Category Archives: Students
Smith Honored with Shirley Garside Award
Senior Sharon Smith was honored with the Shirley Garside Award, which recognizes unusual perseverance in pursuit of a civil and environmental engineering degree.
Kuo Recognized for Air Quality Research
Doctoral student Cheng-pin Kuo received the Environmental Management or Policy Research and Study Related to Air Quality scholarship from the Air & Waste Management Association.
Shah Earns Second Place from Southern District Institute of Transportation Engineers
Doctoral student Nitesh Shah won the 2020 Outstanding Student Paper Award in the graduate student category from the Southern District Institute of Transportation Engineers.

Ghosh Develops Greener, Faster-Drying Concrete
Doctoral student Debalina Ghosh developed a new concrete formula that both quickens the drying time of precast concrete and has a reduced carbon footprint.
Seniors Take on Crosswalk, Win Senior Design Project of the Year
UT civil engineering students take on crosswalk improvements in Oak Ridge to slow traffic and allow pedestrians a safe way to cross the intersection.
ASCE Conference Goes Virtual, Vols Win Big
UT placed ninth overall out of 21 teams in this year’s ASCE Southeast Student Conference and scored in the top three places in two competitions.
CEE Leaders Exhibit Volunteer Spirit
CEE students Claudia Bible, Jeremiah Pham, and Andrew Tsay share their leadership experiences beyond academics in the latest Above Grade blog post.

Seniors Get Feet Wet with Riverbank Erosion Control
A senior design team created a plan for mitigating erosion at a recreational landing currently covered in riprap at UT Research Park at Cherokee Farm.
Students Win Best Paper Awards from Institute of Transportation Engineers
Doctoral students Amin Mohammadnazar, Nitesh Shah, and Iman Mahdinia won Best Paper Awards at the Tennessee ITE annual student paper competition.
Students and Faculty Honored at the Chancellor’s Honors Banquet
Undergrads Luke Aaron Edwards and Matthew Graham Montgomery and Professor Qiang He and Assistant Professor Shuai Li were acknowledged with 2021 Chancellor’s Awards.