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Emily Beckman: Student Report from 2015 Alternative Spring Break in Costa Rica
The engineering service trip to Costa Rica has certainly been one of the best vacations I have ever been on. Most of the time, traveling involves visiting a lot of tourist destinations and a quick look at what has been deemed the most important places. This trip however allowed us to experience the culture of…
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Cody Sain: Student Report from 2015 Alternative Spring Break in Costa Rica
I was unsure of what to expect. In what type of conditions would I live? What would I eat? How would I communicate? These types of questions were continually on my mind … until the plane landed in Costa Rica, and we met our guide for the week, Federico.
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After landing in the capital, San Jose, the group traveled by van about an hour and a half away to the town of Orosi. The actual location of the project and accommodations was in El Yaz, a small town in the Orosi Valley. Most meals were prepared from fresh food on site and were largely…
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Sarles wins 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award
The award is administered by 3M’s Research and Development Community in partnership with 3M’s Community Giving Program. For more than twenty-five years, the award has been given to help outstanding new faculty achieve tenure, remain in a teaching position, and conduct research. Sarles was recognized for his project entitled, “Liquid-infused, mechanically activated porous materials for…
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Royal Academy of Engineering Selects Zawodzinski, Paddison For Fellowships
The United Kingdom’s Royal Academy of Engineering recently awarded awarded Thomas Zawodzinski, the Governor’s Chair Professor in Electrical Energy Storage, and Stephen J. Paddison, the Gibson Endowed Chair in Engineering at UT, Distinguished Visiting Fellowships. Both professors serve in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Read More »
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Study Involving Nuclear Engineer Could Change Nuclear Fuel
Maik Lang, an assistant nuclear engineering professor, is part of a team of researchers that has studied how specific properties of materials involved in nuclear energy production, and their performance, can change their response to radiation.
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UT Student Nominated to 2015’s New Faces of Engineering
The award recognizes people thirty years old and younger who have shown outstanding abilities and leadership in engineering and who DiscoverE feels are bringing a new perspective to their particular field and having a definitive impact on the world.
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Trailblazer: Mark Dean a Pioneer in Many Ways
The autumn of 1956 had seen the forcible integration of Clinton High School, the first Tennessee school to do so, under the watchful eye of the National Guard.
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Engineering Icon Burdette Has Professorship Named in Honor
UT alumni Charley and Lynn Hodges established the endowment in honor of Burdette’s service and commitment to UT, in particular the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and its students.
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Manufacturing Center a Big Win for Tennessee
It’s not every day that you get to talk to the president of the United States about his choice in ties, but that is exactly what happened to me just a few weeks ago.
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