The official start of summer brings; a UTIA animal science professor presented with continuing service award; four Tickle College of Engineering faculty members selected to join the inaugural cohort of UT’s faculty fellows for technology-enhanced teaching; a professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering honored with the 2020 chancellor’s Research and Creative Achievement Award; and three Nuclear Engineering faculty members elected to leadership in the American Nuclear Society (ANS). Continue reading
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
2017 Class of UT-ORNL Joint Directed Research and Development Faculty Named
Ten researchers were given Joint Directed Research Development (JDRD) awards for 2017 as part of the Science Alliance—a Tennessee Center of Excellence managed by the Office of Research and Engagement. The JDRD program was conceived to provide faculty members an opportunity to work collaboratively with researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
JDRD awards are given to faculty across a wide range of disciplines and departments with the directive to collaborate with an ORNL Laboratory Directed Research Development (LDRD) project, an ORNL Seed Project, or a project that meets one of several strategic objectives. Awarded projects focus on a variety of research areas including advanced manufacturing, big data management, and climate change and adaptation.
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Recognitions, September 9
Please send faculty, staff, and student recognitions to Erin Chapin (erin.chapin@utk.edu).
- Nan Gaylord and Lynda Hardy of the College of Nursing have been named to the American Academy of Nursing’s 2016 Class of New Fellows. They represent the fifth and sixth members of the College of Nursing Faculty to be inducted into the academy, joining Tami Wyatt, Sandra Thomas, Joanne Hall, and dean of the College of Nursing, Victoria Niederhauser.