Securing the future of our planet through innovations that begin in Tennessee
This is the focus for the UT Institute for Energy and Environment (IEE) series of events scheduled across the UT campus from Oct. 29 – 31, 2024.
Energy and Environment Week at UT will spotlight collaborations and provide networking opportunities in IEE’s five priority research areas:
• Circular bioeconomy
• Clean energy systems
• Engaged communities
• Sustainable environment
• Sustainable infrastructure
Join us for a movie night with panel discussion, an environmental justice symposium featuring distinguished guest lecturers, a visit in the new Agriculture and Natural Resources Building and more!
This panel discussion features members of the “Scarboro 85,” the first Black students to integrate Oak Ridge High School in 1955. With this event, they became the first group of students to integrate a high school in the Southeast US, after the landmark US Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education. In addition, an onsite exhibit at the Frieson Black Cultural Center will highlight their lived experiences.
Frieson Black Cultural Center
Monday, October 28, 2024
Exhibit Viewing:10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Panel Discussion, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
As part of Energy and Environment week, this special viewing of “Nor Any Drop to Drink”, Cedric Taylor’s documentary on the water crisis in Flint, MI, will be followed by a facilitated Q&A session. The event is open to the public, and there is no cost for admission. Popcorn will be served.
Lindsay Young Auditorium
Hodges Library
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Distinguished guests Dr. Tony Reames and Dr. Cedric Taylor will provide lectures on research related to sustainability and the environment. They will then be joined by a panel of UT faculty to delve deeper into this topic. The panel includes Florence Dery, Assistant Professor, Africana Studies; Nikki Luke, Assistant Professor, Human Geography; and Lindsay Shade, Assistant Professor, Sociology. The symposium is open to the public, and especially to students interested in environmental justice. A short reception will follow the symposium.
This event is hosted by the Departments of Sociology, Geography and Sustainability, and Africana Studies.
Lindsay Young Auditorium
Hodges Library
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
UT researchers are privileged to work with many partners to address global challenges related to energy and environment, including other academic institutions, national laboratories, businesses, and community organizations. This Energy and Environment Expo will focus on business partners, sharing insights into a few relationships that are strong and growing. The public is invited to attend.
ANR Room 101A
Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Building
Thursday, October 31, 2024
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Easy Access: We recommend taking The Cross Campus Bus Route, which connects UT and UTIA with a bus every 15 minutes.
Dr. Eleanor Krause, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics, will discuss “The Costs of the Clean Energy Transition: Evidence from Coal’s Decline.”
ANR Room 101A
Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Building
Thursday, October 31, 2024
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Easy Access: We recommend taking The Cross Campus Bus Route, which connects UT and UTIA with a bus every 15 minutes.
This networking event with a rooftop visit offers opportunities to make new connections across a range of disciplines. Dozens of UT centers, institutes, laboratories, collaborations and faculty resources will be presented in this festive faire setting in the ANR Building’s gorgeous new grand hallway. Faculty, staff, and students will have access to experts in built environments, energy production and storage, environmental sustainability, mobility and transportation, and history and humanities. Refreshments will be provided.
Table hosts include:
- Alpha Sigma Kappa
- Appalachian Justice Research Center
- Architecture & Design
- Bredesen Center
- CCI Research and Innovation Center and Innovation Labs
- Center for Energy, Transportation, & Environmental Policy
- Center for Global Engagement
- Center for Renewable Carbon
- Center for Transportation Research
- Center for Ultra-Wide-Area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks
- CoLAB
- CURCI
- Denbo Center for Humanities & Arts
- Department of Civil & Environ. Engineering
- Dept. of Geography & Sustainability
- East Tennessee Clean Fuels
- Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Laboratory
- Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment
- Institute of Advanced Manufacturing & Materials
- NSF FEWSUS/CFEWS
- NanoHELP: Nanodynamics and High Efficiency Lab for Power & Energy
- ORIED
- Plant Research Center
- Smith Center
- Synergy Evaluation Institute
- Tennessee RiverLine
- TN Water Resource Research Center
Rooftop patio Innovation Gateway tables include:
- Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Energy and Environment
- Future Mobility
- Human Health and Wellness
Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Building, Grand Hallway and Rooftop
Thursday, October 31, 2024
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Easy Access: We recommend taking The Cross Campus Bus Route, which connects UT and UTIA with a bus every 15 minutes.
Energy and Environment Week is presented by UT’s Office of Research Innovation and Economic Development, the College of Arts and Sciences, Tickle College of Engineering, UT Institute of Agriculture, and the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs.