presented by the Division of Polymer Materials: Science and Engineering.
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UT Receives DOE Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Award
UT is the recipient of a $251,650 nuclear energy infrastructure award from the DOE that will be used to establish a scanning electron microscopy platform.
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UT Secures $1 Million NSF Grant to Build Semiconductor Workforce Pipeline
NSF awarded UT a $1M grant to prepare Tennessee’s high school students and teachers for careers in the rapidly growing semiconductor industry
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Wirth Elected Fellow of American Physical Society
UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Professor of Computational Nuclear Engineering and Department Head Brian Wirth was named a 2025 Fellow of the American Physical Society.
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TCE Faculty Receive Promotions
Several Tickle College of Engineering faculty members have been promoted for the 2025-2026 academic year.
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TCE’s Cherry, Pulgar Receive Fulbright
CEE Professor Christopher Cherry and EECS Associate Professor Hector Pulgar have received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards for the 2025-26 academic year.
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Danquah Named Fellow of Royal Society of Biology
Michael Danquah, a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the associate dean for academic and student affairs, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), a distinguished honor that recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement of biological sciences. Election to Fellow status is one of the…
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Hometown Legacy
Lynne Parker, a former student, professor, and leader at UT, has been named the 2025 Nathan W. Dougherty Award winner, which is the highest honor bestowed by the Tickle College of Engineering.
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Extraordinary Honor
Jada Huskey, the director of the Engineering Research Office in TCE, received the Extraordinary Service to the University award at the Chancellor’s Honors Banquet on April 29.