Assistant Professor Sandra Bogetic uses the skills she gained as a parent of two young daughters to help mentor her nuclear engineering students at UT.

Kondapa Naidu Bobba will receive the 2026 Young Investigator Award to advance important prostate cancer research among early-career physicians and scientists.

The Nuclear Engineering Technology Accelerator Program gives paid, real-world nuclear research opportunities at Y-12 to UT NE students.

For the second straight year, NE was No. 2 among public institutions in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Graduate Schools rankings.

Alan and Teresa Icenhour have established a scholarship endowment through the Tickle College of Engineering to help students pursue a nuclear engineering education.

TCE faculty members are leading 3 projects funded through the DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy to help the nation stay on the competitive edge of nuclear research.

Master’s and PhD student Lauren Bailey was surprised with the Beacon Award, the highest master’s student honor conferred at the University of Tennessee where the recipient must demonstrate high academic achievement and embody the Volunteer Spirit.

Daniel Suarez and Mackenzie Warwick joined us as full-time teaching professors. They are the first instructional faculty members the department has ever hired.

Graduate student Lauren Bailey and senior Sicilia Christadore attended the East Tennessee Economic Council’s Nuclear & Innovative Energy Day on the Hill.

UT is part of a consortium that was awarded a $25M grant by the U.S. DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration for R&D in nuclear science, engineering, and security.