Faculty
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UT Collaborates on NSF Grants to Improve Outcomes Through AI
Faculty are involved in two collaborative NSF grants that address health disparities research and enhance AI performance and productivity.
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$5M NSF Grant Powers AI Innovations in Nationwide Workflow Management
Taufer and Swaminathan lend their AI expertise to a $5M project to overhaul Pegasus, the NSF’s nationwide workflow management system.
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TCE’s Cherry, Pulgar Receive Fulbright
CEE Professor Christopher Cherry and EECS Associate Professor Hector Pulgar have received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards for the 2025-26 academic year.
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Collaboration Between UT and UTMC Could Revolutionize Breast Cancer Diagnosis
UT researchers are using AI and machine learning to speed up breast cancer treatment planning by analyzing pathology reports.
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One Glass-Ceramic Sandwich, Extra X-Rays
UTSI Researchers Patent New X-Ray Imaging Technique University of Tennessee Space Institute Professor Jackie Johnson, UTSI Adjunct Research Associate Professor R. Lee Leonard, UTSI Senior Research Associate Chad Bond, and their colleagues have secured a patent for a technology that will improve medical imaging. Their innovation improves x-ray imaging technology by placing a standard light detector between two…
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Danquah Named Fellow of Royal Society of Biology
Michael Danquah, a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the associate dean for academic and student affairs, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), a distinguished honor that recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement of biological sciences. Election to Fellow status is one of the…
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UT Awarded $1 Million through Transportation Network Growth Opportunity Initiative
Data-Driven Disaster Preparedness Starts at UT Knoxville This May, the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) awarded a total of $1 million to two research teams blending academic and industry expertise within the University of Tennessee System. The award will be split evenly between grant recipient teams from UT Knoxville and UT Chattanooga,…
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UT Helps Launch Groundbreaking K-2 Nuclear Education Initiative
The NE department is part of a statewide initiative to help introduce nuclear energy concepts to kindergarten through 2nd grade students.
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Li Develops Revolutionary Flood Hazard Forecasting System
Haochen Li is developing a deep learning empowered flood hazard forecasting system for the East TN area that is more accurate than current flood risk models.
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Zhou’s Team Creates Mossy Tiles to Cool Cities
After two years, three postdocs in Nick Zhou’s lab are ready to put PhantoM to its first real-world test, turning a shed into a self-sustaining moss garden.