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View as web page<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-04-07-17.html> [Tickle College of Engineering at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.]<http://www.engr.utk.edu/> @TCE e-newsletter For the week of April 7, 2017 News on the Tickle College of Engineering, Faculty, Speakers, Students, Opportunities and Events The @TCE<http://www.engr.utk.edu/news/attce/> e-newsletter is published each Friday during the UT semester. Please send submissions to Randall Brown in the Engineering Communications Office at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by noon on the Thursdays before distribution. Note: @TCE will not be distributed next week due to the Spring Holiday. We will resume distribution on April 21. [Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/coe.utk> [LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4919219&trk=my_groups-b-grp-v> [Twitter] <http://twitter.com/utk_coe> [Flickr] <https://www.flickr.com/photos/utk_coe/> Featured News [MABE Hall of Fame and Banquet] Alumni Named to MABE Hall of Fame; Dobbs Honored<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-04-07-17.html#> The Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering (MABE) welcomed its third hall of fame class on Thursday with a look back and up—way up. Michael Sawyers, a 1979 graduate in engineering science and mechanics (biomedical engineering), and astronaut Barry Wilmore, who earned his master’s degree in aviation systems in 1994, are the two newest inductees. With their addition, the total number of honored alumni is nine. Joshua Dobbs, an aerospace engineering major and former starting quarterback at UT during the last four seasons, was also honored at the event. Read more<http://tntoday.utk.edu/2017/04/03/tech-guru-astronaut-inducted-departmental-hall-fame/> TLSAMP Banquet Honors Faculty and Students<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-04-07-17.html#> [TLSAMP graduating seniors] UT hosted its seventh annual Tennessee Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (TLSAMP) Awards Banquet on Monday, April 3, at Hollingsworth Auditorium. Diversity Coordinator John Hoffschneider, moderated the event. Students and faculty were recognized for their exceptional involvement in the TLSAMP program. Graduating TLSAMP seniors are pictured above. Read more<http://www.engr.utk.edu/tlsamp-graduating-seniors/> Engineering Students Among UT’s Goldwater Scholars<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-04-07-17.html#> [cid:[log in to unmask]]Two of the three UT students chosen as 2017-18 Goldwater Scholarship recipients hail from the Tickle College of Engineering. Christopher Neal, a junior in chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Andrew Wintenberg a junior majoring in both electrical engineering and mathematics, were both chosen for the honor, one of the nation’s highest, most selective awards for undergraduate students. The Goldwater Scholarship Program was established by Congress in 1986 to honor Sen. Barry M. Goldwater, designed to encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering. UT has had 17 Goldwater Scholars in the last decade. Read more<http://www.engr.utk.edu/two-engineering-students-among-uts-three-goldwater-scholars/> Faculty & Staff News Rucker Earns NSF CAREER Award<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-04-07-17.html#> [cid:[log in to unmask]]Caleb Rucker, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering (MABE), has been awarded an NSF Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for his proposal "CAREER: Safe and Transformative Robotic Intervention through Dynamic Elastic Structures (STRIDE)." The CAREER Award is the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award in support of junior faculty who have the potential to serve as an academic role model in research and education. It includes a five-year grant. "I’m very grateful for this support and excited for the opportunity to pursue research which I hope will contribute to improving healthcare and STEM education by advancing knowledge in robotics," said Rucker. "This award is a tremendous honor for Rucker and the department," said Matthew Mench, head of MABE. "This is further indication that he is an emerging leader in his field." Funding from the award begins in September. Speakers & Events Register for WomEngineers Day<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-04-07-17.html#> [WomEngineers Day]Registration is still open for the second biennial WomEngineers Day Conference, coming up on April 22. This is a one-day conference in which professional engineers, business partners, and faculty provide expertise on both professional and personal topics related to career and life choices. All students are welcome to attend. Discussion will include topics of diversity and inclusion. In addition, the conference will offer a specialized track for high school students interested in engineering, including instructions and guidance from academic advisors and current engineering students here at the University of Tennessee. Read more and register<http://womengineersday.org/> [cid:[log in to unmask]] Center for Career Development<http://career.utk.edu/> CTR Researchers Present on CDC-supported Project<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-04-07-17.html#> [cid:[log in to unmask]] The Center for Transportation Research’s Tammy Enix and Christine Waxstein presented a poster titled Buckle Up Tonight to See Tomorrow: An Integrated Marketing Campaign in East Tennessee at the 2017 National Lifesavers Conference<http://lifesaversconference.org/> in Charlotte, North Carolina, March 26-28. CTR, through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is researching the impact of both traditional and innovative ways to promote nighttime seat belt use through marketing, outreach, and law enforcement initiatives (Buckle Up Tonight<http://buckleuptonight.com/>). The poster presented the work that has been done for marketing and outreach. Civil engineering doctoral students Ali Boggs and Kwaku Boakye also presented posters at the event. The poster presenters took part in a poster dash, explaining their work in three minutes or less, and they also participated in a roundtable discussion. Read more<http://cee.utk.edu/cee-transportation-students-win-national-awards/> Infrastructure Sustainability Workshop Held at UT<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-04-07-17.html#> The first International Workshop on Sustainability Innovations in Transportation Infrastructure was held March 30-31 at UT to address current challenges of aging transportation infrastructure and renewed emphasis on infrastructure renovation. Attendees included more than 30 researchers from the US, UK, and China. Dean Wayne Davis and civil engineering department head Chris Cox kicked off the workshop highlighting recent developments in TCE. Bjorn Birgisson, Director of the Center for Infrastructure Renewal at Texas A&M University, delivered the key-note speech, "A Low Carbon Pavement Design Framework." Panel discussion