Category Archives: Faculty

Undergrads Rise to Research Challenges with IREAAMU
This summer, nine undergrads participated in interdisciplinary advanced air mobility research through an NSF-REU program run by Devina Sanjaya and Zhenbo Wang.

Singh Leads Breakthrough in High-Performance Heat Exchanger Technology
Assistant Professor Prashant Singh’s team is revolutionizing heat exchangers with power-dense, cost-effective lattice structures for next-gen energy systems.

Ren Selected to Lead New Department of Biomedical Engineering
Dacheng Ren has been selected as the inaugural head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering launching this August.

Working Around the Clot
Bryan Good received an award from the American Heart Association allowing him to create the first models of ischemic stroke incorporating clinical patient data.

Zhao Selected as AIM-AHEAD Mentor
Xiaopeng Zhao has been selected as a mentor for the AIM-AHEAD Research Fellow Program, a prestigious initiative focused on advancing artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) research to address health disparities and promote health equity.

Kihm Honored by National Engineers’ Council
Kenneth D. Kihm received the Distinguished Engineering Project Achievement Award on February 21st in Los Angeles at the 70th anniversary of the National Engineers’ Council.

Hu Asked to Join AASF as a Fellow
Associate Professor Anming Hu has been invited to join the Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF) as a fellow.

Dickerson’s Paper Published in PNAS
Associate Professor Andrew Dickerson’s research paper on maple samaras has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Molding a New Workforce
A unique collaboration between the Tickle College of Engineering and the University of Tennessee School of Art is helping address the workforce shortage in the U.S casting and forging industry through hosting METAL bootcamps.

Wang’s Conversation Article Highlights 2025 Space Exploration
Zhenbo Wang had an article published in The Conversation that looks ahead to what promises to be a groundbreaking year for space exploration.