Jermaine Freeman has been named University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s first Executive Director of Economic and Workforce Development — a newly created role aimed at deepening UTC’s engagement in regional talent growth and economic planning. A Chattanooga native with nearly a decade of senior-level service in the city — including roles as Chief of Staff,…
Study documents more than $5 billion impact of EPB’s fiber optic network and automated electric grid
EPB’s fiber optic network and automated electric grid have generated $5.3 billion in community benefit since their launch in 2010, according to a peer-reviewed economic impact study conducted by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). The study was conducted by Bento Lobo, Ph.D., who heads the Department of Finance and Economics at the UTC Rollins…
Startup Jumpstart 🚀| UTC Entrepreneur Panel
On Wednesday, Nov. 19 from 3:30-4:30 p.m., the Teknovation.biz-hosted panel “Startup Jumpstart | UTC Entrepreneur Panel” takes place at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the MAPP Building (or via Zoom). Students, faculty & alumni hear from Tennessee founders and support-partners—including LaunchTN, Tennessee Small Business Development Centers, and local startup leaders—who share how to turn…
UT at Chattanooga holds two pitch competitions on the same day
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga hosted two distinct pitch competitions in one afternoon: the Graduate Student “Three Minute Thesis” (3MT) contest and the Undergraduate Research Elevator Pitch event. First-year doctoral student Maheshi Walawwe won the 3MT by purposefully omitting equations to make her computational science work accessible. Meanwhile undergraduates used two minutes and just two…
UTC Assistant Professor is leading a research project that has achieved a significant breakthrough
Zihao Wang, an assistant professor at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, led a collaboration with the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation to develop a new AI framework called the Langevin Variational Autoencoder (Langevin-VAE). This lightweight model addresses the long-standing challenge of building interpretable, high-quality 3D image models that separate shape from…