TTAC and ORED are hosting a faculty innovation showcase Thursday, May 9th in the Multipurpose room of the UC. This will be a great opportunity to showcase your research to the local community and to industry leaders, with money available for those who present. The deadline to disclose your research and sign up is April 26th, reach out to Dr Aikens at maikens@tntech.edu for help disclosing, and register to present using the link below!
Category: Research
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Warp 1 workshop set for April 23
Are you incorporating machine learning into your research? Are you prepared – or preparing students – for the next generation of AI and machine learning jobs?
A workshop for Tennessee Tech’s new Warp 1 high-performance computing cluster will be held April 23 at 10:20 a.m. in Clement 212. Attendees will use hands-on ML examples and learn how to access the cluster, load datasets, run ML code and use its graphical interface with Jupiter Notebooks.
Associate Professor of Computer Science Mike Rogers is the principal investigator of the National Science Foundation grant: “CC (Campus Cyberinfrastructure) Compute.” Tech’s Center for Energy Systems Research and Information Technology Services are also involved in managing the project.
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Submit your disclosure by April 26th to present at the faculty showcase!
TTAC and ORED are hosting a faculty showcase on May 10th for faculty who have disclosed their research. This will be a great opportunity to showcase your work to the community and to industry leaders, as well as receive money to help fund your research. Reach out to TTAC for help submitting your disclosure!
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Undergraduate STEM Research Seminar
This Friday’s seminar will feature Mateo Cacheiro (TTU Physics), Luke Chapman (TTU Electrical Engineering), Emma Krebs, (TTU Physics/Mathematics), and Katherine Smith (Cookeville High School) who will each describe some of their recent research work. Titles and abstracts for the presentations can be found here. The seminar will be at 4pm in Bruner Hall 210 with snacks served starting at 3:30pm. These seminars are geared for undergraduates from any STEM major, but graduate students and faculty are encouraged to attend! For questions, contact aholley@tntech.edu
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Chemical Engineering Research Exhibition
Tntech Chemical Engineering Graduate Research Association (CEGRA) would like to invite the campus community to the 1st edition of its Research Exhibition.
The event would include 2 parts talk symposium on the technologies Chemical Engineering graduate students are working on. Also, there would be a poster presentation session where attendees can inquire about the several innovative research going on in the department.
Venue: Prescott Hall 215
Date: April 18th, 2024
Time: 4:00pm
For more inquires: cegrache@gmail.com / aiadeleke42@tntech.edu
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Undergraduate STEM Research Seminar: Victoria Su, Physics B.S., Caltech, 2023
Victoria Su will be visiting this Friday (4/12) to give an Undergraduate STEM Research Seminar on her post-baccalaureate work at Brookhaven National Lab titled Molecules, Atoms & Nuclei: Exciting Research in low-energy physics. The seminar will be at 4pm in Bruner Hall 210 with snacks served starting at 3:30pm. These seminars are geared for undergraduates from any STEM major, but graduate students and faculty are also encouraged to attend! For questions, contact aholley@tntech.edu.
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Schedule office hours to work with an industry leader in technology transfer!
Tremonti, an industry leader in commercialization and technology transfer, has partnered with Tennessee Tech to offer commercial assessment and marketing services for free to faculty once you submit an invention disclosure. Schedule office hours with the Office of Research and Economic Development to start the process and take advantage of this resource!
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Undergraduate STEM Research Seminar: Dr. Michael Febbraro, AFIT
Dr. Michael Febbraro from the Department of Engineering Physics at the Air Force Institute of Technology will be visiting this Friday (3/22) to give an Undergraduate STEM Research Seminar: 3D Printing of Radiation Detection Materials. The seminar will be at 4pm in Bruner Hall 210 with snacks served starting at 3:30pm. These seminars are geared for undergraduates from any STEM major, but graduate students and faculty are also encouraged to attend! For questions, contact aholley@tntech.edu
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Applications for Scholastic Research Award due to Office of Research by April 5
Applications for Scholastic Research Award due to Office of Research by April 7
The Scholastic Research Award, presented by the University Research Advisory Committee, is a university-wide award for a single, significant and innovative work produced, published, performed or exhibited from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2023. Two awards, of $1,500 each, are available each year, with one reserved for tenure-track faculty and the other reserved for tenured faculty. Applications must be submitted electronically in a single PDF to jdicey@tntech.edu on or before April 5, 2024. For complete application requirements, please visit the Office of Research website, and select the section for the Scholastic Research Award.
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Schedule office hours with TTAC and ORED to discuss commercializing your researc
Researching patents and writing an invention disclosure can be challenging, but the Office of Research and Economic Development’s TTAC program is here to help. You can schedule office hours by clicking the link below, and we’ll set up a time to meet and help you start getting your research into the world!
