The UTC Library Enhancement Initiative enables current UTC faculty, staff, and students to grow and enhance the Library’s collection of resources in a focused way, whether for a new class, a fresh take on an old topic or a developing research interest. In 2024, the Library will issue 10 individual grant awards of $500 each…
AI Q&A: Five Questions with Victoria Bryan
When it comes to AI’s impact on the classroom, what is the role of the Walker Center for Teaching and Learning? The Walker Center has been really lucky to be able to have proactive conversations around this. The programming we ofter isn’t required of faculty, and the people who choose to come to us with…
Explore UT Verse
UT Verse is a chat-based, AI-powered platform furnished by the University of Tennessee system and specific to the University of Tennessee community. This is UT’s generative AI chat, where you can have AI conversations about topics geared toward internal audiences, university business and research. Importantly, chat data is for internal use only, is protected and…
Federal grant to fund added insight for Chattanooga’s Smart Corridor
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has awarded $1.1 million for research to enhance detection of “vulnerable road users” within the Smart City Corridor overseen by the Center for Urban Informatics and Progress (CUIP) at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. In addition to the funding awarded through the FHWA “Exploratory Advance Research” program, UTC and…
New mechatronics lab focuses on robots and artificial intelligence
In 2018, five students signed up when the mechatronics program began at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. By 2021, there were 65 students. In 2023, it’s 90. Housed in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the mechatronics program has grown in popularity, reflecting the growth of mechatronics worldwide. Mechatronics is the combination of…