Accolades
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Distinguished Visitor
Astronaut Butch Wilmore (UTSI, ’94) returned to the University of Tennessee and spent nearly an hour speaking with students in the Tickle College of Engineering.
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Alexander, Hess Named Goldwater Scholars
Marlena Alexander and Jocelyn Hess were awarded Goldwater Scholarships, the most prestigious undergraduate STEM scholarship in the US.
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Innovative Awards
Four projects spearheaded by Tickle College of Engineering faculty and graduate students have been selected as awardees for this year’s UT Chancellor’s Innovation Fund.
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ISSE Receives DOE Smart Manufacturing Funding
UT’s Institute for a Secure & Sustainable Environment to receive $620,000 in funding through a federal manufacturing leadership program.
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TCE Alumni Named to 2025 Volunteer 40 under 40
Four Tickle College of Engineering alumni have been named to the 2025 Volunteer 40 Under 40 class. The honor recognizes alumni under age 40 excelling personally and professionally since completing their degree at UT.
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Fusion Funding
Governor’s Chair for Nuclear Materials and Professor Steve Zinkle is the lead principal investigator of a Fusion Innovation Research Engine (FIRE) Collaboratives proposal that will receive $20 million in funding over four years.
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Aziz Awarded for Smart Pixel Technology
EECS Assistant Professor Ahmedullah Aziz was recently selected as an awardee for the Defense TechConnect Pitch Program for his patent-pending smart pixel technology.
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Distinguished Fellows
Professors Sergei Kalinin and Chuck Melcher have been named as Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), which is the highest distinction awarded solely to inventors.
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Year’s Best Innovator
Vaidya Honored as UTRF’s Innovator of the Year Uday Vaidya, UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair in Advanced Composites Manufacturing Professor, was honored as the Innovator of the Year at the 2024 UT Research Foundation’s Innovation Awards. Vaidya’s pioneering leadership in advanced composites and materials has transformed lightweight, high-performing materials, driving innovation across industries. Vaidya’s work has fostered…
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Mandrus, Ragauskas Honored as Highly Cited Researchers
David Mandrus, professor and Jerry and Kay Henry Endowed professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Art Ragauskas, acting head and UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Biorefining in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, were named to the 2024 Clarivate list of Highly Cited Researchers. The annual list recognizes those who demonstrated…