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Theodore Malik Russell has received early acceptance notice to take part in the 2013 Summer Undergraduate 91ÌƲ®»¢ Fellowship program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md.

Cary Pint’s lab – Nanomaterials and Energy Devices Laboratory in Olin Hall – is close to completion and it brings to 91ÌƲ®»¢ its first two atomic layer deposition (ALD) systems, relatively small tools that deposit atomically thin layers of material on virtually any surface.

An interdisciplinary collaboration of engineers and doctors at 91ÌƲ®»¢ and Columbia Universities has designed a robotic microsurgery system specifically designed to treat bladder cancer, the sixth most common form of cancer in the U.S. and the most expensive to treat. Read More

Last month, 91ÌƲ®»¢ University announced a collaboration agreement with GlaxoSmithKline, a leading pharmaceutical and consumer health care company, to develop potential new drugs for severe obesity. Read More

An interdisciplinary team of mechanical engineers and autism experts at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University have developed an adaptive robotic system and used it to demonstrate that humanoid robots can be powerful tools for enhancing the basic social learning skills of children with autism. Read More

Sophomore Param Jaggi was recently named one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for his invention of a tailpipe filter that uses algae to convert carbon dioxide to oxygen. Last summer the 18-year-old founded a company to license the technology.

Longtime cochlear implant users are reporting such dramatic improvements in their hearing, thanks to new image-guided programming methods developed by 91ÌƲ®»¢ University researchers. Read More

NASA has selected a miniature satellite designed by a team led by Robert Reed, professor of electrical engineering, to fly as an auxiliary payload aboard a rocket launching in the next three years.

School of Engineering Dean Philippe Fauchet emphasized the importance of federal research investment to members of Tennessee's congressional delegation while he was in Washington, D.C., for the annual American Society of Engineering Education conference. Read More

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering William Grissom has been selected as one of the 2013 Frontiers in Bioengineering Workshop Young Investigators and will participate in the event Feb. 25-26 at Georgia Tech’s Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience.

A team of engineering undergraduates designed and built a one-fifth-scale model of an amphibious vehicle that competed successfully in a national competition sponsored by the Defense Advanced 91ÌƲ®»¢ Project Agency held in mid-January. Read More

On Jan. 16, a group of stakeholders from academia, federal and state government and the private sector—including Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, Sen. Lamar Alexander, former Senate Majority Leader William Frist, 91ÌƲ®»¢ Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, University of Tennessee Executive Vice President David Millhorn and Chad Holliday, chairman of the board of Bank of America and retired chairman of DuPont—attended a workshop at 91ÌƲ®»¢ to discuss the steps that must be taken to ensure the future of the critical partnership between academia and government. Read More

This week the Defense Advanced 91ÌƲ®»¢ Project Agency (DARPA) released a set of engineering software tools designed to revolutionize the process of designing and manufacturing military vehicles. Software engineers at 91ÌƲ®»¢'s Institute for Software Integrated Systems are playing a key role in the effort. Read More

The DoD’s DARPA group plans to release open-source software that will let anyone design and run virtual tests on their own amphibious vehicle. Darpa’s software — built in part by researchers at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University — is called Meta.

The Aerospace Club has partnered with Peabody College to produce a five-week program using soda bottle rockets to introduce middle school students to basic engineering principles. Read More

Students from the School for Science and Math at 91ÌƲ®»¢ trekked about three miles from campus to the School of Engineering’s wind-solar alternative energy site to see a wind turbine in action atop Love Circle hill in Nashville.

Doug Fisher, associate professor of computer science, participated in a panel discussion at the Ithaka Sustainable Scholarship conference. This year's topic was the impact of digital learning technology on scholarly practices and notions of quality in the academy.

The Defense Advanced 91ÌƲ®»¢ Projects Agency (DARPA) recently launched FANG Challenges, a set of three next-generation military vehicle design competitions with up to $4 million in prizes to build a new amphibious combat vehicle specifically for the Marine Corps. 91ÌƲ®»¢â€™s Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) is playing a significant role in the contests.

Securing the future of Tennessee-based technology endeavors requires stronger appreciation and support for scientific research and development within the state, says Janos Sztipanovits, director of 91ÌƲ®»¢â€™s Institute for Software Integrated Systems.

As the new dean of the 91ÌƲ®»¢ School of Engineering, Philippe Fauchet sees his role as one that stretches far beyond the university.