Profiles | Amanda Womac

Digitizing Lichens & Bryophytes

Across the planet’s terrestrial surface lives a layer of organisms that cannot be seen with the naked eye. Lichens and bryophytes are hosts to these cryptobiotic ...Read More

Percussion to Pluto: A UT student’s unusual journey

Chad Melton has always loved astronomy, but he never really mastered mathematics in high school. Since math is essential to astronomy, majoring in it in his first round of ...Read More

Cassius Cash’s unlikely path from Memphis to Great Smoky Mountains superintendent

It all started on whim. Cassius Cash was on his way to band practice at the University of Arkansas when he decided to practice his interview skills instead. “Someone ...Read More

Sea you in three months

If someone approached you and suggested you try living in an underwater habitat the size of a college dorm for three months, would you do it? Aquanauts Bruce Cantrell and ...Read More

Vanderbilt professor honored for cloaking research

Dr. Jason Valentine, assistant professor of both mechanical and electrical engineering at Vanderbilt University, got his start in cloaking research as a graduate student at ...Read More

Irick Develops Legacy Engine

Dr. David Irick works to develop a simple and unique high-torque rotary engine with a myriad of military, industrial and commercial ...Read More

COE Student Named Co-op of the Year Finalist

Eastman Chemical Company recognizes a senior in chemical engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for her outstanding contributions during her cooperative ...Read More

Dr. Michael Langston

Dr. Michael Langston shares how mathematics helped him build collaborations with molecular biologists to solve cutting-edge problems in genetics and genomics. ...Read More

Engineering Pioneer Nancy Cole Celebrated

The UT College of Engineering alumnus Nancy Cole becomes the first woman to receive the college’s most prestigious award: the Nathan W. Dougherty ...Read More

Dr. Joshua Fu

Dr. Joshua Fu uses powerful computer clusters to develop a strategic plan for China to improve its air quality before the 2008 Summer Olympic ...Read More