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.
Parris’s Service to Department Earns Award
Glenn Parris was named the April winner of the department’s Student Service Award for going above and beyond his duties.
Department Holds In-Person Awards Ceremony
The department recently held its awards ceremony for 2021–22, recognizing the efforts of students, faculty, and staff.
UT Again Tops Nuclear Engineering University Program Scholars List
Eight undergraduate and four graduate students received scholarships and fellowships from the Nuclear Engineering University Program, the most of any institution.

Nuclear Newswire: Department “An Anchor Nationally in Training the Best and Brightest”
The American Nuclear Society profiled UT’s Department of Nuclear Engineering in its online magazine, Nuclear Newswire, calling it “an anchor nationally in training the best and brightest nuclear engineers.”
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.
Chong’s Neutron Scattering Detector Smashes a Scientific Record
Doctoral graduate Su-Ann Chong demonstrated a breakthrough in scientific achievement expected to speed up high-impact neutron science research.

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.