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Distinguished Lecture Series: Les Johnson
Les Johnson is the deputy manager of the Advanced Concepts Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. He will speak in the spring finale
of the College of Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series at 4:00 p.m. Monday, April 4, in Room 622 of the Min Kao Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building. His lecture is "Solar Sails for Spacecraft Propulsion." The talk will also be webcast
live.
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Governor’s Chair Wirth
To Address University of Michigan Engineers
Dr. Brian Wirth, Governor's Chair Professor for Computational Nuclear Engineering, is considered one of the leading authorities
in nuclear materials and modeling how those materials behave in extreme environments. The latest acknowledgment of his expertise came from the University of Michigan, whose Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Department invited him to be its keynote
speaker for the fifth annual Richard K. Osborn Lecture in Ann Arbor.
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Ragauskas Thanked for
Assistance to ERC
Dr. Arthur Ragauskas, Governor's Chair Professor for Biorefining, was thanked in an official letter from the European Research
Council (ERC) for his assistance as external referee in the scientific evaluation of proposals submitted to the ERC Consolidator Grant Call 2015. His review helped the ERC.
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ERC's results
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Hathaway Partners in Multi-Discipline
Project on Weather Data
Weather information and air quality data pinpointed to your very neighborhood and street could soon be at your fingertips, thanks
to a UT research project. Dr. Kelsey Ellis, assistant professor of geography, partnered with Dr. Jon Hathaway, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Dr. Lisa Reyes Mason, assistant professor of social work, for the project.
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Wierschem Selected as
ExCEEd Fellow
Dr. Nick Wierschem, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering, was recently selected as an American Society of
Civil Engineers (ASCE) "ExCEEd 2016 Teaching Fellow." He will attend the ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Workshop at the United States Military Academy this summer. This six-day workshop is designed to help civil engineering educators improve their teaching abilities.
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Compton Awarded Fellowship
with AFRL
Dr. Brett Compton, assistant professor in mechanical, aerospace, and biomedical engineering, was awarded a fellowship from the
Air Force Research Laboratory Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (AFRL SFFP) to spend two months this Summer at AFRL, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, working with scientists there on the research topic of "Additive manufacturing of multifunctional meta-materials
for survivable electronics and sensing applications."
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FIRST Robotics Smoky Mountain Regional
this weekend in Thompson-Boling Arena
The College of Engineering co-sponsors the Smoky Mountain regional competition for FIRST Robotics. Held April 1-2 in Thompson-Boling Arena,
50 high school teams from all over the southeast will be competing in a competition called “FIRST Stronghold”, forming alliances to storm the stronghold of opposing robot alliances. It promises to be an outstanding show. Competition begins Friday with the
finals Saturday afternoon. Admission is free.
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NASA/AISES to Hold Inaugural Conference
The Native American Student Association (NASA) and the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) are hosting UT's inaugural AISES
Region 7 Conference. The conference will be held April 8-9, 2016, with the theme "Building a bridge between the past and future through education." Organizers seek to fill vacancies in their lineup of speakers, ideally in the fields of sustainability and education.
Faculty or graduate students of indigenous American origin who might like to speak on engineering topics are invited to inquire, including indigenous people of the whole of the Americas in this search and event, not just native to the US. Students, faculty,
and staff are also invited to attend the conference as well.
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Hull to Speak on Shale Fracturing
Dr. Katherine Hull will speak on "Nano- and Micro-Mechanics: A Bottom-Up Approach to Understanding Shale Fracturing" at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, April
5, in Room 307 of the Science and Engineering Research Facility (SERF). The talk is presented by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Refreshments will be available.
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Gray to Speak on Med School for Engineers
The Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering will host Dr. Jim Gray for a special seminar entitled "How to Survive Medical
School When You Think like an Engineer" at 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 8, at in Dougherty 406. Gray graduated from UT with a BS in Engineering Science before going on to Vanderbilt University Medical School. He is currently a radiation oncologist at the Sarah
Cannon Cancer Center in Nashville.
