Category Archives: Faculty
Campus Awards Round-Up
Numerous awards are distributed across the university late in the spring semester. We’re proud to announce NE faculty and students […]
Maldonado Helps Pulgar Connect Lenoir City Students with College
Professor Ivan Maldonado helped EECS Assistant Professor Hector Pulgar connect Lenoir City High School students to engineering and UT.
Department Holds In-Person Awards Ceremony
The department recently held its awards ceremony for 2021–22, recognizing the efforts of students, faculty, and staff.
Sobes Cracks Code on Better Cross-Sections
In a major breakthrough, Assistant Professor Vladimir Sobes demonstrated a new formula to better predict the probability of fission.

Fusion Excitement Not Just About Energy
David Donovan and Livia Casali give an overview of the impact of a fusion experiment at the Joint European Torus (JET) experiment in England.
Casali Explains Fusion Breakthrough
Zinkle Fellow Livia Casali was one of two nuclear scientists who spoke to The Conversation Weekly in a recent podcast episode about a fusion breakthrough.
Lukosi Wins ARPA-E OPEN Funding to Advance Liquid-Fueled Molten Salt Reactors
Associate Professor Eric Lukosi is researching a way to enable liquid-fueled molten salt reactor operators to test the plasma on site with great accuracy and less cost.
Casali Tests Nitrogen vs. Neon Impurity Seeding for Fusion Advancement
Zinkle Fellow and Assistant Professor Livia Casali has published new findings in Nuclear Fusion about the first nitrogen and neon seeding study.
Faculty Offer Key Nuclear Industry Predictions for 2022
The January issue of Nuclear News, a publication by the American Nuclear Society, included four industry predictions for 2022 by UT faculty.
Brown Weighs in on Ukraine Power Plant Attack
Associate Professor Nick Brown spoke to WVLT about Russia’s attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine.