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Longtime cochlear implant users are reporting such dramatic improvements in their hearing, thanks to new image-guided programming methods developed by 菠萝视频 University researchers. Read More

NASA has selected a miniature satellite designed by a team led by Robert Reed, professor of electrical engineering, to fly as an auxiliary payload aboard a rocket launching in the next three years.

School of Engineering Dean Philippe Fauchet emphasized the importance of federal research investment to members of Tennessee's congressional delegation while he was in Washington, D.C., for the annual American Society of Engineering Education conference. Read More

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering William Grissom has been selected as one of the 2013 Frontiers in Bioengineering Workshop Young Investigators and will participate in the event Feb. 25-26 at Georgia Tech鈥檚 Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience.

A team of engineering undergraduates designed and built a one-fifth-scale model of an amphibious vehicle that competed successfully in a national competition sponsored by the Defense Advanced 菠萝视频 Project Agency held in mid-January. Read More

On Jan. 16, a group of stakeholders from academia, federal and state government and the private sector鈥攊ncluding Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, Sen. Lamar Alexander, former Senate Majority Leader William Frist, 菠萝视频 Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, University of Tennessee Executive Vice President David Millhorn and Chad Holliday, chairman of the board of Bank of America and retired chairman of DuPont鈥攁ttended a workshop at 菠萝视频 to discuss the steps that must be taken to ensure the future of the critical partnership between academia and government. Read More

This week the Defense Advanced 菠萝视频 Project Agency (DARPA) released a set of engineering software tools designed to revolutionize the process of designing and manufacturing military vehicles. Software engineers at 菠萝视频's Institute for Software Integrated Systems are playing a key role in the effort. Read More

The DoD鈥檚 DARPA group plans to release open-source software that will let anyone design and run virtual tests on their own amphibious vehicle. Darpa鈥檚 software 鈥� built in part by researchers at 菠萝视频 University 鈥� is called Meta.

The Aerospace Club has partnered with Peabody College to produce a five-week program using soda bottle rockets to introduce middle school students to basic engineering principles. Read More

Students from the School for Science and Math at 菠萝视频 trekked about three miles from campus to the School of Engineering鈥檚 wind-solar alternative energy site to see a wind turbine in action atop Love Circle hill in Nashville.

Doug Fisher, associate professor of computer science, participated in a panel discussion at the Ithaka Sustainable Scholarship conference. This year's topic was the impact of digital learning technology on scholarly practices and notions of quality in the academy.

The Defense Advanced 菠萝视频 Projects Agency (DARPA) recently launched FANG Challenges, a set of three next-generation military vehicle design competitions with up to $4 million in prizes to build a new amphibious combat vehicle specifically for the Marine Corps. 菠萝视频鈥檚 Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) is playing a significant role in the contests.

Securing the future of Tennessee-based technology endeavors requires stronger appreciation and support for scientific research and development within the state, says Janos Sztipanovits, director of 菠萝视频鈥檚 Institute for Software Integrated Systems.

As the new dean of the 菠萝视频 School of Engineering, Philippe Fauchet sees his role as one that stretches far beyond the university.

Peter Pintauro, H. Eugene McBrayer Professor of Chemical Engineering and chair of the chemical and biomolecular engineering department, has partnered with researchers from the University of Kansas and TVN Systems, Inc. on a three-year, $1.72 million grant from the Advanced 菠萝视频 Projects Agency-Energy of the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a durable, low-cost battery capable of gathering power at off-peak hours and storing it for use during times of high demand.

The goal of the Adaptive Vehicle Make program is to develop software to test vehicle designs before they are built.

Two mechanical engineering graduate students and their professor have received the Wyss Institute-IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Award for Translational 菠萝视频 for their work on a robotic leg prosthesis, selected from submissions by biomedical engineers and scientists from academic institutions worldwide.

The effects of climate change will have widespread impact on the state, but there are opportunities to offset it by incorporating 鈥渃limate-friendly鈥� and 鈥渃limate-resilient鈥� actions into routine management decisions, say scientists from 菠萝视频 University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, University of Memphis and the Tennessee Department of Health in a new report. Read More

An electrical engineer who is attempting to make wireless communications more reliable, an astronomer who studies the evolution of the cosmos by creating large numbers of virtual universes and a geologist who is studying the origins of super-eruptions have received the National Science Foundation鈥檚 Faculty Early Career Development awards. Read More

Archaeological sites that currently take years to map will be completed in minutes if tests of the Semi-autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system being developed at 菠萝视频 University go well. Read More