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Category Archives: Student Spotlight


Alyssa Hayes helped found a free online program that gives underprivileged undergraduates the technical skills they need to conduct impactful physics research.


Hunter Salmon spent 5 years as a walk-on tight end for UT football while pursuing a degree in nuclear engineering. Now he’s obtaining a MS in medical physics.


Nuclear engineering PhD student Jacob Minnette made his debut as a lead author since his research focusing on nuclear fuel-form materials was published.


Bryn Davies, Engineering graduate student at the University of Tennessee, has a long and unique career that combines her love of engineering and music.


UT nuclear engineering student Emma Houston earned a highly coveted Nuclear Nonproliferation International Safeguards Graduate Fellowship.


UT Knoxville Department of Nuclear Engineering Honors student James Pierce has been named as the March 2023 Student Service Award winner.


University of Tennessee nuclear engineering doctoral student Clarice Phelps was named to People’s “23 Women Changing the World” list.


Nuclear engineering graduates Alicia Swift and Fan Zhang were recognized in the 2023 “Volunteer 40 Under 40” ceremony.


UT nuclear engineering student Christian Young was named winner of the department’s December student service award.


UT graduate researcher Elizabeth Martinez was selected for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme by the International Atomic Energy Agency.