Dr. Stephanie TerMaath, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, has been selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s 2015 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium this September in Irvine, California. This annual meeting brings together 100 of the nation’s outstanding young engineers (ages 30-45) from industry, academia, and government…

Nuclear engineering graduate student Remy DeVoe recently won second place in the Used Fuel Disposition category in the Fuel Cycle Innovations Awards (sponsored by the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy) for a research paper on used nuclear fuel management that he recently presented at a research conference. The paper, entitled “COBRA-SFS Dry Cask…

An ASM International Materials Camp supported by UT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering and scientists at CNS Y-12 National Security Complex is giving local students the chance to study debris from the space shuttle Columbia, with an eye on improving materials used in space flight. “This is a great opportunity for local kids to…

The College of Engineering’s Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science graduate certificate program in fire protection engineering has gained some important students. Consolidated Nuclear Security, which manages and operates the Pantex plant in Amarillo, Texas, and the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge on behalf of the National Nuclear Security…

The Center for Transportation Research is helping launch a Knox County–wide outreach program, and they are looking to the UT community to help spread the word.