Engineering Outreach

Promoting the profession of engineering in our community and the world

Latest news

UT Students Complete Program with Skills to Tackle World's Grand Challenges

For the first time, students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have completed a unique program designed to create a generation armed with skills to tackle life-changing problems. The Grand Challenge Scholars Program is an initiative of the National Academy of Engineering which includes curricular and extracurricular programs meant to prepare students to be the generation that solves the grand challenges facing society.

Mark Walker is graduating with a degree in nuclear engineering. Morgan Baltz, a senior in chemical engineering, has her sights set on improving the way drugs are administered. Both have held leadership roles in Tau Beta Phi, which hosts an Engineers Day to get high school students interested in engineering.

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Winners of the Alcoa–College of Engineering Study Abroad Fellowships for Summer, 2012

With the start of the college’s first faculty-led programs this summer, our application pool tripled from last year, and the college is very pleased to be able to respond to this demand and support a larger number of students for programs this year. Click here for the winners.

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For our Students

Study Abroad

Take your opportunity to earn credits and experience new challenges in a special environment! Engineering study abroad programs allow you to stay one semester or shorter in an English speaking or foreign language based schools throughout the world. You can choose between individual trips through GE3 (Global Engineering Education Exchange) or pre-arranged trips, where you would live and travel with a small group of UT students.

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Internships and undergraduate research

Undergraduate research opportunities are available in every department of the College of Engineering. Students often present their results of collaborations with engineering professors at the Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EUReCA), a poster competition held every spring on campus. Cash prizes are furnished by the College and the Office of Research.

Click here to see pictures from EUReCa 2010!

Click here to see pictures from EUReCa 2009!

Internships and undergraduate research opportunities are available for our students through Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Every January, the College co-sponsors at UT Day at the Lab for undergraduates, with ORNL tours and information on how to make the national laboratory part of you undergraduate experience.

Opportunities for UT undergraduates at ORNL:

Service learning opportunities for engineering students are being developed in coordination with the Howard Baker Center and the Chancellor's Honors Program. Contact Dr. Roger Parsons for more information.

The College of Engineering represents the university in the Tennessee Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (TLSAMP). The National Science Foundation funds TLSAMP, a state-wide organization, in an effort to help participating colleges and universities increase enrollment and graduation rates of underrepresented ethnic minorities in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

For Pre-Collegiate Students

Pre-collegiate students help UT researchers compete on National Mall for EPA P3 Award... read more

UT College of Engineering is helping high school students prepare for a prestigious robotics competition... read more

The College of Engineering partners with the College of Arts and Sciences to sponsor the UT Pre-Collegiate Research Scholars Program. Begun in 2007, this program is developing models for how high school students can participate in university research projects.

Click here for 2010 poster session!

Click here for pictures from 2009 poster session!

The College runs the Governors School of Engineering each summer attracting a highly select group of high school students to spend five weeks in residence studying basic engineering subjects. The social and residential programs are shared with the Tennessee Governors School for the Science, held simultaneously on campus.

Every spring, College of Engineering faculty and students serve as event organizers and judges for the Tennessee Science Olympiad, the Tennessee state championships for this national event for middle school and high school teams.

Click here for update and pictures of 2010 Science Olympiad!

Click here for update and pictures of 2009 Science Olympiad!

The College of Engineering co-sponsors the Tennessee Junior Science and Humanities Symposium featuring an oral and poster presentations of original research conducted by Tennessee high school students.

Each October, the College hosts approximately 600 high school students at its annual Engineers Day. The high school visitors explore and learn about the various aspects of engineering through discussions, project demonstrations and exhibits prepared by UT engineering student clubs and societies.