In 2022, CA Secretary of Transportation Toks Omishakin completed his PhD at UT—the payoff of a 22-year shift from technical analysis to systems-level thinking.

The sustainability research performed by the ISE students and faculty has benefited from diverse funding sources to produce results that have global, national, and regional implications.

UT Board of Trustees approved a Doctor of Engineering (DEng) program through ISE, the first of its kind in the state of Tennessee and in the region.

A team of researchers were granted $1.7 million to address environmental health and energy challenges in disadvantaged communities and provide a solution.

The East Tennessee Initiative for Smart Energy Management (ETISE) brings current Engineering Vols together with participating regional companies for collaboration on energy- and cost-efficient practices in manufacturing.

Professors Mingzhou Jin, Chien-fei Chen, and Kevin Tomsovic join colleagues from Japan in interdisciplinary, collaborative effort to pursue clean technologies.