Press Releases
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Distinguished Visitor
Astronaut Butch Wilmore (UTSI, ’94) returned to the University of Tennessee and spent nearly an hour speaking with students in the Tickle College of Engineering.
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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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Lasting Legacy
After 42 years at the University of Tennessee, Richard Bennett is retiring. Bennett worked in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and engineering fundamentals program.
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Rhines Named Senior Director of Corporate Partnerships
Darrin Rhines has been named the new senior director of corporate partnerships for the Tickle College of Engineering.
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SEA Funding
The Tickle College of Engineering has received a $140,000 grant from the ExxonMobil Foundation to support the Deborah Brown Summer Engineering Advancement (SEA) Program.
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TCE Unveils Kairos Power Training Simulator Laboratory
The University of Tennessee’s Tickle College of Engineering unveiled a new Operator Training Simulator Laboratory in partnership with Kairos Power.
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GRITty Safety Tracking
The University of Tennessee is implementing a new wireless platform system that greatly enhances safety in workshops and provides tracking data. The Kao ICS is the first location at UT to have it implemented.
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SEA Program to be Renamed in Honor of Deborah Brown
In 1982, Deborah Brown graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. She would go on to become one of the first women of color employed at Honeywell and a tutor for hundreds of high school and college students in math-heavy subjects. “What I loved about Deborah was the fact…
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TCE Online Program Ranked Among the Best
The Tickle College of Engineering graduate online program climbed 14 spots in the overall rankings of the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs, which were released Tuesday. Driven by the growth in the online master of science in computer science program (MSCS) and continued popularity of the online master’s programs in civil,…
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Prevailing Wind
UTSI has secured a $17.8M grant to build a wind tunnel that reduces the time and cost of testing new thermal protection system materials for hypersonic vehicles.