Engineering Outreach

Promoting the profession of engineering in our community and the world

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Call for volunteers, FIRST Robotics – For the second year, the College of Engineering is announcing its involvement with the national high school FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics competition next semester. This is a very large and prestigious competition. More information can be found at http://www.usfirst.org/. The college will host a kick-off event on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, in which area high school teams will watch a video telling them the rules for this year’s competition and receive their kit of materials. From Feb. 29-March 3, the college will co-sponsor a FIRST regional competition to be held at the Knoxville Convention Center. This is a first (pun intended) call for volunteers to help with the kick-off in January. Please note that this event is the Saturday before classes start for the spring semester; school is not in session. If you would like to be involved, please send an e-mail to Roger Parsons at jparsons@utk.edu. We are especially interested in hearing from students or staff who volunteered last year, those who have been involved with this competition in the past and student engineering organizations looking for a service activity.

There will be a study abroad information session specifically for engineering students on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 4 p.m. in 108 Estabrook. This is Engineers Day, so there should be no class conflicts, and volunteer activity with Engineers Day exhibits should be concluded by 4 p.m. Come hear representatives from our three 2012 faculty led engineering programs and ask questions about other study abroad programs from college representatives. See you there!

Check out College of Engineering Faculty-led study abroad trips for the Summer 2012 semester! Click here!

College of Engineering Fellowships are available for support of engineering students participating in study abroad programs. Deadline for spring semester, 2012 programs is 10/1/2011. More information at http://www.engr.utk.edu/outreach/Fellowship.html.

Read student study abroad stories from the Summer 2011 semester and more here!

In this year's university undergraduate research competition, 13 excellent engineering projects represented the College of Engineering. Five COE undergraduate research projects were singled out as award winners this year. Click here to see 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.

For more study abroad information, click here!

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.