Faculty
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Xing’s Research Uses AI to Improve Weather, Air Quality Forecasting
Jia Xing is working on two funded research projects that use AI to help improve the accuracy of weather and air quality forecasting.
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UT to Partner with ORNL, Type One Energy on World-Class Facility to Validate Next-Gen Fusion
UT, ORNL, and Type One Energy are establishing a world-class facility to advance fusion energy, evaluating how materials react under extreme conditions.
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Palomino’s Research Investigates Biopolymer Interactions with Soil
Angel Palomino is investigating biopolymer-mineral surface interaction mechanisms to find more sustainable solutions for construction and mining.
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UT’s Institute of Future Mobility Celebrates Strong Start
The Institute of Future Mobility now includes more than 150 researchers working to improve transportation and transit safety across the globe.
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TCE Honored at Lab Safety Culture Awards
The Tickle College of Engineering was well represented at this year’s Laboratory Safety Culture Awards Dinner.
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Bai Elected as Prestigious NAI Fellow
Hua “Kevin” Bai, a professor in the Center for Ultra-Wide-Area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks (CURENT) in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been awarded one of the most prestigious honors in his field. Bai has been elected as a National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow. The honor recognizes Bai’s exceptional achievements…
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Five TCE Faculty Among World’s Most Highly Cited Researchers
Five faculty members from the University of Tennessee’s Tickle College of Engineering have been named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list for 2025, an honor bestowed upon only one in 1,000 of the world’s scientists and social scientists. The designation recognizes researchers whose publications are among the top 1% by citations in their respective fields…
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Accelerated Discovery
Led by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UT is at the forefront of using machine-learning in the materials discovery process.
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Tackling Injuries with AI
Assistant Professor Hector Santos-Villalobos is leading a team of researchers and students to help develop AI-driven performance analytics for the UT football team to try and reduce player injuries.
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Brown Combines Nuclear Waste Disposal with Mobile Energy Generation
Partnering with Stony Brook University, Nick Brown found using reactor waste as microreactor fuel reduces long-term waste storage while reducing energy costs.