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Engineering Departments Named Key Players in $30 Million Consortium
Backed by the National Nuclear Security Administration, the Nuclear Science and Engineering Nonproliferation Research Consortium is aiming to create a pipeline of new talent and generate new concepts and technologies in basic and applied nuclear science that can be transferred to the national laboratories.
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UTRF Honors Wu With Wheeley Award; College Well Represented
Chief among the honors is the Wheeley Award, given annually in memory of B. Otto and Kathleen Wheeley in recognition of UT faculty members who have shown the ability to “excel in the commercialization of university-based research.”
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MABE Faculty Worked on R&D 100 Award Winning Projects
The 2015 R&D 100 Award winners were recently announced and Associate Professor Chad Duty and Assistant Professor Brett Compton—two of the newest faculty members in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering—worked on two of the award-winning projects.
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Compton’s Work Featured on Cover of MRS Bulletin
The cover of the November issue of MRS Bulletin featured work by Dr. Brett Compton, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering (MABE). The cover depicts a 3D-printed, carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy honeycomb structure from Compton’s postdoctoral work at Harvard University.
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Nervous System Could be Map to Computing Breakthrough
UT’s College of Engineering and the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute are developing a computing system that mimics the nervous system to design a chip that would allow computers to operate at an even faster rate and calculate more complicated processing than simple binary-based computing.
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EcoCAR 3 Team Unveils 2016 Camaro at Starting Line Ceremony
On Friday, January 15, UT’s EcoCAR 3 team, above, welcomed sponsors and supporters to the Starting Line Ceremony to unveil their 2016 Chevrolet Camaro that they are rebuilding to be a hybrid vehicle. Tickle College of Engineering Dean Wayne Davis, College of Communication & Information Dean Michael Wirth, and Haslam College of Business Dean Stephen…
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FIRST Robotics, UT Challenge Students to Conquer the Stronghold
Teams from around the region recently came to UT’s College of Engineering as part of the international kickoff of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics’ 2016 season.
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Nuclear Engineering Welcomes Noted Expert to Faculty
The Department of Nuclear Engineering, already tied as the No. 4 public nuclear engineering program in the country, welcomed Richard Wood as a full-time professor in January.
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Engineering’s Spring Distinguished Lecture Series Set
Following the College of Engineering’s successful fall slate of Distinguished Lecture Series events, the spring slate of speakers will cover topics ranging from sustainability to space exploration and anything in between.
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