From my first year of high school French on, I was determined to see France for myself. I did not foresee this hope coming to fruition in part due to my status as an engineering student and in part, because I had no college language experience and therefore did not qualify for most programs in…

If you would have asked me as an incoming college student about my future study-abroad plans, I can almost guarantee that I would not have said I wanted to go to England. They speak English there (obviously), so it’s probably just like America, right? Wrong! When my Honors advisor mentioned that I still needed to…

Bletchley Park One of the most exciting and unique parts of this trip is visiting Bletchley Park! You get an incredible perspective on the foundations of computer science that literally no other study abroad trip could match. The basic scenario was this: during World War II, German forces used a practically unbreakable form of secret…

Leaving for Europe truly felt like a dream, and I mean that in the most sincere manner, considering I was falling in and out of sleep through most of the seven hour flight across the Atlantic ocean. Even though my program was based in Leuven, Belgium, myself and James Swart, a fellow biosystems engineering student,…

“Ladies and Gentleman, we will be beginning the decent in about 10 minutes,” said the pilot as I groggily woke up with a sore neck and heavy eyelids. Despite the lack of sleep and uncomfortable seating conditions, I was so incredibly excited to see Europe for my first time. I had decided to spend a…

I will remember my time in Munich as the best part of my college experience, easily. Over the last two semesters I had the amazing opportunity to spend the full year in Munich, Germany. Being able to spend an extended time abroad is an experience without comparison; experiencing a full year’s worth of seasons, traditions,…

For three weeks in July several University of Tennessee students and I had the privilege of going on a faculty-led study abroad program at Oxford University in England. Dr. Timothy Hulsey led the contingency of Tennessee students, and we convened with students from two other universities, one from Idaho and another from New York. A…

As part of the Engineering in London program, UT students visited Bletchley Park, home of the British World War ll efforts to break the German Enigma codes. They were given demonstrations of both the Enigma coding machine and the Alan Turing-designed Bombe machine used to break the codes. The Bombe is considered an immediate predecessor…