A team of faculty and students from UT’s Tickle College of Engineering displayed a true can-do effort this holiday season as they engaged in a friendly competition that collected food for the needy. The “CANstruction” competition brought together teams throughout the area in a contest to see who could build the most elaborate displays out…

“I am honored to have been chosen for this position,” said George, who has decades of experience with both ORNL and UT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

Through her role with CURENT, as a researcher, and as a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at UT, Liu has helped pioneer many of the advancements in the safeguarding of the nation’s power grid

Led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Highway Safety Research Center, the CSCRS unites leading programs in transportation research, planning, public health, data science, and engineering, with UNC, UT, Duke University, Florida Atlantic University, and the University of California, Berkeley, all taking part.

“Dr. Parker brings with her a wealth of experience professionally and a great depth of respect from faculty in our college,” said Dean Wayne Davis.

The magazine’s November issue recognized the John D. Tickle Engineering Building with an Outstanding Post-Secondary Project Design award for projecting “a welcoming image and unique departmental identity,” with an atrium and outdoor plaza that serve “a multifunctional role for gatherings and events.”

One of the stumbling blocks that has held back more widespread adaptation of certain forms of green energy has been the higher cost associated with first converting to them.

Brian Wirth, Karen Hughes, and George Ostrouchov hold various positions on the UT Knoxville campus; Baohua Gu from the UT Institute of Agriculture also was selected.