Press Releases
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Edwards Receives Dougherty Award
Mechanical engineering alum Tom Edwards (BS/ME, ’72) was recognized with the college’s highest honor, the Dougherty Award.
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Meredith Named New CBE Department Head
Carson Meredith has been selected as the new department head of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Meredith joins the University of Tennessee from Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Mench Honored as Penn State Outstanding Engineering Alumni
Tickle College of Engineering Dean Matthew Mench received Penn State College of Engineering’s 2026 Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award.
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Jariwala Named UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Quantum Devices
Deep Jariwala, a nationally recognized leader in quantum materials and next-generation electronic devices, is joining TCE as UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Professor for quantum devices.
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TVA Spearheads UT Nuclear Engineering Endowment
TVA has invested $3 million in the University of Tennessee to advance academic excellence, workforce development and faculty recruitment.
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TCE Honored at Lab Safety Culture Awards
The Tickle College of Engineering was well represented at this year’s Laboratory Safety Culture Awards Dinner.
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UT Partners With Roane State and Tennessee College of Applied Technology To Develop a Nuclear Workforce Pipeline
UT is partnering with Roane State Communicty College and TCAT to provide students with nuclear technology training to create a skilled workforce.
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Bai Elected as Prestigious NAI Fellow
Hua “Kevin” Bai, a professor in the Center for Ultra-Wide-Area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks (CURENT) in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been awarded one of the most prestigious honors in his field. Bai has been elected as a National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow. The honor recognizes Bai’s exceptional achievements…
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Five TCE Faculty Among World’s Most Highly Cited Researchers
Five faculty members from the University of Tennessee’s Tickle College of Engineering have been named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list for 2025, an honor bestowed upon only one in 1,000 of the world’s scientists and social scientists. The designation recognizes researchers whose publications are among the top 1% by citations in their respective fields…
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Accelerated Discovery
Led by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UT is at the forefront of using machine-learning in the materials discovery process.