Faculty News and Notes
Honors and awards for UT Knoxville faculty and graduate students.
Honors and awards for UT Knoxville faculty and graduate students.
The Aviation Systems Program at the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) started its 2011 summer flight research season with the successful completion of two major airborne science missions—one for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and one for NASA.
The contents of Georges Henri Akiki’s award-winning paper introduces a framework that could help with modeling rocket engines, hurricanes, and twisters. Akiki, from the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI), won first place in the Masters Division at the 2011 Southeastern Regional Student Conference of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
The University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) Aviation Systems Program received a NASA award, totaling a maximum of $10 million over the next two years, to provide flight and engineering support for the conduct of airborne science missions. UTSI was one of seven of NASA’s new Aircraft Catalog Blanket Purchase Agreements awarded this month.
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Tennessee Section has honored several students and faculty at the University of Tennessee Space Institute for their research and service achievements going above and beyond in furthering science and engineering or in providing educational outreach.
Students and faculty members at the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) set a record for participation at a single international conference for the institute. UTSI presented a total of 20 papers at the 46th Joint Propulsion Conference held in Nashville this summer.
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.
Two students from the UT Space Institute have been recognized for their research at one of the nation’s top aeronautic conferences. The students attending the 2010 Southeastern Regional Student Conference of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics were awarded second and third place in the Masters Division.
Dr. Robert “Buddy” Moore, associate dean for research and graduate programs for the College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named executive director of the University of Tennessee Space Institute, UT Knoxville Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek announced today. Moore will begin serving on Jan. 1, 2010. Dr. Stephen Corda, who has been serving in the role
A team of researchers from UTSI has made a discovery that advances an age-old theorem into new applications and that will land them in the pages of one of the world’s top journals. Joe Majdalani, a professor at UTSI, worked with Tony Saad, a doctoral student at the institute, on the research, which is published