The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga College of Arts and Sciences and the CAS Access and Inclusive Excellence Committee will host the annual CAS Spotlight on Faculty Excellence at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, in the University Center Auditorium. This year’s honoree is Dr. Jose M. Barbosa, a professor in the Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Science.
Grant writing done right: ORSP helping faculty and staff fund research
Behind the scenes of UTC faculty research sits the backbone of the operation: the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. Faculty rely on grants and sponsorships to fund almost every project. Sometimes, rules and regulations within the applications and awards are hard to see or understand. That is where the staff of the ORSP come in.
Chattanooga sets the pace for connected mobility and enhanced safety with $2M USDOT SMART grant
Pedestrian safety in Chattanooga is set to advance significantly thanks to a $2 million Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Earlier this month, officials from the City of Chattanooga and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga were notified that they are among the 34 recipients of a SMART “Planning and Prototyping Grant” from a pool of 321 applicants nationwide.
Up, up and away: UTC student shares his NASA internship experience
Ever since he was little, Ian Tidwell has loved space. After high school, he decided that he wanted to go to space himself. When the opportunity to intern for NASA appeared in the spring of 2023, Tidwell, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, jumped at the chance. He traveled to the Johnson Space Center in Houston to work in field operations as part of a team creating screen displays for ground control.
MOCS Innovate! mini-grants take faculty inventions one step closer to commercialization
Four faculty projects are recipients of the MOCS Innovate! award, a $5,000 grant from a seed fund established by Dr. Thomas Lyons, the Clarence E. Harris Chair of Excellence in Entrepreneurship in the Gary W. Rollins College of Business, and Jennifer Skjellum, the commercialization counselor from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.
Engineering and Computer Science ‘shining the spotlight’ on International Women’s Day
March 8 is International Women’s Day—a global celebration observed annually which serves as a call to action for gender equality and women’s rights around the world and honors the social, cultural and political accomplishments of women.
Introducing ‘A Moc’s First Year’: New first-year experience program aims to create a sense of community and connection to Chattanooga
“A Moc’s First Year” will connect current and new initiatives toward a centralized learning community model that increases student and faculty interaction, the sense of community on campus, new students’ connectedness to Chattanooga, and overall UTC student success.
Wheels on the bus: Multidisciplinary UTC sociologist seeking a broader understanding of transportation accessibility
Without reliable transportation, some low-income people are isolated, socially excluded and forced to adapt by making a choice that further perpetuates their isolation: “I just don’t go nowhere.” Dr. Chandra Ward reports this finding in her paper, “How transportation disadvantage reinforces social exclusion,” published in the June 2023 Journal of Transport Geography.
UTC contingent visits Oak Ridge National Laboratory
On Friday, Feb. 23, a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga group—consisting of faculty, staff and student Jannat Saeed—visited the UT-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
UTC students share their research at Posters at the Capitol
On Wednesday, Feb. 14, seven UTC students had the chance to present their research at the Tennessee State Capitol as part of Posters at the Capitol—an event that brought together students from eight universities across Tennessee.