Want to know more about the glass house on the Humanities Plaza? Called the UT Zero Energy House, it’s the headquarters for an interdisciplinary team’s preparations for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2011 competition. The UT community is invited to a celebration and kickoff for the team’s project entry into the competition and
It takes a lot of energy to be Jackie Young, which is a good thing because energy just happens to be Young’s specialty. When the nuclear engineering major at UT Knoxville, wasn’t in class or the library, or playing her clarinet in the Pride of the Southland Marching Band, she was planning science bowls and
For UT Knoxville graduate student Harrison Huaqing Pang, video production is both a science and an art. Pang, who is graduating this month with a Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of Art, specializes in video art installations, using the training and experience he received as a broadcasting technician and videographer for the
Linda Davidson, UT Knoxville vice chancellor for development and alumni affairs, was among area leaders recently honored at the Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians’ 2010 “Women of Achievement” gala.
The University of Tennessee Space Institute Aviation Systems program flew its first science mission to collect critical data for national institutions. In April, a UTSI crew flew over eastern Tennessee for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division, located in Oak Ridge.