Research Capacity Catalog

The Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education (CIRE) offers one of the first interdisciplinary PhD programs in energy science and engineering. This new degree provides breadth while preserving the depth and rigor of a PhD program. The Bredesen Center brings together extensive and complementary resources at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) and [...]

The preparation of math and science teachers and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education overall has become a national priority as national and international reports of student achievement continue to document the U.S. decline in international competiveness on assessments. More than most states, Tennessee faces educational challenges, particularly in math and science. Tennessee does [...]

The Center for International Education (CIE), a department within the Division of Academic Affairs, serves as a catalyst at every level for the internationalization of the entire UTK community. The University of Tennessee has embarked on an ambitious plan called “Ready for the World” to help students gain the international and intercultural knowledge they need [...]

The interdisciplinary Critical Theory Research Group brings together a group of faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences. Our research relies on contributions from critical theory, broadly understood. As a distinct research tradition, critical theory began during the 1930s in Germany and in the United [...]

The Joint Institute for Advanced Materials (JIAM) is a multidisciplinary research organization whose mission is to serve as an umbrella organization to foster interdisciplinary research and education for the development of advanced materials, as accomplished by enhancing the quality of faculty, students, and support staff, building world-class facilities, enhancing the educational experience, and assisting in [...]

The major goal of the UT-ORNL Joint Institute for Biological Sciences (JIBS) is to promote increased interactions and provide new research and training opportunities for UT faculty, students and ORNL staff. The JIBS mission is to provide world class infrastructure, scientific instrumentation and an intellectual environment to compete with leading research institutions in shaping the [...]

In 1991, the University of Tennessee (UT) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) established the Joint Institute for Computational Sciences (JICS) to advance scientific discovery and the knowledge of computational modeling and simulation, and to educate the next generation of researchers in using computational techniques to address scientific problems. JICS provides a framework for ORNL [...]

The Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences (JINS) was conceived to serve as an intellectual hub for the neutron science community and to enhance and support research at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR). SNS was built by a partnership of six U.S. Department of Energy laboratories. Along with its [...]

An umbrella for faculty development activities, including interdisciplinary centripetals, colloquies, and special programs developed in support of creative and critical thinking. For 30 years, the University Studies Program (USP) has supported faculty development of innovative interdisciplinary interactions that foster faculty networking across traditional lines and the development of interdisciplinary projects that serve the entire campus [...]