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New Assistant Dean Position to Foster Collaboration, Student Experience
Another key aspect of the position will be the coordination and distribution of space in the design studio of the forthcoming New Engineering Complex, as well as significant input to the Associate Dean for Research and Facilities for the overall space.
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Accolades: Notable News for August 14, 2017
Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, has named UT engineering alumna Terry Olberding as a 2017 recipient of its Distinguished Alumnus Award.
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Student Reports: Alec Yen in Cambridge 2017
My name is Alec Yen, and I am heading into my second year at Tennessee as an electrical engineering major. This blog will follow me in my adventures with UT’s Honors Study Abroad Program in Cambridge, England. In my five weeks here, I will be taking two courses: History of the English Language and History…
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Solar Eclipse Viewing Party
One of the most amazing celestial sights will pass through East Tennessee on Monday, August 21. A total solar eclipse—when the disk of the moon completely covers the sun—will be visible in the United States along a path from central Oregon through Tennessee and on to South Carolina. In Tennessee, many points to the south…
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Citylab: The Brutal Saga of One Extremely Evil Railroad Crossing
What lessons can be gleaned from this infrastructural pitfall? Chris Cherry was biking to a football game in Knoxville in 2014 when his wheel got lodged in the gap of a railroad crossing. Both he and his wife wound up eating face, though she got the worst of it.
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Student Reports: Michelle Lames in Lyon, 2017
The visit to CERN was such an exciting opportunity because it is the location of the most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, and it was amazing getting to learn more about the groundbreaking research and tour one of the particle detector sites.
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Student Reports: Leftwich and Perryman in Oxford, 2017
We studied the “Quest for Meaning,” that is, the fundamental human drive to infuse meaning into the world. This course was a veritable blitzkrieg of topics, moving from Aristotle to existentialists, including Eastern thought as well.
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Science News: Radioactive substances leave electron ‘fingerprints’ behind
Walls can’t talk, but scientists can now read stories written in their subatomic particles. And that could make it harder to store radioactive material in secret. Authorities could use this technique to retrace where a dirty bomb was stored before detonation to figure out who built it, says Eric Lukosi, a nuclear engineer at UT…
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Accolades: Notable News for July 17, 2017
Biomedical engineering Professor Mohamed Mahfouz was recognized for his role in the conception of Zimmer’s X-PSI Knee System, the world’s first CE Marked X-ray-based patient specific instrument system for total knee replacement surgery.
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Student Reports: Engineering in London, 2017
Upon arriving in London, it was easy to feel overwhelmed by the rush of the big city. However, this would quickly dissipate as everyone began to introduce themselves and take in the historically rich surroundings on our tour.
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