UTC graduate Ajasia Harris also was valedictorian of the 2016 class at the Howard School.
TVA donates $50,000 to CECS project for nuclear power plants
TVA donated $50,000 to a College of Engineering and Computer Science research project that’s discovered ways to save millions of dollars at nuclear power plants.
Professor and students capture images of the solar eclipse from 111,000 feet
Dr. Daniel Loveless, graduate students Matt Joplin and Ryan Boggs, along with alumnus Collin Smith launched a high altitude balloon in northern Soddy Daisy, Tenn. to get a unique perspective of the recent solar eclipse.
Student reaches new heights with internship at SpaceX
When Matt Joplin dreamed of his future career, he let his mind wander to the highest of places: outer space. He took one giant step closer to his dream by recently completing an eight-month internship at SpaceX, a California-based aerospace manufacturing and space exploration technologies company founded by Elon Musk.
UTChattSat brings space technology to local classrooms
Placing satellite technology into the hands of students is the heart of UTChattSat’s mission.
Innovative Research honored at national Power and Energy Conference
Dr. Abdelrahman Karrar, Visiting Professor, Electrical Engineering, received high honors at this year’s General Meeting for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) Power and Energy Society (PES) in Boston, MA.
UTC-IEEE Robotic Team achieves top four finish in competition
Students on the UTC-Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Robotics Team achieved prestigious recognition for their performance at the 2014 IEEE SouthEastCon Hardware Competition held in Lexington, Kentucky. It is the second time UTC has sent a team to the competition, which required participants to design a robot that shoots a projectile from various distances to emulate the playing and shooting dynamics of basketball.
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.
New power simulation lab opens
With the nuclear disaster in Japan, the attention on nuclear energy plants and the systems used to manage them has never been greater. A partnership between The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and TVA has led to a gift of software and the creation of a new lab at UTC to enhance the education of…