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Category Archives: Cornerstone


From the moment he arrived on Rocky Top, Tucker Martin has balanced his passions for sailing on the state’s waterways and studying how to preserve them.


John Schwartz’s students helped Knoxville secure a federal grant to clean up Turkey Creek. This spring, Schwartz brings a new generation of Vols to the project.


UT Professor Qiang He leads efforts to mitigate contamination and exposure to hazardous microbes for patients who use nebulizers to receive medical treatment.


UT faculty members Baoshan Huang, Qiang He, and Nick Zhou see an opportunity to reduce plastic waste and tire rubber by incorporating the material into asphalt.


by Élan Lloyd. Photography by Shawn Poynter. Part of the task of improving the water quality of urban streams in […]


UT’s Associate Professor Candace Brakewood and Professor Chris Cherry look for a way to increase public transportation usage in a post-pandemic world.


Khalid Alshibli led graduate students on how to use remote controlled drones to capture thermal images of steam pipes that help power UT’s infrastructure.


Associate Professor Nicholas Wierschem is using a shake table to study the effect of earthquakes.


John D. Tickle and James G. Gibson Professor Joshua Fu spoke to the Knoxville News Sentinel about the chemical compounds involved in haze in the Smoky Mountains.


Jimmy Albert, Josue Garduno, Will Huettner, and Nick Cheney won best overall project at the fall Senior Design Showcase for their project redesigning a section of Alcoa Highway.