Tag archive for ‘College of Engineering’
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October 22, 2012
Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are sharing the big ideas that make a difference in their world. Michael Pickelsimer, graduate student in electrical engineering, has the big idea of charging...Read More »
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October 12, 2012
Brad Vander Zanden, a professor in electrical engineering and computer science, developed a big idea to help beginning computer science students. Vander Zanden created a program to use in Computer...Read More »
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October 11, 2012
UT will take part in two U.S. Department of Energy projects totaling more than $9 million which involve a team of institutions to improve upon nuclear energy safety and efficiency....Read More »
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October 10, 2012
A UT-based team has received a $3.5 million grant from the US Department of Energy for a proposal to improve the currently used nuclear fuel cladding. Kurt Sickafus, head of...Read More »
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September 28, 2012
James Ostrowski, a professor in industrial and information engineering, devised a big idea to combat his students' boredom: board games. Starting in the spring, Ostrowski will use board games to...Read More »
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September 20, 2012
Chris Cherry, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been working in China since 2005 and has researched a variety of topics, including emissions from...Read More »
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September 11, 2012
Power from nuclear fusion reactors has the promise to be safe, sustainable, and limitless. But science has not been able to bring fusion energy to the commercial energy market. This...Read More »
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August 7, 2012
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Rover Curiosity would have a hard time completing its mission if it were not for a successful partnership between the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a professor-student...Read More »
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August 7, 2012
Andrew Campbell, a civil and environmental engineering graduate student and McClure scholar, was profiled in China Daily for his research in Beijing. Campbell is one of graduate student in the...Read More »
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August 7, 2012
Researchers at the University of Tennessee Space Institute say a new laser technique they developed has the potential for advancing medical imaging and surgery. The Associated Press reports that Christian...Read More »