identified future research needs and collaboration platforms. Following the workshop, attendees toured research facilities at UT, ORNL, and TVA. This workshop was sponsored by the Partnership for Sustainable Use of Solid Waste and organized by UT civil engineering professors Baoshan Huang and Qiang He. Student News and Opportunity Boyd Venture Challenge Accepting Applications<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-04-07-17.html#> The Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation is accepting applications for the Boyd Venture Challenge through April 12. This seed fund grant awards up to $20,000 to startup companies owned by UT students. Any legally formed company owned by a UT Knoxville or UT Institute of Agriculture undergraduate, master's or PhD student is eligible to apply. To date, this fund has awarded $277,000 to 33 startups. Read more about submission requirements<https://tiny.utk.edu/Boyd-spring17> Engineering Mentor Program<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-04-07-17.html#> The Engineering Mentor Program (EMP) looks for current first year and incoming students to become mentees and current second, third, and fourth+ year students to become mentors. Mentees choose their own personal mentor based off a profile developed from the application process. The mentor helps their mentees by being a source of information and answering questions that sometimes aren’t discussed in orientation or class. For mentors, EMP provides an opportunity to be that guidance for one’s underclassmen counterparts that they themselves may have needed when they started out in engineering. Read more<https://utkemp.org/> [cid:[log in to unmask]] AMCAS Workshop<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-04-07-17.html#> The annual American Medical College Application Service application workshop will be 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, in the Panhellenic Building Multipurpose Room. Doug Taylor, assistant dean of admissions at Quillen College of Medicine, will talk about how admissions officers use the information from AMCAS and ways that students can use the application to be more competitive for medical school. The workshop is particularly useful for students who will be applying to medical school this summer, but any pre-med student would benefit from the information provided at the workshop. SEC Engineering Deans Offer Graduate Fellowship<http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-04-07-17.html#> [cid:[log in to unmask]]The deans of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), including Tickle College of Engineering Dean Wayne Davis, have established the SEC Engineering Deans Graduate Fellow Program. This program provides top-off funds to augment the graduate stipends of selected newly admitted PhD students whose undergraduate engineering or related degrees are from another official SEC university. The top-off stipend has a value of $5,000 per year for up to five years, based on the recipient’s satisfactory progress toward the completion of a PhD degree. Read more<http://sec-engineering.org/> Engineering Professional Practice<http://www.coop.utk.edu/index.html> Stay up-to-date with Engineering Professional Practice information and events by clicking the “Like” button on the program’s Facebook page<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Knoxville-TN/Engineering-Professional-Practice/151569844861353>, visiting its website at www.coop.utk.edu<http://www.coop.utk.edu/>, or calling 865-974-5323. Featured Student: Joseph Schindler [cid:[log in to unmask]]Joseph Schindler, a mechanical engineering major, from Del Rio, Tennessee, worked as a co-op student at Altec Industries in Burnsville, North Carolina. He worked specifically in the quality department. His day-to-day responsibilities were to perform inspections of parts when they were received and performed audits of associate’s gauges to ensure they are working correctly. Schindler's favorite project was to create a new system for testing one particular product that came in and is now creating a new standard because of it. He also helped to update standard operating procedures. He was given the opportunity to learn more about CAD (Solidworks) and welding projects with a blow torch and plasma torch. Schindler's monthly responsibility was to give a monthly report about gauges during the quality meeting in front of all the managers, many of the supervisors and some engineers. This was a difficulty to him as he does not like to speak publically in front of large groups, but this gave him the opportunity to come out of his comfort zone and to learn how to be prepared efficiently for larger meetings. The most valuable part he took away from his rotation was the actual opportunity to work in the field before he graduates to get a feel on how the workforce works. 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]<mailto:[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<http://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]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or 865-974-5323. Engineering Advising<http://www.engr.utk.edu/advising/> The Summer Timetable is live on MyUTK. Summer registration is open. The Fall Timetable is live on MyUTK. Fall 2017 Registration Dates * Sophomores (30 + hours earned) April 10 and 11 * Freshmen (zero to 29 hours earned) April 24 and 25 Students who are taking EF 151/157- 152/158/Physics 135/137-136/138 and Math 141/147-142/148 and Computer Science 102-130 are advised in the Engineering Advising Office located in room 316 A Perkins Hall. Students please check your UT e-mail and schedule your advising appointment using the link inside the Grades First e-mail you receive. Students who are in Good Academic Standing and have completed EF 151/157 – EF 152/158 or Physics 135/137- 136/138 and Math 141/147 – 142/148 are advised in their major department with faculty or professional advisors. MABE and CBE students will be receiving a Grades First e-mail to schedule advising appointments with your professional advisers. Other engineering majors, please contact your major department/faculty adviser to schedule an advising appointment. NOTE: Engineering students will be taking Math courses together again in Fall 2017. Please look for sections with the following professors: * Math 141 - Kevin Sukanek * Math 142 - Karin Pringle * Math 241 - Mike Gilbert * Math 231 - Jennifer Fowler Contact Us Tickle College of Engineering<http://www.engr.utk.edu/> University of Tennessee 124 Perkins Hall Knoxville, TN 37996 Communications Office: Phone: 865-974-0533 Send submissions for @TCE<http://www.engr.utk.edu/news/attce/> to Randall Brown, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> <http://news.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atce-04-07-17.html#>[Twitter]<http://twitter.com/utk_coe> [LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4919219&trk=my_groups-b-grp-v> [Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/coe.utk> [Flickr] <https://www.flickr.com/photos/utk_coe/> Big Orange. Big Ideas. 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