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Research Highlights: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Energy Department Awards $2.9 Million to the University of Tennessee’s Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science to Advance Master’s and Doctoral Training in Power Electronics. The training curricula in power electronics – which control or convert electrical energy into usable power – will include cutting-edge wide bandgap semiconductors that can operate…
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Research Highlight: Gong Gu
Gu, working with fellow scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, initiated a research effort to seamlessly join two two-dimensional crystals, earning a spot in the journal Science earlier this year.
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Research Highlight: Howard Hall
Howard Hall, professor of nuclear engineering, believes the University has an important role in meeting the challenges of global nuclear security. In one of his many roles at UT, Hall directs the University’s Institute for Nuclear Security, where he helps promote collaboration to conduct multi-organizational, multidisciplinary work critical to national and global needs in nuclear…
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Research Highlight: Yong Liu
Yong Liu, research assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science at UT, is researching problems inherent to current photovoltaic power generation, its effect on the US power grid frequency stability, and how to mitigate its effect in order to avoid large blackouts.
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Research Highlight: Ivan Maldonado, Brian Wirth, and Jamie Coble
Ivan Maldonado (at top right), associate professor, and Brian Wirth (at middle left), Governor’s Chair Professor, both of the Department of Nuclear Engineering, are leading a team that is looking at nuclear reaction safety and performance. Maldonado’s team will try to analyze and evaluate fuels that are more tolerant to accidents, helping with overall safety…
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Research Highlight: John Auxier II
“What happens when there’s a nuclear attack-the public, the government, the military all want an answer yesterday about who is responsible. We need answers right away. If we can reduce a five to six day turnaround, I call that significant progress,” says Auxier.
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Shull, Wollan Families Gather for Rededication of Center
Shull and Wollan were pioneering researchers of neutron diffraction in the 1940s, laying the groundwork for scientific breakthroughs that continue to this day in physics, energy science, materials science, and biological science.
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Four Professors Named Fulbright Scholars for 2016–17 Academic Year
Micah Beck, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science in UT’s College of Engineering, will head to Nairobi, Kenya, to conduct research and teach at Strathmore University.
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Featured Student: Shima Mohebbi
The Tickle College of Engineering draws outstanding students to the University of Tennessee through an array of attractive elements. For some it might be UT’s reputation for competitive research excellence; for others it might be a deep connection to the Volunteer tradition. Shima Mohebbi, a PhD student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering…
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UT Engineering Expo Sees Record Student, Corporate Turnout
“This is our premier event for recruiting UT engineering students to opportunities like these,” said Todd Reeves, director of the office. “We focus on the educational aspects of these kinds of opportunities and try to help our students find positions that match their academic and career goals.”
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