Institute for Energy and Environment
As a leader in fusion research, UT is expanding its capabilities to address the most pressing challenges to fusion technology feasibility, making a critical investment in a clean energy future that will also expand East Tennessee’s research, education, and industry clean energy ecosystem.
Christopher Cherry, professor of civil and environmental engineering, researched the effectiveness of several types of e-bike purchase incentives and the investment required to induce additional e-bike purchases.
A team of UT researchers were granted $1.7 million from the Wellcome Trust Foundation to address environmental health and energy challenges in disadvantaged communities and provide a solution.
Neal Stewart, professor of plant sciences, and Robert Sears, graduate research assistant in plant sciences, examined alternatives to mechanical radiation sensors and built a plant-based sensor for gamma radiation.
Gabe Schwartzman, assistant professor of geography and sustainability, discusses his research on the impacts carbon offset projects have on former mining communities in the Clearfork Valley area on the Kentucky-Tennessee border.
UT-ORII has selected circular bioeconomy systems and radiopharmaceutical therapies as its two newest Convergent Research Initiatives, areas of joint research for UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Over the next five years, UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will invest $40 million—$20 million per initiative—and work jointly to accelerate world-leading innovation.
