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University of Tennessee Donors Establish the Wayne T. Davis Endowed Dean’s Chair in Engineering
The Wayne T. Davis Endowed Dean’s Chair in Engineering was named in recognition of Davis’ extraordinary service and leadership by John and Ann Tickle, and Tickle’s fellow UT industrial engineering alumni Chad Holliday, and his wife, Ann; Joe Cook, and his wife, Judy; and Eric Zeanah, and his wife, Elaine.
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Halloween Tradition Launched with “Battle on the Bridge”
Faculty and staff from the Department of Nuclear Engineering won the inaugural Tickle College of Engineering Halloween Spirit Challenge on October 31, 2013. This “Battle on the Bridge” challenge took place between NE and the occupants of the new John D. Tickle Building: the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and the Department of Civil and…
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Kimberly McCullock Named New College of Engineering Director of Finance and Administrative Affairs
McCullock received a BS degree in accounting from North Carolina State University in Raleigh. She has fifteen years experience in accounting and finance. She has spent the past thirteen years serving in various financial management roles within the medical/hospital field.
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Engineering Students Design Chemically Powered Vehicle for Competition
The skills of chemical engineering students at UT will be put to the test in an international competition that challenges them to build a specific type of car in record time.
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Federal Highway Administration Recommends UT CTR Program to National Audience
Traffic signal operations play an important safety role on our roadway systems; however, according to the 2012 National Traffic Signal Report Card, the overall quality of traffic signal operations in the US is poor and may soon fail to keep pace with changes in population growth and traffic patterns. Academy instructors apply innovative concepts resulting…
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College of Engineering Announces Endowed Chair to Focus on Energy Challenges
The $1.5 million commitment from Jim Gibson, a 1971 graduate in industrial engineering, has established the Gibson Endowed Chair in Engineering.
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Professor Receives High Honor for Supercomputing Accomplishments
He will receive the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)-Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society Ken Kennedy Award on November 19 in Denver at SC13, the International Conference on High Performance Computing.
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UT and John Tickle Dedicate New Engineering Building
John Tickle and his wife, Ann, joined Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek, UT President Joe DiPietro, and Dean of Engineering Wayne T. Davis, and other officials to celebrate the John. D Tickle Engineering Building. A gift from the couple made possible the building, which sits just east of Neyland Stadium, behind Pasqua Hall, facing Neyland Drive.
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Engineering Professors Earn Honorable Mention and High Popularity Rank in “Create the Future” Competition
The entry, titled “Solar Textile: Ultra-Light, Low-Cost, Flexible, and High-Efficiency Solar Energy Harvesters,” is a patent-pending design for an ultra-light, high-efficiency solar fiber, with the aim of creating fabric and clothing that would convert light into energy.
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Center for Transportation Research Wins $5.5 Million DOT Grant
The UT Center for Transportation Research has won a $5.5 million federal award that renews the center’s lead in the research consortium for the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 4, the Southeastern Transportation Center.
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