Lynne Parker, associate vice chancellor and director of the AI Tennessee Initiative, has announced her retirement in May after more than two decades at UT.
Parker Retires After More Than Two Decades at UT
Four TCE Faculty Elected AAAS Fellows
Rigoberto Advincula, Takeshi Egami, Sergei Kalinin, and Michela Tafur have been elected fellow of the American Association for Advancement Sciences.
MEP Alumni Spotlight: Trevor Williams
UT Alumnus Trevor Williams reflects on his time on campus and how several professors and programs help guide him while studying engineering.
TCE Faculty Honored for Technology Innovation
Three TCE faculty members were among the five winners of the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund, which is aimed at bolstering East Tennessee’s entrepreneurship pipeline. The faculty members each received $50,000.
UT Awarded $2.8 Million DOE Grant to Modernize the Nation’s Electric Power Grid
UT has been awarded a grant from the DoE to help modernize the nation’s power grid by developing light-triggered semiconductor switch modules.
Danquah, Liu Win Global Biochemical Engineering Award
Michael Danquah and Jian Liu won the 2023 IChemE Biochemical Engineering Award for a project they are working on that could revolutionize detection systems in food manufacturing and processing facilities.
Engineering Students Sweep Top Business Competition Awards
Cody Blankenship and Kaitlyn Daniel were awarded first-place prizes and Logan O’Neal finished in second place at the Graves Business Plan Competition.
Coded Security
Scott Ruoti, assistant professor in EECS, receives CAREER award for work on improving computer science security.
Making AI Sleep More Like Humans
Professor Garrett Rose is part of an interdisciplinary team of researchers that was awarded a grant to study the gap between human brain processing efficiency and the limitations of current artificial intelligence models.
Engineering Vols Join Ranks of Manning Scholars
First-year Engineering Vols Coleman Bain and Ariel Thompson are among UT’s newest Peyton Manning Scholars, and recently met the scholarship namesake and benefactor in a reception honoring their achievements.