Stratz was the lone student taking part in the recent radiation survey of former United States atomic and thermonuclear test sites in the islands on a team led by Terry Hamilton, scientific director of the Marshall Islands Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

“This is an opportunity for students to hack on software and hardware applications and to try to find potential flaws and problems with them, something very valuable for businesses,” said UT’s Sam Rose, a senior in the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

“This is a great opportunity for people to learn more about the next generation of vehicles and ask any questions they might have about them or the technology behind them,” said Emily King, a UT senior who serves as the EcoCAR 3 communications manager.

Startups, entrepreneurs, investors, business leaders, and students will take part in a week of educational panels, pitch competitions, investor roundtables, and social events.

While UT quarterback Joshua Dobbs, a senior in aerospace engineering, and defensive end Corey Vereen, a senior in computer science, might be the most high-profile engineers in this weekend’s Battle at Bristol football game with Virginia Tech, UT engineering is responsible for one of the most visible aspects at the game—literally. The installation of “Colossus,”…

The growing reputation of the College of Engineering as a center for environmental research got a big boost recently thanks to the National Science Foundation. The NSF’s Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation announced backing for a UT-led project to identify techniques for more sustainably managing storm water runoff in urban areas. Headed by…

“Teams are prohibited from driving the vehicle on public highways until a year from now,” said Butch Irick, the team’s faculty advisor and a research assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering.

“What we wanted to do is to look at population trends, look at climate trends and figure out where the problems will be down the road to better predict the strains brought on by increased electricity demand at the resolution of the electricity service area,” said Fu.

“It’s great to see women engineering students come to together and interact with one another,” said Worlds. “This experience is something that I definitely wish I had when I entered as a freshman here at UT.”

More than a hundred people were on hand recently for the opening of a new center at UT. The Fibers and Composites Manufacturing Facility and Engineering Annex, located on White Avenue, features several laboratories with cutting-edge machines devoted to advanced manufacturing of composites typically containing carbon fiber and plastic resins. The center’s opening is the…