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Chancellor's Innovation Fund winners pose with university leadership and organizers.

Five UT Faculty Teams Receive Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Awards

posted on April 7, 2026

Five faculty-led teams advancing innovations across disciplines, including electrochemical energy systems that play an important role in producing clean, alternative fuels, have won this year’s awards. Faculty will work to commercialize their technologies, address unmet market needs, and grow clean fuel production in Tennessee.

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Hua Bai and Sheng Dai Named NAI Fellows

posted on December 16, 2025

In response to a demand for skilled workers in the nuclear industry, a new partnership between UT; Roane State Community College; and the Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology is transforming how students prepare for and advance in the nuclear workforce.

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Ayers Hall at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Five UT Faculty Receive Fulbright Awards

posted on July 31, 2025

Faculty will use this year’s Fulbright awards to study, teach and conduct research around the world.

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Officials speak while taking a tour of the Zeanah Engineering Complex at UT.

State Leaders Explore Economic Impact of UT Research

posted on June 27, 2025

Tennessee Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart McWhorter visited UT to learn how its research benefits the state.

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A researcher wearing a VW shirt, talks with a student about tensile testing of glass fiber reinforced polymeric (GFRP) composites.

University of Tennessee and Volkswagen Drive the Future of Mobility Through Innovation Hub in UT Research Park 

posted on April 24, 2025

Research faculty and Volkswagen scientists collaborate to make vehicles lighter, batteries last longer, and materials more sustainable.

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Group photo during the Volkswagen 5 year celebration at Innovation South. From Left Marc Gibson, associate vice chancellor for research and director of the division of partnerships and economic development; Lyndon Lie, CTO, Volkswagen North America; Chancellor Donde Plowman; Susan Hubbard, Deputy for Science and Technology at ORNL; and Dr. Nikolai Arden, EVP Volkswagen Group Innovation,

UT, Volkswagen Group of America Celebrate Research Partnership

posted on April 24, 2025

Experts from Volkswagen and UT were on hand to highlight innovative technologies such as recycled composites.

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