Category Archives: Faculty
New Research Spotlights Low-Income Reduced Fare Transit Programs
Candace Brakewood and GRA Matthew Davis recently published a comprehensive study on low-income reduced fare programs in public transportation.
CEE Alum Led TDOT Through Hurricane Helene Recovery
Steve Borden led the response effort to rebuild the roadway system in upper East TN in the wake of Hurricane Helene. His team included three other CEE graduates.
Cox Honored by ASCE Knoxville Branch
Department Head Chris Cox received the American Society of Civil Engineers Knoxville Branch’s Daryl Armentrout Award for Distinguished Service.
Implementing Tree-Centric Stormwater Management for Community Benefits
UT is collaborating with the City of Knoxville and a local nonprofit partner to plant trees and cultivate greater awareness of urban forestry careers.
Cultivating Farmers’ Resilience to Flash Droughts and Flash Floods
A multidisciplinary team is using their individual expertises to develop a decision support tool for row crop producers facing short-term weather extremes.
TCE’s Cherry, Pulgar Receive Fulbright Awards
CEE Professor Christopher Cherry and EECS Associate Professor Hector Pulgar have received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards for the 2025-26 academic year.
UT Awarded $1 Million through Transportation Network Growth Opportunity Initiative
Three professors at UT Knoxville and their collaborators at NTT DATA were awarded $500K to create a public-facing disaster management and preparedness platform.
Li Develops Revolutionary Flood Hazard Forecasting System
Haochen Li is developing a deep learning empowered flood hazard forecasting system for the East TN area that is more accurate than current flood risk models.
Zhou’s Team Creates Mossy Tiles to Cool Cities
After two years, three postdocs in Nick Zhou’s lab are ready to put PhantoM to its first real-world test, turning a shed into a self-sustaining moss garden.
CEE PhD Student Heads Bone Modeling Study
A team headed by PhD student Debangshu Paul incorporated goat studies and human medicine to create the first open source model predicting tibia fractures.