McCord loves helping students right when they enter UT to build the skills necessary to be successful in their degree. She enjoys working with students as the figure out what engineering is and find their passion for a specific discipline.
This important position will shape the role of student design and innovation projects in the college, manage college resources and facilities for design projects, and serve as the outward-looking face of student design and project work for the college’s external partners.
“His research in understanding radiation damage to materials and the development of new materials for nuclear energy production is critical, both for UT and ORNL as institutions as well as the drive for clean energy.”
Wu, a research assistant professor in materials science and engineering, was honored for “significant and innovative technical contributions to the fields of radiation instrumentation and measurement techniques.”
Staff and faculty from multiple departments and engineering offices participated in the 2017 Boo in the Courtyard on Friday, October 27. This annual spirit competition inspires different sparks of creativity in every team.
The Center for Transportation Research is celebrating its 45th anniversary with a day of events highlighting its history as well as a panel discussion from state officials representing the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Department of Safety and Homeland Security, and Department of Health. The campus community is invited to attend the event from 1:30 to…

His family moved to Knoxville when his father accepted a job running the UT dairy farm—now the site of the Cherokee Farm Innovation Campus—and they lived on the farm.

He believes that Engineering Fundamentals is important because it is “the beginning of your educational career, and the concepts we teach are used in so many areas.”
“Students are learning both design and programming with the projects,” said Richard Bennett, professor and director of the engagetm Engineering Fundamentals Program.
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