The Conversation: From New Commercial Moon Landers to Asteroid Investigations, Expect a Slate of Exciting Space Missions in 2025
Aerospace expert explains planned space missions for 2025.
UT Researchers Receive $17.8M Grant To Create New Wind Tunnel for Materials Testing
UT researchers will use a $17.8 million grant to create a wind tunnel that can mimic the conditions of hypersonic flight — speeds above five times the speed of sound.
Kalinin, Melcher Named NAI Fellows
Professors Sergei Kalinin and Chuck Melcher have been named NAI Fellows.
UT, Lockheed Martin Expand Master Research Agreement
UT Knoxville and Lockheed Martin signed a new five-year master research agreement.
The Conversation: To Make Nuclear Fusion a Reliable Energy Source One Day, Scientists Will First Need to Design Heat- and Radiation-Resilient Materials
To one day make fusion a feasible energy source, reactors will need to be built with materials that can survive the heat and radiation generated by fusion reactions.
The Conversation: Tiny Robots and AI Algorithms Could Help To Craft Material Solutions for Cleaner Environments
Machine learning algorithms can analyze test data quickly and then learn from that data for the next set of experiments executed by the robots.
The Conversation: Will Your Phone One Day Let You Smell as Well as See and Hear What’s on the Other End of a Call?
Even though we’re not there yet, scientists and engineers are working hard to make smell phones a reality.
The Conversation: Robocars Promise To Improve Traffic Even When Most of the Cars Around Them are Driven by People, Study Finds
Traffic is worsening in every major city across the globe, leading to significant economic and environmental costs.
UT Leads $25M Nuclear Technology Consortium
The new consortium will lead advances in global security, clean energy and artificial intelligence.
The Conversation: Otters, Beavers and Other Semiaquatic Mammals Keep Clean Underwater, Thanks to Their Flexible Fur
Furry mammals like beavers and otters that spend most of their lives wet manage to avoid getting their fur slimy.
Preparing Students for Employment — Now and in the Future
UT’s College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies hosted more than 50 leaders of industry to discuss how higher education and industry can partner to prepare students for employment now and in the future.
UT Hosts, Wins Back-to-Back SEC Machining Competitions
UT won the SEC Machining Competition for the second straight year.