With a new, dedicated lab space, Zhenbo Wang is researching how to give autonomous drones the ability to safely maneuver through advanced air mobility systems.

Associate Professor Phillip Kreth was selected as Class of 2025 Associate Fellow by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

The Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering has added three new faculty members to the staff for the 2024-25 school year. They bring a wide array of abilities, expertise, and experience in their fields.

MABE Associate Professor Caleb Rucker and a team from the University of Tennessee are part of a landmark, multi-institution surgical robot project that received up to $12 million in funding from ARPA-H.

After discovering a surprising feature of some laser-induced plasmas, Zhili Zhang has been awarded an NSF grant to continue studying the useful phenomenon.

Five faculty members from the Tickle College of Engineering are involved in projects that received 2024 Grand Challenges Type 1 Grants.

Xiaopeng Zhao is part of a collaborative team that has been awarded a $401,090 grant from the National Institutes of Health for the project RISE, which uses a robot with AI tools to help caregivers in the Alzheimer’s community.

Assistant Professor Wei Wang received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award for his research on the way liquids interact with soft textured surfaces.

Anahita Khojandi and Xiaopeng Zhao have been selected for the AAAS 2024-25 Science & Technology Policy Fellowship.

This January, the Bredesen Center appointed Zhili Zhang as the new director of its ESE PhD program—and he has big plans for increasing enrollment and retention.