UT’s Tickle College of Engineering has announced its faculty and staff award winners for 2021.

As Richard Bennett returns to teaching full-time, Rachell McCord Ellestad is stepping in as Interim Director of the engage Engineering Fundamentals Program.

Assistant Professor Mahshid Ahmadi received a CAREER Award to further research into OIHP materials—important for solar farms, medical innovations, and more.
UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Brian Wirth spoke to Forbes about the importance for the government to build a pilot fusion plant in the US.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover lands today using 80+ quad operational amplifier chips designed by the Integrated Circuits and Systems Lab.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Chris Cherry was recently quoted in Bloomberg Hyperdrive about why he prefers bike racks over bike parking facilities.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Candace Brakewood was quoted in a Bloomberg CityLab article examining how payments for transit fares have changed during the pandemic.

Lynne Parker, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, was named the director of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office.

56 researchers from the Tickle College of Engineering are among the top 2 percent of scientists based on research citations, according to a study by Stanford University.