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Engineers Improving Safety, Reliability of Batteries
The next big step forward in the quest for sustainable, more efficient energy is within reach thanks to research being led by UT’s Joshua Sangoro. Sangoro, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, heads a group devoted to the study of soft materials—substances that can be manipulated while at room temperature, including liquids, polymers,…
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Engineering Students Preparing for Beijing Competition
A group of engineering students will get a chance to show off their skills this September against peers from the United States, United Kingdom, and China at a competition in Beijing. Part of the Global Grand Challenges Summit, six teams from each of those countries are working to develop a technology that helps answer one…
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Master’s Program Partnership Paying Off for Y-12 Engineers
As he spent Fridays in an Oak Ridge classroom for nearly two years, Eric White knew an industrial engineering master’s degree would help him sharpen his professional skills while strengthening his resume and helping him network with other Y-12 National Security Complex employees. But he never expected the master’s degree to pay off so quickly.…
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New Facility Enhances Research Opportunities Across Campus
Knowing that the smallest things can sometimes cause the biggest problems, UT has created a facility to remedy that dilemma for researchers. The newly established Micro-Processing Research Facility (MPRF) will allow researchers to conduct research and development requiring thin film processing technology at the micron level without having to leave the campus. While the facility…
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Taylor Weiskittel: Student Report from 2015 Alternative Fall Break in Ecuador
Ecuador was a fortunate placement for my first out of country experience. Being sequestered for two years in a chemical engineering program makes you a little crazy. You are wrapped up in the unsaid competition of having the best grades, coolest research, or the most high profile co–op. You always are being driven to do…
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Annabel Large: Student Report from 2015 Alternative Fall Break in Ecuador
I’ve stayed in the east Tennessee and west Virginia area all my life and have never done much traveling. When I expressed interest in flying 2,500 miles away and staying with a group of complete strangers in a foreign country, my parents thought I had gone nuts. However, when I saw the flyer for the…
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Trip Report: Alternative Fall Break in Ecuador
Read Annabel Large’s report on the Ecuador trip » Read Taylor Weiskittel’s report on the Ecuador trip » The College of Engineering’s Alternative Fall Break took place August 9–16, 2015, in Quito, Ecuador. International Coordinator Judith Mallory accompanied students Annabel Large and Taylor Weiskittel, chemical engineering majors, Heath Skelton, electrical engineering major, and Erika Youngquist,…
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DENSO Officials Visit, Provide Support to UT’s EcoCAR 3 Team
UT’s EcoCAR 3 team got a welcome boost from a familiar place recently, as officials from the DENSO North America Foundation and DENSO Manufacturing came to campus to tour the team’s facilities and present a check for $45,000. It’s not the first time that DENSO, a leading automotive parts supplier with a location in Maryville, has…
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Huang First Recipient of Dr. Edwin G. Burdette Professorship
A professorship named for an icon of civil engineering has its first recipient, as the College of Engineering’s Baoshan Huang has been named the Dr. Edwin G. Burdette Professor. The award honors Burdette, who has spent more than fifty years at UT and is world-renowned for his civil engineering expertise, particularly in concrete and concrete-based…
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Student Reports: Kelsey Henderson, Antibes, France, Summer 2015
From my first year of high school French on, I was determined to see France for myself. I did not foresee this hope coming to fruition in part due to my status as an engineering student and in part, because I had no college language experience and therefore did not qualify for most programs in…
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