
Dayakar and Marie Penumadu established the Inky Johnson Perseverance Scholarship in recognition of the athlete’s inspirational story of determination.
UT’s Commission for Women includes a handful of leaders from the engineering community, representing faculty, students, and staff across the Tickle College of Engineering.
The Tickle College of Engineering welcomes many new faculty members in the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters.
Fred N. Peebles Professor Dayakar Penumadu is contributing on a project overseen by IACMI to develop advanced composites-based bridges.
Matthew Mench and Leon Tolbert are among the 2020 class of the Chancellor’s Professors, one of the highest faculty honors at UT.

Chris Pionke, associate professor who worked with first-year students since the creation of Engineering Fundamentals, retired from the college.
Faculty members across the college who will start the 2020 fall semester with well-earned promotions and tenure.
UT is partnering with Kennessaw State University to offer research experiences for ROTC students in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research.
Dustin Gilbert, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, received funding from the Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Program.
Four Tickle College of Engineering faculty members have been selected to join the inaugural cohort of UT’s faculty fellows for technology-enhanced teaching.