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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

Significant Slumber

Are you a morning lark or a night owl? Do you struggle to get out of bed? Is your sleep cycle erratic? Why are teenagers so hard to wake up? It’s all about rhythm. ...Read More

Experimental Education

Finding solutions to complex energy problems such as storage, sustainability, and the impacts of climate change is vital to the survival of our planet. But because these ...Read More

Instruments of Change

Illustrations by Larry Davis, Spallation Neutron Source, ORNL Jason Hayward wants to change the world. More specifically, he wants to revolutionize the surgical tools doctors ...Read More

Natural Resilience

When an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform occurred in 2010, just over 4 million barrels of crude oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico. Hundreds of ...Read More

New Energy on the Horizon

How can we create effective energy and fuels that are both efficient and better for the environment? Thanks to the Sustainable Energy Education and Research Center (SEERC), ...Read More