Faculty
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Trinh, Zhang Awarded Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Awards
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.
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Jariwala Named UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Quantum Devices
Deep Jariwala, a nationally recognized leader in quantum materials and next-generation electronic devices, is joining TCE as UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Professor for quantum devices.
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Schelble’s ARO Agreement to Help Create More Secure Human-AI Teams
Right now, large language model artificial intelligences (AIs) like ChatGPT are tools. Like a calculator or a hammer, you use them to complete one task, then put them away until later. However, AIs are gaining increased independence when contributing to collaborative work that human teammates rely on and work from. These AI teammates can quickly…
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Stein, Adotey’s Discovery Paves Way to Safer Batteries
Gila Stein and Samuel Adotey discovered how to increase conductivity in a promising type of electrolytes called polymeric ionic liquid block copolymers.
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Ostrowski, Herrman’s NSF Award Funds Interdisciplinary Optimization
Two ISE faculty received an NSF grant to help engineers apply quantum computing to multi-stage uncertainty optimization problems.
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Cao’s Digital Twin Expertise Helps Global Farmers
Charles Cao works to create AI-driven tools that help farmers manage threats and resources, improving agricultural resilience and sustainability.
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Suya and Cisco Join Forces for Cybersecurity
Assistant Professor Fnu Suya discovered a new, nearly undetectable cybersecurity threat. Now, with funding from AI TechX, he’s teaming up with Cisco to fight it.
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Hathaway’s Substitute for Rain Gardens Helps Underserved Communities
Jon Hathaway and his team are midway through a $2.6M grant to bring a low-cost, living stormwater management system to underserved communities around Knoxville.
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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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Akpa Helps Design Modeling Tools to Broaden Protective Immune Responses
Belinda Akpa is involved in a multi-million-dollar collaborative initiative using predictive modeling and machine learning tools to design proteins that act against health threats.