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ANS Plans Trivia Fundraiser Event
The American Nuclear Society at UT is planning a trivia night to raise funds for outreach events. The trivia would tentatively be a competition
between the different departments within COE. They invite interested engineers to help gage interest and planning a time by filling out the Google form linked below.
ANS
Trivia Night Interest Form
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CEE Helps Elementary and Middle School
Students in FIRST LEGO League Event
FIRST LEGO League (FLL) is an international program designed to engage elementary and middle school youth in hands-on robotics design and scientific
research, and this year the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) had a hand in helping out a team from West Knoxville. Dr. Dayakar Penumadu, professor in CEE, guided the West Knoxville team.
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Williamson to Speak on STEM Literature
Dr. Jeanine Williamson, UT Engineering Librarian, will discuss the importance and purpose of a STEM literature review for publications 6:00-7:00
p.m. Monday, April 4, in Room 409 of the Dougherty Engineering Building. Bring your toughest questions about Endnote, Mendeley, Web of Science – you name it! – and she has the answer. This event is part of the monthly workshops and discussions hosted by CFW-
STEM’s WiSTAR3 program: "Women in STEM Advancing Research, Readiness, and Retention."
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Fargione to Discuss Climate Mitigation
Joe Fargione, of The Nature Conservancy, will speak on "Natural Pathways to Climate Mitigation" at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, April 7, in the Toyota
Auditorium of the Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, 1640 Cumberland Avenue.
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Student News and Opportunity
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Hannah Woo Will Present at University
of Dayton Symposium
Hannah Woo, a graduate student in civil engineering, will present in the first Annual Research Symposium organized by the School of Engineering
at the University of Dayton. She is one of eighteen students selected to present. The symposium will be April 19-21, 2016, at the University of Dayton and the Emerson Climate Technologies Helix Innovation Center.
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UTSI Students Win Presentation Competition
Two travel award winners of the inaugural Susan and Jimmy Wu Student Presentation Competition were announced at the University of Tennessee
Space Institute (UTSI) on March 4. Stefen Lindorfer, at left in this photo, won in the Master’s category and received a $1,000 travel award. Julie King, at right in this photo, won in the PhD category and received a $2,000 travel award.
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ACEC to Honor Two Engineering Students
The Tennessee chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) has selected Kyle Goodrick and Kelli Grissom as its 2016 scholarship
recipients. Goodrick, a senior in electrical engineering, and Grissom, a junior in civil engineering, were chosen from a pool of applicants based on their successes both in the classroom and beyond. Goodrick was one of the UT students involved in the 3-D printing
of a car, while Grissom has taken numerous study-abroad trips.
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ORNL Seeks UT Grad Students for Technology
Transfer Program
UT graduate students in certain fields have an opportunity to take part in a high-end summer program thanks to Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
ORNL’s Technology Transfer Internship Program is open to UT students in particular programs in the Haslam College of Business, the College of Engineering, or the College of Arts and Sciences who have a minimum grade point average of 2.5, who can commit to
working forty hours per week between May and August, and who can contribute at least eight hours a week during the fall semester if the project is continued.
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Vol to Vol Networking Event
The Vol to Vol is a career networking event will be 9:00-11:00 a.m. Friday, April 15, bringing together members of UT's Alumni Board of Directors
and current students. Students will have the opportunity to connect one on one with distinguished alumni, receive professional career advice, and develop their alumni network. Alumni involved include CEOs, Vice Presidents, and Executives from companies like
Eastman Chemical, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Scripps Network, Sam's Club, and Microsoft.
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Spring 2016 AMCAS Application Workshop
The annual AMCAS (American Medical College Application Service) Application Workshop will be 5:30–7:30 p.m. Monday, April 4, 2016, in WLS M307.
Doug Taylor, Assistant Dean of Admissions at Quillen College of Medicine, will present this workshop for pre-med students who will be applying to medical school. The workshop is particularly useful for students who will be applying this summer (for Fall 2017
admission) and next summer (for Fall 2017 admission). Any pre-med student, however, would benefit from the program’s content.
