Thanks to a group of UTC engineering students, a class at Hixson Elementary has a great new piece of playground and therapy equipment. An outdoor music center, comprised of a series of tubes and large metal “drums” provides students in the Comprehensive Development Class (CDC) a great option for musical therapy and education sessions.
Students create puzzle for crow enrichment
By Zach Taylor, University Relations Student Writer While chimpanzees and dolphins are regularly considered the animal kingdom’s most intelligent creatures, crows may have something to say about that—literally.
Engineering students construct high chair for child with disabilities
For the first time, three-year-old Aiden can now safely climb out of his high chair all on his own thanks to a group of UTC students built the boy the custom chair as part of a final project in an engineering class.
UTC wins first award for car dynamic performance
For the first time in the history of the UTC Racing Mocs, the team placed first in the suspension and traction category during the 2013 Baja Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International competition held at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.
Engineering students construct scratching posts for Chattanooga Zoo
The animals at the petting zoo in the Chattanooga Zoo will breathe—and scratch easier this summer. A group of UTC engineering students have designed several low-cost scratching posts for them to use.
Engineering students make therapy equipment for local schools
“A wobble board” may sound like something silly from a cartoon, but this piece of equipment serves the important purpose of developing reflexes and balance in children with disabilities. And thanks to some enterprising UTC engineering students, Griffith Elementary and Sequatchie County Middle School now have several of the much-needed boards.
Baja SAE team places tenth in design at Washington University
UTC engineering students placed 10th in design, 16th in maneuverability and 22nd in cost at the 2013 Baja Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International competitions held at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington. There were 87 cars registered at the competition. See the results here.
Top ten finish for UTC at SAE International event
A spectacular finish in company with Cornell, University of Michigan, and Rochester Institute of Technology.
SuperScholar’s Smart Choice: UTC online Engineering Management degree
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga joins Purdue, University of Southern California, Stanford and Duke as one of the top 25 schools in SuperScholar’s Smart Choice for online Engineering Management degrees.
Electrical engineering lab recognized
UTC’s Relay and Smart Grid laboratory has been recognized by a leading magazine in the power industry, Transmission and Distribution World. The publication highlighted the unique partnerships between UTC and local utilities in attaining the laboratory, begun more than a decade ago by Dr. Ahmed H. Eltom, Professor of Electrical Engineering at UTC.