Associate Professor Chris Wetteland, known for his positive energy and outgoing nature, has accepted a position at Los Alamos National Laboratory beginning in 2021.
Chris Wetteland Goes West
TranSCEnD Helps Transfer Students Warm Up to Engineering
The TranSCEnD team of mentors and students built a functioning solar-powered water heater from the ground up, a project that encompasses as many areas of engineering as possible.
UT’s STEM Scouts Camp Successful
The college hosted a camp for STEM Scouts from Lanier Elementary School and Karns Middle School, giving them exposure to engineering concepts and tools.
Wetteland Tours the South in 3D
MSE senior lecturer Chris Wetteland traveled around the southeast this summer presenting advanced manufacturing capabilities to high school and middle school students as part of the Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program.
Million-Dollar Idea Helps Fulfill Tennessee Promise
“Transfer students face a unique set of challenges compared to traditional students,” said Materials Science and Engineering Professor David Keffer, leader on the project. “We sought to develop a program, based on input from many directions, to create an experience for transfer students which addresses well-identified academic and social obstacles to successful completion of their degree.”
UT Engineering Students, Friends of the Smokies Working to Improve Donation Boxes
A group of students from multiple engineering departments worked together on a senior design project to build donation boxes for Friends of the Smokies.