Four incoming Vols were honored with the Peyton Manning scholarship at a campus ceremony for their exemplary service, leadership, and integrity.

Assistant Professor Haochen Li was a recipient of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture’s 2026 William T. Miles MD Memorial Award for Community Service for his work on the Hurricane Helene Recovery Team.

Alum Robert Emerson won a state-level ASCE award for his exemplary leadership as captain of the UT Student Steel Bridge Construction team.

CEE Professor Christopher Cherry and EECS Associate Professor Hector Pulgar have received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards for the 2025-26 academic year.

Senior lecturer Sarah Mobley was awarded the 2024 American Society of Civil Engineers-Outstanding Engineering Educator award for the state of Tennessee.

The UT student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers won the Best Student Chapter Award at the Southern District of ITE Annual Meeting.

Professor Richard Bennett has been named an Honorary Member of The Masonry Society, an organization whose mission is to advance masonry knowledge.

Assistant Professor Haochen Li was recently awarded the 2023 Rudolph Hering Medal for a paper he co-authored about simulations in water clarification systems.

UT’s Candace Brakewood led a team that won the Transportation Research Board’s William Millar Award, the second year in a row a team from her group has done so.

Professor Alshibli and his coauthor will be presented with the 2023 Hogentogler Award, the most prestigious technical award given by ASTM Committee D18.