The purpose of the award is to encourage and recognize exceptional students in the field of fuel cell related technologies. It is the highest international recognition given to students. The award was established after the passing of fuel cell pioneer Dr. Bernard S. Baker and is given yearly to three of the most exceptional students…

Mingzhou Jin, who was recently named one of the center’s fellows for 2015–16, has been invited to join On Track North America, a nonprofit think tank devoted to maximizing the potential of rail transportation within the continent.

The college recently became a Bronze Level sponsor for FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) by pledging $20,000 in scholarships to participating high school students. These scholarships will support up to five students each year for a total of four years.

Dr. Joshua Fu, professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, recently chaired a session at the international conference on the Atmospheric Sciences and Application to Air Quality (ASAAQ) in Kobe, Japan. Titled “Regional/urban Emission Inventory in Asia Pacific Region,” the session’s key focus was on recent evaporative emissions in Asia and Europe that…

By the time he returns to Earth in March, astronaut Scott Kelly will have spent more than 500 days total in orbit, a record for any American and trailing only a small number of cosmonauts.

Research being done by professors like UT’s Takeshi Egami has shown the potential of metallic glass, but it took a recent move to the substance by a tech heavyweight to really open up its potential.

UT Professor Jack Dongarra, who serves as director of the Innovative Computing Laboratory at UT, was chosen by readers of HPCwire Magazine as one of its two recipients of the award for Outstanding Leadership in High Performance Computing (HPC).

“This is a major development for UT, for Virginia Tech, and for the future of energy in the US,” said UT College of Engineering Dean Wayne Davis.