The ability to maneuver through daily activities could become easier for people facing any number of challenges thanks to innovative research from the College of Engineering.

Dean, the Fisher Distinguished Professor in the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, holds three of IBM’s original nine patents for personal computers, including one for the technology that allows multiple devices to be plugged into a computer at the same time.

College of Engineering Dean Wayne T. Davis joined Dr. William Neilson, head of the Department of Economics in the UT College of Business; and Doug Renalds, the assistant director of the Student Success Center, as the UT Vols’ honorary coaches for the November 23, 2013, football game against Vanderbilt University.

Yan Xu, of the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Matthew Young, of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, received the designation as part of the company’s $2 million-plus commitment to the college.

However, when that institution is the National Science Foundation and the professor can continue working with their school—as is the case with UT’s Lynne Parker—it is a double bonus for the university.

The surgery could improve the child’s mobility by correcting the way the muscles move. Or it could make the child even more likely to lose balance and fall while tripping.

The seven—seniors Aston Thompson, Christian Wilson, Chris Bruneau and Chris Ludtka and sophomores Mary McBride and Melanie Lindsey from CBE and sophomore Samantha Medina of MSE—are all part of the Zawodzinski Group, a group dedicated to electrochemical and energy storage research run by Governor’s Chair Thomas Zawodzinski.

In this role, Parker will serve as a member of the CISE leadership team and as NSF’s principal spokesperson in the area of information and intelligent systems. The IIS Division is responsible for programs with a total annual budget of approximately $180 million. IIS studies the inter-related roles of people, computers, and information.

Hu, of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, has researched a way to print circuits on paper, the main impact of which could be a decrease in cost and an increase in portability for any number of devices.

The phrase “cloaked in secrecy” can often be used to describe research projects, but thanks to breakthroughs in the College of Engineering, optical cloaking is no longer just the domain of science fiction.