Tech Times

Category: Research

  • Congratulations to April Externally Funded Award Winners

    Externally sponsored award winners from April:

      • Jesse Carrick: S. Department of Energy
      • Steven Click and Shirin Noei (Co-PI): S. Dept. of Transportation via University of Florida
      • Dennis Duncan and Michael Nattrass (Co-PI): S. Dept. of Agriculture via Middle TN State University
      • Gail Gentry: Private Funder
      • Kevin Liska: TN Dept. of Safety and Homeland Security
      • Satish Mahajan: UCDD via Appalachian Regional Commission
      • Jennifer Meadows: Battelle Memorial Institute
      • Joseph Ojo: Office of Naval Research
      • Mustafa Rajabali: NSF via University of Tennessee Knoxville

      • Amanda Rosenberger: two grants, one with the U.S. Geological Survey and TN Wildlife Resources Agency

    Visit https://www.tntech.edu/research/reports/grants-awarded.php.

  • Meet and Greet to follow alum David Nicholas’s presentation Thurs, Apr. 29

    A meet-and-greet session for faculty will follow Tech alum David Nicholas’s presentation this Thursday, April 29.  The presentation will be at 11 a.m. in Room 113 of the Stonecipher Lecture Hall (SLH), and the meet-and-greet will be from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Laboratory Science Commons Building, Room 3331.    The Office of Research and Economic Development and the Chemical Engineering Department are hosting the event.  Nicholas, CEO of Earth Science Laboratories in Rogers, Arkansas, will be discussing ESL’s research and development ventures.  ESL has found that a unique chemical composition accounted for many distinctive features of its products and is now the basis of the company’s rapidly growing technology platform.  ESL is exploring opportunities for collaborative research as the company sees many opportunities for the chemistry that are outside its founding expertise in water treatment.  For more information, contact Sandy Storie (sstorie@tntech.edu or 931-372-6756).

  • 2021 Research and Creative Inquiry Day winners available

    The 2021 Research and Creative Inquiry event winners are available on the event website (https://www.tntech.edu/research/research-day).  This year’s event included 222 abstracts with 205 posters/papers submitted, representing more than 300 current students from 22 schools and departments. We appreciate the patience of the students, research advisors, and judges as we used a digital format again this year.

    Also on the event website are the Proceedings with all submitted abstracts, recording of the award ceremony, and two creative media inquiry video projects developed in the Social Problems (SOC 1650) class taught by Ada Haynes, sociology professor.

    Many of the posters from the event are available for viewing by the campus community for the remainder of the spring semester.

    The Proceedings of Student Research and Creative Inquiry Day, an online journal for those who agreed to their abstract and poster/paper being published, will be compiled in the coming weeks.  When it is ready, the link to the journal will be available on the event website.

  • Research and Creative Inquiry Day winners announced

    The 2021 Research and Creative Inquiry event has concluded, with 222 abstracts and 205 posters/papers submitted, representing more than 300 current students from 22 schools and departments. We appreciate the patience of the students, research advisors, and judges as we used a digital format again this year.

    Links to the winners, the Proceedings with all submitted abstracts, recording of the award ceremony, and two creative media inquiry video projects developed in the Social Problems (SOC 1650) class taught by Ada Haynes, sociology professor, can all be found on the event website (https://www.tntech.edu/research/research-day).

    Many of the posters from the event are available for viewing by the campus community for the remainder of the spring semester.

    The Proceedings of Student Research and Creative Inquiry Day, an online journal for those who agreed to their abstract and poster/paper being published, will be compiled in the coming weeks.  When it is ready, the link to the journal will be available on the event website.

  • Undergraduate STEM Research Seminar: Professor Jennifer Whitten, Tulane

    Undergraduate STEM Research Seminar: Professor Jennifer Whitten, Tulane

    Professor Jennifer Whitten, from Tulane University’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, will be visiting (virtually) this Friday, April 23rd to give this week’s Undergraduate STEM Research Seminar. In her talk Exploring Venus, Professor Whitten will describe her work deciphering the geologic history of Venus using radar to peer through Venus’ thick and (mostly) optically opaque atmosphere. The talk will be at 4pm and is geared for undergraduates from any STEM major, but graduate students and faculty are also encouraged to attend! Contact Dr. Holley (aholley@tntech.edu) for connection information to the Zoom session, and visit the seminar webpage for more information and the current schedule for upcoming talks.

  • CEO of Earth Science Laboratories to speak at 11 a.m., Thurs., Apr. 29

    Tech alum David Nicholas, CEO of Earth Science Laboratories in Rogers, Arkansas, will be speaking at 11 a.m., Thurs., Apr. 29, in Room 113 of the Stonecipher Lecture Hall (SLH).  Nicholas will be discussing ESL’s research and development ventures.  ESL has found that a unique chemical composition accounted for many distinctive features of its products and is now the basis of the company’s rapidly growing technology platform.  The primary acid comprising the company’s chemical composition is a polymeric arrangement of ammonium bisulfate, or PABS.  The PABS has multiple unique characteristics that provide for specific benefits in water treatment, agriculture, metal plating, battery electrolytes, pharmaceuticals, and more.  ESL is exploring opportunities for collaborative research as the company sees many opportunities for the chemistry that are outside its founding expertise in water treatment.  The Office of Research and Economic Development and the Chemical Engineering Department are hosting the event.

  • David Nicholas, CEO of Earth Science Laboratories, to speak Thursday, Apr. 29

    The Office of Research and Economic Development and the Chemical Engineering Department are hosting Tech Alum David Nicholas, CEO of Earth Science Laboratories in Rogers, Arkansas, at 11 a.m., Thurs., Apr. 29, in Room 113 of the Stonecipher Lecture Hall (SLH).  Nicholas will be discussing ESL’s research and development ventures.  ESL has found that a unique chemical composition accounted for many distinctive features of its products and is now the basis of the company’s rapidly growing technology platform.  The primary acid comprising the company’s chemical composition is a polymeric arrangement of ammonium bisulfate, or PABS.  The PABS has multiple unique characteristics that provide for specific benefits in water treatment, agriculture, metal plating, battery electrolytes, pharmaceuticals, and more.  ESL is exploring opportunities for collaborative research as the company sees many opportunities for the chemistry that are outside its founding expertise in water treatment.

  • Research and Creative Inquiry Day virtual Award Ceremony coming up Apr. 20

    The virtual Awards Ceremony of the 16th Annual Research and Creative Inquiry Day will be held from 11 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, April 20.  The attendee link is provided here and on our website at https://www.tntech.edu/research/research-day/.   Please plan to join us.

  • Research and Creative Inquiry Day virtual award ceremony to be Tuesday, Apr. 20

    Please plan to join us from 11 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, April 20, for the virtual Awards Ceremony of the 16th Annual Research and Creative Inquiry Day.  The attendee link is provided here and on our website at https://www.tntech.edu/research/research-day/.

  • Congratulations to those who earned Faculty Research Awards

    The Office of Research recently announced the winners of its latest Faculty Research awards.  To see the complete list of awardees, please select the 2020-2021 drop-down at https://www.tntech.edu/research/reports/fra-i.php.  Congratulations to those winners.