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EUReCA 2016: Undergraduate Research
Exhibition
The Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EUReCA) will take place April 11-15, 2016, and is open to all undergraduate
students at UT. It is intended to emphasize students' achievements in research and creative activities by allowing them to present work in a poster format. "Research and creative achievement," for the purposes of this exhibition, means a scholarly collaboration
between students and a faculty member, and has in the past included results of senior design and independent study courses, as well as undergraduate involvement in research projects. Research and design posters will be judged separately and awards will be
given in both categories.
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Graduate Student Research Program Accepting
Applications
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science is pleased to announce that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program
is now accepting applications for the 2016 Solicitation 1. Applications are due 5:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 11, 2016. For information, contact the SCGSR program manager, Dr. Ping Ge, at [log in to unmask].
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Engineering Advising
Mini, Summer, and Fall Advising Dates 2016
- The Fall Timetable is online.
Juniors — Monday-Tuesday, April 4-5
Sophomores — Monday-Tuesday, April 11 and 12
Freshmen — Monday-Tuesday, April 25 and 26
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Engineering Professional Practice
Stay up-to-date with Engineering Professional Practice information and events by clicking the “Like” button on the program’s Facebook
page, visiting its website at www.coop.utk.edu, or calling 865-974-5323.
Spring Engineering Expo Sets Record for Attendance, Employers
To say that the Office of Engineering Professional Practice in the College of Engineering had the most successful Spring Expo in its history, while true, doesn’t begin to tell the whole story. It's not just that the office saw double-digit percent increases
in both employers and students attending—it is the quality of both that really brings across the importance of the event.
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Featured Student: Garrett Smith
 This week’s featured student is Garrett Smith, a chemical engineering major from Blountville,
Tennessee, who worked as a co-op student with Eastman Chemical Company.
In reporting on his rotation, Smith worked in the Process Safety Services Department, which maintains and improves the safety of the company through a variety of methods and implementation. His main focus was to Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), which is a set
of organized and systematic assessments of the potential hazards associated with an industrial process.
While working on a co-op, Smith obtained knowledge of how the chemical industry works and gained technical experience, which will all be beneficial to him once he graduates.
Students interested in participating in the Engineering Professional Practice program should create a profile in our system and then come visit us in 110 Perkins Hall: www.myinterfase.com/utk/studentregistration.aspx
Students, please note: If you receive a co-op or internship offer, please contact Engineering Professional Practice for help with paperwork and any preparations you may need – [log in to unmask],
865-974-5323, or 110 Perkins Hall.
Students may read more about their peers' co-op experiences by logging into their Engineering Professional Practice profile via www.coop.utk.edu,
clicking "Resource Library" (on the left margin) and selecting "Students at Work–In Their Own Words." For information on engineering co-op and internships, contact [log in to unmask] or
865-974-5323.
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Multicultural Student Life
The Academic Support Unit (ASU) in Multicultural Student Life supports the academic success of students through a variety of services:
The Tutoring Program provides free tutoring to students in a variety of subject areas.
The Book Loan Program allows students to borrow up to two textbooks free of charge. Students must return the borrowed books at
the end of the semester. Applications for the Book Loan Program are at multicultural.utk.edu.
The Final Prep Sessions provide students with a quiet and comfortable environment to study for their final exams. Students have access to tutoring in a variety of subjects. The Black Cultural Center extends its hours in order to accommodate
those students who wish to have additional studying time. Stress relief activities and snacks are also provided for students to aid in their studying.
The Student Success Center offers a variety of academic support.
Academic Coaching: A one-one-one meeting with a trained GTA who can help with time management, goal setting, and more. Call 865-976-6641 to make an appointment or stop by 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday–Friday, third floor of Greve Hall.
Supplemental Instruction: Out of class study sessions with trained student SI Leaders. No appointment necessary. Please see the schedule
for details.
Tutoring: Drop in or by appointment sessions available. Students can check the schedule for details.
More tutoring options may be available through the SSC. Contact SSC if you are in need of tutoring for a subject not currently listed on the website.
UT LEAD: Many SSC services are currently available for UT LEAD students. Read more >>
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