In The News
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Yang Named Inaugural Applied Engineering Department Head
Chulho Yang has been named the inaugural head for the department within the Tickle College of Engineering which will house the applied engineering program, set to launch in the fall of 2025. Yang arrives at the University of Tennessee after spending the last 17 years at Oklahoma State, where he was a mechanical engineering technology…
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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.
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Surgical Robot Project Receives Up to $12 Million in ARPA-H Funding
Caleb Rucker and his team are part of a landmark, multi-institution surgical robot project that received $12 million in funding from ARPA-H.
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TCE’s Army Internship
Seven cadets from the United States Military Academy West Point spent a few weeks this summer at the University of Tennessee working with engineering professors as part of an internship program.
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Ren is UT’s DIII-D Ambassador
Jun Ren, Assistant Professor for the Department of Nuclear Engineering, has become an ambassador for the university at the facility.