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We celebrated faculty, staff, and students at its annual Honors Award Banquet and Hall of Fame Induction. The event was held on April 3 at the UT Student Union.


Over the course of his 37-year career, the late Robert B. Lewis III (BS Chemical Engineering ’81) helped develop and […]


Art Ragauskas leads a government-funded research project that is turning wood waste into a substance that could be a low-cost alternative to metal and alloys.


Rigoberto Advincula was named a 2025 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fellow for contributions to research on advanced polymers and nanostructured materials.


Four projects spearheaded by TCE faculty and graduate students have been selected as awardees for this year’s UT Chancellor’s Innovation Fund.


Art Ragauskas has been selected as a Laureate of the Global Lithuanian Awards 2024 in the category for International Scientific Achievements. 


Art Ragauskas, interim department head and UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Biorefining, was named to the 2024 Clarivate list of Highly Cited Researchers.


David Sholl was recently named the executive director and vice provost of the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute.


UT & Eonix were selected for a Phase II STTR $1.7 million grant focused on ultra-high-power batteries for directed energy, counter drone awards, and e-VTOL systems.


UT engineering team helps Nissan find a “second life” for its LEAF model electric vehicle batteries by turning them into power supplies.