Category Archives: News
Improving the World’s Most Potent Cancer Drug
Elizabeth Barker’s new injectable hydrogel, Amygel, limits the spread of chemotherapy drugs, potentially eliminating the long-term health risks of pediatric cancer treatment.
Biomedical Engineering to Become Independent Academic Department
Biomedical Engineering is separating from the Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Department (MABE) and will become its own independent department in August 2025.
InnoCrate Introduces Composites and Manufacturing to K-12 Students
The new workforce development project, InnoCrate, is introducing manufacturing and science related technologies in a fun, hands-on, experiment-driven way to K-12 students.
Moldex3D Donation Enhances Student Experience, Job Skills
Moldex3D, an industry-leading software simulation company for plastic injection molding, provided the University of Tennessee with a generous software donation valued at $3.65 million. The donation gives UT engineering students a leg up in the job market.
Betters and Gomez Make SME 30 Under 30 List
MABE alumni Emma Betters and Michael Gomez made SME’s 30 Under 30 list in recognition of the contributions they have made to the machining industry.
Spark Scholars Program Benefits Students, Start-Ups
The Spark Scholars program has been a major success since it was launched two years ago. The student internship/training program brings together early-stage tech companies and UT undergraduate engineering students.
RevV Program Fosters Positive Outcomes for UT, Raptor Resins
Raptor Resins has worked with UT’s Fibers and Composite Manufacturing Facility, Mechanical, Aerospace & Biomedical Engineering (MABE) department to develop a cyanate ester resin that helped the company win a program with the Navy for radome repair. It was all made possible by the RevV voucher program.
Lab Upgrade Launches UT into Rarified Air Among Universities
The university’s 500-kW pulsed Arcjet Tunnel will be upgraded to a continuous flow facility over the next year. The $570,000 grant is sponsored by the US Army Research Office through the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program award.
The Conversation: Tiny water-walking bugs provides scientists with insights on how microplastics are pushed underwater
Assistant Professor Andrew Dickerson’s fluid dynamics lab explores microplastic movement by studying how tiny water-walking insects are pushed underwater by raindrops.
Proving their Mettle: MABE Alumni Forge Success at Metal Engineering Start-up
Three mechanical engineering grads are having success in their metal engineering start-up where they do custom machining, machine design, structural and sheet metal fabrication, industrial piping, and general millwright work.