Past News and Events
Simpson Elected Fellow of the AIMBE
November 19, 2009
Dr. Michael Simpson, Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineering.
Dr. Irene Paulauskas, Recognized by American Ceramic Society
October, 2009
Dr. Irene Paulauskas, Former UT Graduate Student of Dr. Roberto Benson, received a Second Place Award in the Scanning Electron Microscopy Category in the 2009 Ceramographic Competition of the American Ceramic Society. The Award-Winning entry was entitled: “Zinc Oxide Photoanode Instability in Photoelectrochemical Cells for Hydrogen Production.” The 2009 Ceramographic Competition was held as part of the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society in Pittsburgh, PA, October 25-30, 2009. Subsequent to the completion of her Ph.D. degree, Dr. Paulauskas is currently residing in England. Her research was carried out at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory under the supervision of Drs. Lynn A. Boatner and Gerald E. Jellison, and Prof. Roberto Benson was the Chair of her Thesis Committee at UT. Dr. Paulauskas found that the degradation processes that take place during the operation of a photoelectrochemical cell employing a zinc oxide photoanode resulted in the formation of unusual surface structures like those shown in the accompanying figure. Dr Paulauskas worked with Larry Walker, an ORNL staff member, to show that these dendritic features were, in fact, composed of metallic zinc resulting from the photoanodic decomposition of ZnO.
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.
Former Student, Lawretta Chineze Leaticia Ononye, Wins Elsevier NDLTD-ETD Award
June 2, 2008
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