From the pages of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Magazine: Historically, Albania hasn’t offered much preparation for STEM careers. Freeman Broadwell (’16, mechanical engineering) has been working to change that ever since he moved to this country on the Adriatic Sea in 2020.
For new UTC student, ‘This scholarship will allow me to pursue the rest of my undergraduate degree’
Zennia Nesmith, an adult learner whose educational journey has brought her to UTC this fall, was 1 of 6 Tennessee students selected as recipients of the 2022 BlueCross Power of We Scholarship, funded by the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation.
If you start me up: New financial app has UTC roots
Dillon Martin, a 2017 UTC graduate with a bachelor’s degree in finance, and Justin Clark, who received a master’s in computer science from UTC in 2019, are two of the four founders of a mobile financial app called Levo Financial.
Largest federal DOT grant in UTC history to make downtown Chattanooga an electric vehicle testbed
The winning Chattanooga proposal is for a networked system that will enable electric vehicle drivers to more readily locate charging stations. Charging opportunities will be customized for drivers as a result of the system recognizing the charge level of individual electric vehicles, volume and pace of traffic and electric grid power demand to recommend charging stations and types by locations.
Students from two area high schools learn engineering design process during summer UTC program
The Upward Bound Math Science Promoting Resolve in Science and Math (PRISM) program offered various academic activities and workshops on social and emotional learning, foreign language, math and science for students from Chattanooga’s Brainerd High School and The Howard School.
Volkswagen collaborates with UTC to broaden skillsets of 14 team members
UTC and VW are training the carmaker’s employees for electric vehicle production.
Camping out in calculus class
Calculus Prep Camp gets students ready for challenging math course.
UTC students, small businesses benefiting from Truist initiative
Funding from Truist, a financial services company, is providing paid student internships at smaller businesses that lack capital for internships—with a particular focus on women and minority students.
‘Just call me Carlos’: Student from Puerto Rico navigates a new life at UTC
From the pages of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Magazine: From Puerto Rico to Chattanooga, Jorge Carlos Marcano came to UTC a stranger and found his community in Stophel Apartments on campus, home to a group of College of Engineering and Computer Science students who are into video gaming—just like him.
Community of success: UTC provided Ruona Uwusiaba a village of support
From the pages of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Magazine: A look at recent graduate Ruona Uwusiaba, who handled the three-pronged pressure of being a single mom, going to school and playing basketball.