“‘If we only had the money’ are the words often used to begin a conversation about improvements needed at the University,” said Brenda Lawson, co-chair of the UT Campaign for Tennessee. She provided a campaign update for a UTC audience last week. “Time to Achieve,” UTC’s fundraising component of the UT system’s Campaign for Tennessee,…
Chemistry faculty and students provide flood relief
Chemistry department faculty and summer undergraduate research students at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga collected clothes for flood relief in Nashville. Desiree Benefield, a graduate student at Vanderbilt and a 2009 graduate of UTC’s Chemistry Department, will take the supplies to a shelter in Nashville.
Engineering professor’s software onboard NASA shuttle
“EXPRESS Payload Simulator” software developed by UTC professor Dr. Jim Henry is onboard the NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis that launched May 14. The software will be installed on Monday, May 24, for several days of demonstration. Henry was invited to Houston to observe the progress of that demonstration. Earth-bound researchers who communicate with equipment in…
Students design fitness program for children at Boys & Girls Club
Students at the Highland Park Boys & Girls Club are discovering it is “Fun to be Fit.” As part of their work with Leadership Chattanooga, Dr. Dee Dee Anderson, associate vice chancellor of student development, and Dr. Mike Owens, assistant dean of graduate programs in the College of Business, developed the Fun to be Fit…
New graduate earned national chemistry honors, plans to become orthopedic surgeon
Before he walked across the stage in McKenzie Arena to accept his baccalaureate of science degree in chemistry, Marko Bajic earned national recognition for his undergraduate research. His academic journey in the US began when he arrived in 1997. Bajic was born in Croatia where war drove his family to begin a new life in…
ACE Chattanooga promotes engineering, architecture, and construction careers
Students from seven local high schools recently worked with construction and engineering professionals to learn what it takes to be successful in this challenging and growing industry. UTC’s Construction Management Program hosts the ACE Program in Chattanooga, a member of a national network dedicated to career direction for students in architecture, construction, and engineering. “We…
Graduate research examines jury pools; football injuries
Brandy Hemmer, a psychology research graduate student, found that jury pools in Hamilton County, Tennessee, do not represent the community when compared to US Census data. Hemmer will present her research in May at the 22nd annual Association of Psychological Science conference in Boston. Hemmer submitted her paper to the American Psychological Society and was…
Undergraduate research connects healing to spirituality/religion
Tiffany Ipes, undergraduate social work major, explored the connection between healing and religion in her research poster entitled “The Use of Spirituality/Religion in Coping with Chronic Illness.” “The goal of my research was to lend awareness to health care workers that there should be diverse spiritual resources involved in service delivery and treatment plans, especially…
Undergraduate and Graduate research presented
Research week at the University spotlighted a variety of undergraduate and graduate projects. An undergraduate student is researching the connection between healing and spirituality while graduate students study diversity in Hamilton County jury pools and back injuries in football players. Read more… Undergraduate research connects healing to spirituality/religion Graduate research examines jury pools; football injuries
UTC engineering wins DOE grant to train electric power workforce
As the nation prepares to meet the needs of the future by updating its electric power system, UTC’s College of Engineering and Computer Science is poised to take a leading role in developing the well-trained, highly skilled workforce necessary to manage and operate our power network. A team of UTC engineering faculty members has been…