Portfolio | Amanda Womac | Freelance Science Writer

Study finds 3-1 shortfall of women in STEM careers

Women in the United States have made great strides in education and entry in the workplace over the past 50 years, yet they continue to be underrepresented in science, ...Read More

Convincing girls, women to pursue science, math careers

Claudia Rawn is used to talking about science, so when asked to speak about women in the STEM disciplines, she was a bit out of her comfort zone. The speaking invitation came ...Read More

Science struggles to save dying coral

Some of the oldest and most diverse ecosystems on the planet are the coral reefs in the earth’s oceans. Home to more than one million species, they play an important part ...Read More

Conservation efforts at work in Tennessee’s waterways

They haven’t spent 73 days in an underwater habitat, but researchers and volunteers with several organizations in Tennessee have spent hundreds of hours snorkeling their ...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

Quick history of cloaking devices

Dr. Ramki Kalyanaraman, associate professor of materials science engineering, and his colleague Dr. Gerd Duscher at UT are not the only people working to develop cloaking ...Read More

The science behind making the visible invisible

Researchers like Dr. Rami Kalyanaraman and Gerd Duscher, associate professors of materials science engineering at the University of Tennessee, could not develop cloaking ...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

UT, Vanderbilt scientists are taking the science fiction out of invisibility

Ferris Hall is an unassuming brick building on the edge of the University of Tennessee’s College of Engineering campus and home to the Department of Materials Science ...Read More

Numbers Expert

Scientists and researchers address many interesting and difficult challenges on a daily basis. Some look for solutions by applying simple observation techniques. Others ...Read More