The UT Center for Transportation Research has won a $5.5 million federal award that renews the center’s lead in the research consortium for the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 4, the Southeastern Transportation Center.
The award is part of the DOE’s 2013 Nuclear Energy University Programs initiative which is awarding $42 million to thirty-eight American universities and colleges for nuclear energy research and development projects focused on innovative solutions.
Flash forward 175 years and students now have a choice of more than 350 undergraduate and 500 graduate courses in engineering.
On August 30, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering (MABE) received a $50,000 donation from the Denso North American Foundation to support its Rolling Hybrid Vehicle Laboratory.
This past summer forty Tickle College of Engineering students took University of Tennessee engineering courses as part of four faculty-led programs. The faculty–led programs are designed to combine technical courses with international experiences in a way that provides course credit while minimizing schedule concerns for engineering students.
It sounds lame but I feel I got to see a more personal side of London by frequenting these places. The variety and quality of the food at some of these markets is hard to beat, especially for the prices. Borrough Market (shown at right), just south of the Thames, blew me away the first…
Even with all the fun classes and thrilling group activities, there was plenty of time to explore other areas outside of London. One weekend I took a relaxing trip to the Isle of Wight, famous for its natural beauty and nicknamed “England in Miniature”.
During our time in London, the faculty leaders decided to give us a long weekend to travel by taking Monday off of class. This year we decided to head to Dublin, Ireland. We left Friday, June 14, after class. We took a train to Holyhead, Wales. From Holyhead, we got on a ferry that took…
A major gift from two UT Knoxville graduates has established the first-ever joint faculty positions between the Colleges of Engineering and Business Administration.
Celeste Baine, a biomedical engineer, director of the Engineering Education Service Center, and the award-winning author of over twenty books on engineering careers and education, will be a guest speaker at the College of Engineering’s Gala Celebration of 175 years of engineering instruction at the University of Tennessee on Friday, October 4, 2013.
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