
Professor Dayakar Penumadu and his students visited ORNL to conduct the inaugural experiment on VENUS, which creates atomic-scale 3D models of materials in unprecedented detail.

A collaborative research group within TCE has developed a novel forecasting model that delivers highly accurate river temperature predictions over extended periods of time that can potentially help power plants and consumers save money.

Larry Millet’s team pioneered a way to grow independent magnocellular neurons for the first time, opening new avenues for research and treatment.

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.

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.

Asad Khattak and Zeinab Bayati’s AI-enhanced research shows that rare crash scenarios, while harder to prevent, are disproportionately deadly to pedestrians.
Carson Meredith has been selected as the new department head of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Meredith joins the University of Tennessee from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Tickle College of Engineering Dean Matthew Mench received Penn State College of Engineering’s 2026 Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award.

Professors Cong Trinh and Feng-Yuan Zhang have received Chancellor’s Innovation Fund awards for projects involving the biomanufacturing of natural butyl acetate and the development of a new electrode technology.