As he graduates from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Saturday, May 4, with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, Nehemiah Antoine—also a member of the Innovations in Honors program in the Honors College—reflects on his UTC experience.
Turning ideas into reality
The featured speaker for both May 2024 undergraduate ceremonies is UTC alumnus Richard Zhang, a Brock Scholar who graduated summa cum laude in 1992 with bachelor’s degrees in chemistry, economics and accounting.
Chemical company has UTC molecules all over it
Even though the Colonial Chemical name is not on the label, there’s a good chance the molecules are from the South Pittsburg, Tennessee-based company, which is home to 16 current University of Tennessee at Chattanooga graduates—nine of them with undergraduate degrees in chemistry or chemical engineering.
Undergraduate’s work featured on cover of science journal
Science is about discovery and often comes with surprises. UTC student Connor Frye’s research experience definitely had a lot of surprises.
Self-assembling Carbon Nanotubes: A Story that Tells Itself
Researchers at UTC, Rice and Texas A&M have discovered that the strong force field emitted by a Tesla coil can guide tiny tubes of carbon to self-assemble into wire-like structures up to 15 cm long.