NSF Director Visits UT for Mobility Showcase
The director also met early-career faculty and toured labs with students.
NSF Picks UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Biodiversity Project
The National Science Foundation announced support for a variety of studies aimed at understanding Earth’s biodiversity, including a project led by UT’s Frank Loeffler.
UT Researches Effects of Fracking on Water Health
A new study involving University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair for Environmental Biotechnology Terry Hazen will look at how aquatic microbial communities are impacted by biocides associated with hydraulic fracking.
NSF Funds Project to Help UT Recruit, Retain Female Faculty in STEM
Veerle Keppens is leading a project that will help UT recruit and retain women faculty in science, engineering, and technology fields and make life and work better for all UT employees.
UT’s Parker Leading White House, NSF Effort to Boost Artificial Intelligence
The White House recently announced a series of initiatives aimed at bringing artificial intelligence and automated machinery into more widespread use, with UT researcher Lynne Parker leading the way.
NSF Funds Engineering Look at Storm Water Adaptation, STEM Education
The growing reputation of the College of Engineering as a center for environmental research got a big boost recently thanks to the National Science Foundation.
Four Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Four doctoral students have been selected to be a part of the 2016 National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
NSF Funds Civil and Environmental Engineering Student’s Australia Research
The National Science Foundation is backing the work of a graduate student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
National Science Foundation Showcases UT’s National Institute for Computational Sciences
The UT-led National Institute for Computational Sciences has gotten some fantastic exposure lately thanks to the National Science Foundation.
Sustainability Efforts Net Hathaway Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
Water sustainability and resource use has led at least the fifth UT faculty member in three months to win a National Science Foundation CAREER award.
Materassi is Second UT Engineering NSF CAREER Recipient in a Month
The National Science Foundation has selected College of Engineering faculty member Donatello Materassi for one of its highest honors, the NSF CAREER award. Materassi, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, joins Cong Trinh, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, to become UT’s second CAREER selection in less than a month.
National Science Foundation Selects Trinh for CAREER Award
Cong Trinh, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at UT, has become a nationally recognized researcher for his work on bioengineering processes capable of turning waste products into commercial goods.