News, Events, & Seminars... Updated 11/13/09

Current News and Events

» MSEMatters Fall 2008 Newsletter (pdf)

» MSEMatters Archive (pdf)

» Graduate Students: Prelim Information for 2010 now online (pdf)

» COE Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner
April 23, 2009

The College of Engineering held its Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at the Knoxville Convention Center. The event included a reception, dinner and awards program. Two members of the MSE faculty, Dr. Veerle Keppens and Dr. Philip Rack, were recipients of Faculty Research Fellow awards.

» MSE Department Head Named JIAM Director
January 1 , 2009

Dr. George Pharr, professor and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), was named the new director of the Joint Institute of Advanced Materials (JIAM) at the University of Tennessee beginning January 1, 2009.

» MSE Department mourns the loss of
Dr. Charlie Brooks
November 18, 2008

» UT Honors New Chancellor's Professors
October 20, 2008

Dr. George Pharr was selected as one of the inaugural class of the Chancellor's Professors. Appointment as a Chancellor's Professor constitutes the highest honor that can be accorded to a member of the faculty by the University of Tennessee. This designation recognizes extraordinary, nationally or internationally recognized, scholarly attainment in an individual discipline or field as well as a record of excellence in teaching and service to UT. The ceremony for the inaugural class of the Chancellor's Professors took place on Monday, October 20, at the University Center.

» MSE Picnic (pdf)
October 5, 2008

Come have dinner at the lake with your friends and classmates!

» ASM Picnic (pdf)
September 5, 2008

» Former Student, Lawretta Chineze Leaticia Ononye, Wins Elsevier NDLTD-ETD Award
June 2, 2008

» Faculty Position Announcement for MSE department
August, 2007

» Arts & Sciences and Engineering Departments Merge to form New Entity
July, 2007

» MSE Department mourns loss of two distinguished professors, Dr. William Becker and Dr. Ray Buchanan
May, 2006

Upcoming Seminars

Dr. Javier A. Diez, Instituto de Fisica Arroyo Seco, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la, Argentina. Stability of Films and Rivulets in Partially Wetting Conditions, on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 1:25 p.m. in 501 Dougherty.

For more information, contact Dr. Rack at (865) 974-5344 or at prack@utk.edu.

ORNL Upcoming Events

» Upcoming ORNL Physics Division Seminars

» Upcoming CNMS Seminars/Events

» Upcoming Materials Theory Group Seminars

Important Dates

Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, November 1. Remember to turn your clocks back one hour. As you set your clocks, watches and automatic light timers, the end of Daylight Savings is an excellent time to change the batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors throughout your home. For more info on Daylight Savings Time, click here.

Materials Science and Engineering
Fall Picnic
Sunday, October 4, 2009
The Cove in Farragut
4:00pm
Faculty, Staff, Students, Alumni,
Your Families & Guest
(More Details to Come)