Three UT researchers—Maik Lang, assistant professor of nuclear engineering; Haidong Zhou, assistant professor of physics; and Jacob Shamblin, a graduate research assistant in nuclear engineering and physics—studied an important class of complex metal oxides.

A class of UT nuclear engineering students recently got the educational opportunity of a lifetime, thanks to the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge. Y-12 invited students from one of Howard Hall’s classes to the complex, one of the top nuclear facilities in the world, for what is known as a tabletop simulation.

Mariesa Crow, a leading national expert in renewable energy and energy storage will deliver the second lecture of the spring in the College of Engineering’s Distinguished Lecture Series at 1:45 p.m. on Monday, February 29.

Chuck Melcher, director of the Scintillation Materials Research Center, is conducting research that has applications in fighting both terrorism and cancer. Butch Irick, a research assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been in the driver’s seat as hybrid vehicle technology has moved from experimental to commonplace.

The Center for Transportation Research, Governor’s Highway Safety Office, and Tennessee Highway Patrol launched the Seatbelts Are For Everyone (SAFE) campaign at Neyland Stadium on February 22.

One of the leading bodies in the push to diversify classes in STEM—Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics—fields will be on display in Knoxville as the Tennessee chapter of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (TLSAMP) comes to town Thursday and Friday, February 25 and 26.

College of Engineering Graduate, David McCollum, has been named a 2016 Baker Research Fellow in Energy and Environment.

A total of a little over $5,000 was awarded to the groups at a reception held at the Center for Career Development on February 15, 2016.

Students can begin their studies toward the graduate certificate in fall 2016.