Category Archives: Faculty
Nuclear Engineering Department Head Wes Hines to Retire
Postelle Professor, Chancellor’s Professor, and Department of Nuclear Engineering Department Head Wes Hines is set to retire at the end of next year.
TIBML’s Hattar Oversees Microscopy Advance Through International Connections
Associate Professor Khalid Hattar, director of the Tennessee Ion Beam Laboratory, coordinated work with international teams to install a first-ever advanced lens for an electron microscope at Sandia National Laboratories.
Nuclear Engineering Team Collaborates for Dual Best Paper Awards
Nuclear engineering Associate Professor Nick Brown and colleagues collaborated on research that earned two Best Paper awards.
Giving Nuclear Forensics an Upgrade
UT’s Innovative Computing Laboratory will be supporting and networking research from 23 organizations as part of a $25 million Consortium for Nuclear Forensics.
DOE Grants $6M to Innovative Faculty Projects
With backing from the US Department of Energy, five NE faculty will be pursuing innovative projects to improve nuclear power plant design and operation.
UT awarded National Science Foundation Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair for Nuclear Materials Steve Zinkle will lead the materials for extreme environments research initiative at CAMM.
Brown Receiving David Okrent Award for Nuclear Safety from ANS
UT Department of Nuclear Engineering Associate Professor and Assistant Head for Graduate Studies Nick Brown is being honored by the ANS.
Hosting ANS Student Conference a Great Success for Department of Nuclear Engineering
The nuclear engineering department at the University of Tennessee recently hosted the 2022 American Nuclear Society student conference.
$2.25 Million Grant Launches New Chapter for UT Materials Research
The Department of Homeland Security has granted SMRC director Charles Melcher $2.25 million to develop new semiconductors for use in nuclear security programs.
UT Launches National Engineering Diversity Panel
Wes Hines hosted the first panel in a new speaker series intended to increase the number of African American nuclear engineering graduates in the United States.