Category Archives: Students
Outdoor Adventures Help Bond TCE Female Students
Three female engineering students recently took part in the Student Outdoor Leadership Experience, where they gained technical skills for outdoor adventures while also becoming better leaders and communicators.
Nontraditional Student Researching Recyclable Turbine Blades
Zach Arwood had to put college on hold for more than a decade. Now he’s gone beyond the bachelor’s, using his PhD research to make wind energy more sustainable.
UT Competes in ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships
The UT student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers placed 10th overall at the ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships.
Flexible Turbines Could Upgrade Wind Energy Capture
In Haochen Li’s Ψ (Psi) Lab, undergrad Jeffrey Lind is simulating improvements to the unique Wells turbine, which captures wave energy from bidirectional winds.
Graduating Reeves Triplets Follow Parents’ Footsteps into Civil Engineering
Civil engineering graduates and triplet brothers Walker, Jackson, and Grey Reeves followed in their parents’ footsteps by attending UT and getting the same degree.
UT Named ITE Southern District’s Best Student Chapter
The UT student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers won the Best Student Chapter Award at the Southern District of ITE Annual Meeting.
UT Research Team Creating Innovative, Eco-Friendly Concrete Mixtures
A group from CEE is working with the Tennessee Department of Transportation to develop new concrete mixtures that will be more eco-friendly and cost efficient.
Hightower, Whitehouse Awarded Prestigious Eisenhower Fellowships
UT graduate students Ashley Hightower and Grace Whitehouse both received prestigious Eisenhower fellowship grants to help fund their research in the transportation field. Hightower received the maximum amount awarded.
Waste Makes Haste: Sewage and Swift Action Helped Control the Spread of Covid-19
PhD student Ye Li’s work with wastewater during the Covid-19 pandemic helped keep UT safe—and just revealed new opportunities for studying the virus’s spread.
2023–2024 CEE Student Scholarship Reception
The department celebrated its 2023–2024 student scholarship recipients with a reception in the Zeanah Engineering Complex.