In The News
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UT Secures $1 Million NSF Grant to Build Semiconductor Workforce Pipeline
NSF awarded UT a $1M grant to prepare Tennessee’s high school students and teachers for careers in the rapidly growing semiconductor industry
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Fall STEM Expo Sets Records for Attendance
Record attendance and engagement made the Fall 2025 STEM Expo the most successful recruiting event in the Tickle College of Engineering’s history.
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Heath IBEP Welcomes Class of 2028 Cohort
The Heath Integrated Business and Engineering program has welcomed the Class of 2028 cohort. The program unites students from the Tickle College of Engineering and Haslam College of Business.
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Yang Named Inaugural Applied Engineering Department Head
Chulho Yang has been named the head for the department which will house the applied engineering program, set to launch in the fall of 2025.
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Elevating Rank
Highlighted by Nuclear Engineering’s rise into the top three, the Tickle College of Engineering earned all-time best national recognition in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 rankings of top graduate schools.
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Patel Provides the Student Voice on UT System Board
Lisa Patel, a junior biomedical engineering major, is serving as the student trustee on the University of Tennessee System Board of Trustees for this academic year. It’s a role she’s always wanted.
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Parker Returns to White House as Executive Director
Lynn Parker, Associate Vice Chancellor Emerita, will serve as the executive director of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
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Year’s Best Innovator
Vaidya Honored as UTRF’s Innovator of the Year Uday Vaidya, UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair in Advanced Composites Manufacturing Professor, was honored as the Innovator of the Year at the 2024 UT Research Foundation’s Innovation Awards. Vaidya’s pioneering leadership in advanced composites and materials has transformed lightweight, high-performing materials, driving innovation across industries. Vaidya’s work has fostered…
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Heath IBEP Students Help Alleviate Campus Parking Problems
Several engineering students were involved in creating the new VolPark app through their classes in the Heath Integrated Business and Engineering Program.
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Drum Line Member Uses Engineering Resources to Fix Part
After a part for her drum carrier kept breaking, senior Anukkah Burleson found a solution with the help of the Kao Innovation & Collaboration Studio.