Dr. Matthew Mench, head of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering (MABE), recently participated as part of a three person panel for a Symposium on Early Faculty Life at the 2015 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) meeting in Houston, Texas.

As interest in biofuels has surged in recent years, the question about how to best handle lignin—a material found in the cell walls of plants that is a byproduct of biofuel production—has become a primary concern. Thanks to ongoing research being led in part by Art Ragauskas, UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair…

“We had an extraordinary fall and we’re looking to continue that momentum this spring,” said Wayne Davis, dean of the college. “We have some of the top minds in the country coming to campus to discuss everything from water use and air quality to bioengineering and space exploration and concepts.”

China has long had the highest population of any country in the world, but its recent economic boom has presented it with a number of problems, especially transportation and air quality.

Papanicolaou, the Goodrich Chair of Excellence, teamed with the University of Illinois (which served as lead institution) and several other major universities on the report.

Spirits were high Friday morning as College of Engineering departments gathered on the quad in front of Ferris Hall for the third annual college-wide Halloween contest.

Thanks to support from Eaton Corporation, Nissan USA, and the University of Tennessee System, that growth includes both a new lab for engineers and a pair of Nissan LEAFs—all-electric, zero-emission cars—for university use.

A trio of students from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering recently got the chance to work with scientists from around the country on a process that might make it easier and less expensive to obtain rare earth elements.

The College of Engineering’s third Distinguished Lecture Series event of the fall takes place at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, October 26, as the college welcomes William Sanders for his presentation “Challenges and Approaches for a Trustworthy Power Grid Cyber Infrastructure.”