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Czech Mates: College of Engineering Strengthens Ties with University in Prague
For many college students, the week after graduation signals an opportunity to travel. For a lucky few, that might even include a trip abroad. For a group of Department of Nuclear Engineering students, it means both a chance to head to Europe and the opportunity of a lifetime.
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Bloomberg interviews Chris Cherry on China’s e-bike problems
The article, Carnage on China Roads Shows Dark Side of Electric Bikes, highlights the growing injury rate linked to the use of the bike—as high as 57 percent in one province—and the fact that they are treated like normal bicycles by authorities, meaning no rules pertaining to motor vehicles apply and users aren’t required to pass…
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DOE Looks to Dongarra for Input on Computing Advances
Dongarra, a Distinguished Professor in the College of Engineering’s Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, director of the Innovative Computing Laboratory and one of five National Academy of Engineering members at UT, has long been at the forefront of exascale computing, or computing at roughly a thousand times the capability of…
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Student Reports: Engineering in Prague, Czech Republic, 2014
The trip to Prague included short layovers, long layovers, many countries, lots of time, and some tight quarters (word of warning for fellow tall travelers-planes are not exactly the roomiest mode of transportation). All in all, the trip from the United States to Europe worked out and provided some bonding moments between the professors and…
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College of Engineering Celebrates 2014 Commencement
The keynote address was given by Kathy Caldwell, a 1985 graduate of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Caldwell held a number of civil engineering jobs throughout the south before becoming president of JEA Construction Engineering Services Incorporated in Gainesville, Florida.
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Bredesen Center Graduates First Class, Sees Phenomenal Growth
The General Assembly approved the program in a special session on education in January 2010. The first class enrolled in the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education in fall 2011, and it is now one of UT’s fastest-growing graduate programs.
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Systers Act: Koessler’s Impact Felt Well Beyond the Classroom
“There were times along the way where I didn’t have a peer in my classes,” said Koessler. “I was on the verge of leaving engineering. There just weren’t many other women.”
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Smaller, Flexible Tablets and TVs Possible Thanks in Part to UT Researchers
First published in Nature, the article details how researchers have been able to create wires only three atoms wide using an electron beam.
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Lim Becomes First UT Student to Win Notable Transportation Award
“I really owe a lot of thanks to the great instructors in CEE,” said Lim. “Dr. Lee Han’s support and encouragement and his referral of me were all significant factors in me winning this.”
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Faculty Member Wins Navy Prize, Chance to Take Students to Surface Warfare Center
TerMaath, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will receive a $510,000 research grant from the Navy’s Young Investigator Program, and will continue her research as a 2014 Summer Faculty Fellow at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division in Potomac, Maryland.
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