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Governor Honors East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition
As director of the East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition—part of the Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment—Jonathan Overly has helped usher in a number of improvements to the region’s eco-infrastructure, from car charging stations to alternative fuel vehicles. Those efforts have earned recognition from the state’s highest office, as Governor Bill Haslam has named the…
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Mark Whorton Named UT Space Institute Executive Director
Mark Whorton has been named the new executive director of the UT Space Institute in Tullahoma. He will begin on July 18. Whorton currently is the chief technologist of Teledyne Brown Engineering in Huntsville, Alabama, and president of Teledyne Optech Inc. in Kiln, Mississippi. His expertise is in modeling, designing, and analyzing control systems for…
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Volkswagen-Sponsored Camp Introduces Students to UT, Engineering
Although the kids may be out of school for the summer, the opportunity to learn hasn’t taken a vacation. With the Volkswagen-sponsored Engineering VOLunteers for Tenth Graders, or eVOL10, now under way at UT’s College of Engineering, students in high school and middle school are getting a chance to take a deeper look into future…
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CURENT’s Huang Receives Chinese Government Award
When the National Science Foundation and US Department of Energy chose UT to serve as lead institution for its new engineering research center in 2011, the impact was felt far beyond the $18 million in support. One of the key goals of the initiative, known as the Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks,…
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Two Baker Center Nuclear Security Experts’ Visit to Egypt Promises Tremendous Potential
Dr. Howard Hall and Dr. Joseph Stainback IV recently returned from Egypt, where they participated in a nuclear security conference organized by the UT Institute for Nuclear Security and hosted by the Egyptian Council of Foreign Affairs. The conference focused on building international partnerships and encouraging new ideas for helping countries develop the infrastructures needed…
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Engineering Camp Will Give Students Chance to Play CSI
Everyone loves a good mystery. At least that’s the hope of UT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The department is bringing back one of its most popular formats for Materials Camp 2016, setting up the program to put students through a CSI-like scenario. While the nature of the camp will, by design, serve to entertain students, it…
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Student Reports: Emily Beckman, University of Manchester, Spring 2016
I had always assumed that I would not be able to study abroad for more than a summer because I had always been told that it is nearly impossible to accomplish during a normal semester for an engineer. However, thanks to the support of the UT engineering program and the encouragement of my best friend…
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In Memoriam: Buddy Moore, UT Space Institute Director
Robert “Buddy” Moore, director of the UT Space Institute in Tullahoma, passed away Saturday, May 21, after a battle with cancer. He was 68. “Our university, our state, and indeed our scientific community at large has lost a remarkable individual,” said UT Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek. “Buddy’s contributions to a number of fields will leave a…
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Prados First Member of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Hall of Fame
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UT has roots dating over 100 years, to its beginning in 1905 as a part of the Department of Chemistry. Now, it has a hall of fame to help honor and share that legacy. John Prados, a UT vice president and University Professor emeritus, has been named…
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Faculty Profile: Claudia Rawn
Whether it is teaching a classroom of students, working on cutting-edge projects in a laboratory, mentoring young potential engineers, or helming a Tickle College of Engineering (TCE) research center, Dr. Claudia Rawn, a University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Joint Faculty member and an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering…
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