Category Archives: Alumni

CEE Faculty Build a Bridge of Education for Syrian Father and Son
Father and son Abdulrazak and Osama Abdulghafour came to UT from Syria decades apart to research and obtain graduate degrees from the department.

The Blalock Family Legacy: Civil Engineers with a Heart for Home
Senior Charles Blalock works toward following in the footsteps of his father Doug Blalock into the family engineering business, Charles Blalock & Sons, Inc.
Cherry Peers into Chicago’s Micromobility Sharing Programs
Professor Chris Cherry and his former student Hongtai Yang researched the impact of e-scooter sharing on bike sharing usage.
Darling and Collaborators Pick Up TRB’s Millar Award for Research Benefitting Low-Income Transit Riders
Research from recent graduates Wes Darling and Emily Carpenter and graduate student Tami Johnson-Praino won The William Millar Award from the Transportation Research Board.
New Research Aims to Help Low-Income Transit Riders
Assistant Professor Candace Brakewood published research that synthesizes the current state of reduced-fare programs for low-income transit riders.
Alumni Profile: Melanie Smith
Melanie Smith (BS/CE ’17, MS/CE ’20) applies her UT engineering education toward the safety of anyone traveling across Tennessee, and […]
A Legacy by Design
By Laura Tenpenny. Words flow fast, carried by a strong, altruistic current when Angie Cannon (BS/ChE ’81) speaks about her […]
In Memoriam
Edwin A. McDougle Jr. Edwin A. McDougle Jr. passed away on January 23, 2019. He completed his MS degree under […]
Recent Grad Joins California Public Utilities Commission
CEE alumnus Liam Weaver joined the California Public Utilities Commission conducting engineering analysis behind renewable energy, smart cities, and electric vehicle infrastructure policies.
Recent CEE Undergraduates Take Home 2nd Place in Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition & Conference (WEFTEC)
Four CEE alumni – Kelli Spradling, Katie Gipson, Sharon Counts and Stina Sanford (not pictured) – completed a project for […]