Chattanooga utility EPB projects its fiber-optic and automated electric grid systems will generate roughly $10 billion in community benefit by 2035, with about $1.1 billion coming from quantum-technology initiatives. A study led by UTC found the network has already delivered over $5.3 billion in benefits since 2010. UTC is actively engaged in the region’s quantum…
Chattanooga officials say they’re already using AI to improve city services
The city has also been working with startups and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to come up with ways to improve traffic safety. UTC already operates a testbed on East M.L. King Boulevard that includes cameras, lidar, radar and audio to better understand how pedestrians use Chattanooga’s transportation networks. Lidar is short for light detection and…
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…
The Team Effort For A Trail Survey In Hamilton County
What are the economic and community impacts of mountain biking here in Chattanooga and Hamilton County? Researchers on our campus – the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga – are conducting a study in partnership with SORBA Chattanooga, the local chapter for the nonprofit that supports mountain bike trails here in the Southeast. Ryan Zwart is…
Will scientists ever study the Bering Land Bridge — or will it remain lost to the sea?
Morgan Smith, director of the Geoarchaeology and Submerged Landscapes Lab at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), highlights the formidable challenges of investigating the BLB underwater: extreme weather, strong currents and thick sediment layers make fieldwork “a needle-in-a-haystack problem.” Smith explains that although the potential for preserved artifacts is high thanks to cold‐water conditions, finding…