The Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy focuses on three main areas of interest. The Center maintains and promotes research in the papers of Howard H. Baker, Jr. and other political collections at the University of Tennessee. These materials provide a wealth of information for scholars and students. The Center will work to [...]
Who We Are Currently, our faculty are actively leading research into both traditional chemical and energy industries as well as new areas of application and innovation, such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, advanced materials, and sustainable energy. The vision of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department is to be a center of inspired learning that nurtures innovation, [...]
The Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks (CURENT) is a National Science Foundation & U.S. Department of Energy Engineering Research Center at the University of Tennessee. Housed within the Min H. Kao Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Building, CURENT is a collaboration between academia, industry, and national laboratories. The center collaborates with partner [...]
Relying on fossil fuels is no longer a long-term option. New concepts in energy conservation, energy distribution and alternative energy generation are available but not yet competitive because either the material properties are not adequate or the materials processing is too expensive. Research efforts in materials science at UT tackle both problems by focusing on [...]
The Science Alliance, a Tennessee Center of Excellence established in 1984, has a mission to expand cooperative ventures in research with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and in that process enhance science and engineering research programs at The University of Tennessee. Center research emphasizes strategic areas of importance to both organizations. Materials science, neutron science, [...]
Research Interests Sustainable energy research, education, and innovation, technological development and implementation of new, alternative forms of sustainable energy. Current areas of research emphasis include: Bio-Fuels Advanced Materials Energy Conversion and Storage Sustainability Science In addition, there are common elements of Environment, Ethics, Economics, Law and Policy as well as Technology that will be cross [...]
