UTC’s InfoSec Center (Information Security) has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAE) by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for academic years 2008 – 2013. Dr. Joseph Kizza, Coordinator of the InfoSec Center, worked with a team of educators to prepare…
Nobel Laureate to speak on campus
The Burkett Miller Distinguished Guest Lecturer for 2008 is Dr. Thomas Schelling, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics. He will speak on Monday, October 6, at noon in the University Center Auditorium at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Schelling will present “Managing the World’s Greenhouse Problem.”
New online mapping service announced
The Southeast Watershed Forum and The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga are launching a new and valuable resource for land and water protection. The Community Resource Mapper provides a free, user-friendly, online mapping service that will help communities integrate natural resource protection into land-use planning efforts.
Hydrogen Road Tour 2008 draws a crowd
Hundreds of interested consumers attended the Hydrogen Road Tour 2008 at First Tennessee Pavilion to test drive one of eight vehicles that are travelling across the U.S. from Portland, Maine to Santa Monica, California. The Chattanooga event also provided additional information about the UT Chattanooga Center for Energy, Transportation, and the Environment.
Test drive the car of the future
Take an opportunity to drive the car of the future as the UT Chattanooga Center for Energy, Transportation, and the Environment presents the Hydrogen Road Tour 2008 on Monday, August 18, from 10 a.m.-12 noon at the First Tennessee Pavilion. Congressman Zach Wamp and U.S. Department of Transportation Deputy Administrator Cheryl L. McQueary will be…
Alumnus Ben Williams cast in innovative off-Broadway production
Ben Williams (Photo courtesy of Ariana Smart) Theatre and Speech faculty member Karen Henderson recently saw an innovative off-Broadway production of The Sound and the Fury, which she described as “a challenging, creatively original, artistically masterful production featuring ensemble acting of extremely high caliber.” This intriguing adaptation of William Faulkner’s Nobel prize-winning novel features UTC…
UTC biology department hosts 2008 Society for Conservation Biology meeting
International green movement leaders representing more than 50 countries chose Chattanooga for the summer 2008 Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) annual meeting. More than 1,500 biologists, scientists, economists, policy makers, and conservationists will examine the earth “From the mountains to the sea,” the theme created by Dr. David Aborn, associate professor in The University of…
College of Engineering and Computer Science showcases student projects
The Third Annual College of Engineering and Computer Science Design Project Poster Showcase featured Freshman and Senior student solutions to Assistive Technology needs in the region. Students at the Junior/Senior level entered their design projects into regional competitions for Mechanical and Civil engineering societies. UTC Engineering students float concrete canoe Device assists blind child with…
Graduate education contributes to success in Tennessee
Governor Phil Bredesen has issued a proclamation designating this week as Graduate Education Week in Tennessee, according to Dr. Deborah E. Arfken, Dean of the Graduate School at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and past president of the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools (CSGS).
Global outreach extends to India
On a recruiting trip to India last month, Dr. Neslihan Alp, Director of Engineering Management and Graduate Programs, was pleasantly surprised to meet the father of Abhilash Purani, a master’s student in Electrical Engineering who began at UTC in fall 2007. Sporting a shirt that read “UTC Dad,” Mr. Purani stayed four hours with Alp…