Engineering Fundamentals Program

News

  • Congratulations to EF Student Assistant, Taylor Berger

      Congratulations to our own EF Student Assistant, Taylor Berger on receiving an Office of Research & Engagement Silver Award at this year’s EURēCA event.  Taylor is a Biomedical Engineering student.   The 23rd Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURēCA) took place on April 15-18, 2019 in Hodges Library. TCE students exhibited 58…

  • Congratulations to Carl Woodard

      Congratulations to Carl Woodard, a Mechanical Engineering student in the Tickle College of Engineering.  Carl Woodard is a JUMP into STEM finalist who presented his EF 230 team’s innovative ideas for reducing energy use in buildings as part of the Solar Decathlon Design Challenge event in Golden, Colorado. He was awarded an internship at the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) this…

  • Top EF 152 Projects Spring 2019

    Each semester the EF 152 class includes a semester-long design project.  This semester’s projects were based on Adaptive Technology, Interactive STEM App, and Community Service.    Congratulations to the teams who were voted by the instructors as having the Top EF 152 projects!  All the instructors were very impressed by what was achieved and presented!…

  • Congratulations to Michael Allen

    The Engineering Fundamentals Program would like to congratulate our own Academic Support Specialist, Michael Allen, on receiving a 2018-2019 Tickle College of Engineering Staff Award.  Michael was honored at the Tickle College of Engineering Awards Banquet on Thursday, April 11, 2019.

  • Dr. Rachel McCord Earns ASEE Award

    Rachel McCord recently won the Thomas C. Evans Award, which recognizes an engineering education publication from a faculty member in the ASEE Southeast Conference. McCord, a lecturer and research assistant professor in Engineering Fundamentals, presented her paper “Naturalistic Observations of Metacognition in Engineering (NOME): Using Observational Methods to Study Metacognitive Engagement in Engineering” on March 11, at…

  • EF 152 students display innovative ideas at Summer Project Fair

    EF 152 summer semester team design projects were showcased in the Perkins Workshop at the EF 152 Summer Project Fair.  Community service and adaptive device designs were presented in  this culminating event where students shared E-posters, marketing videos, project portfolios, and device prototypes during 5 minute presentations.  Top projects included crutches that were modified with adjustable supports to accommodate going up and down…

  • Dealers Warehouse Donates Wood for EF Projects

    The EF Program thanks Clark, Jonathan, and Les from Dealers Warehouse of Knoxville for their donation of high quality scrap wood for future EF projects.   Featured:  Clark, Jonathan, Les, Michael Allen, Dr. Richard Bennett     Dealers Warehouse:  https://www.dwc-k.com/knoxville

  • Dr. Richard Bennett presents at the SEAoA Convention & Conference

    EFP’s Professor Dr. Richard Bennett, was a keynote speaker at the 2018 Structural Engineers Association of Arizona Convention and Conference in Litchfield Park, AZ back on June 8.  His presentation, ASD vs. SD – A Masonry Cage Fight, compared two different design methods for masonry structures.      

  • EFP Professors Publish Paper on Engaging Students in Homework

    Dr. Richard Bennett and Dr. Rachel McCord of the Engineering Fundamentals Program, along with former graduate research assistant, Wenshu Li, and former Director of the Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center, Taimi Olsen, publish a paper together for the June 2018 issue of the American Journal of Engineering Education.  Engage Engineering Students In Homework:  Attribution of…

  • Makers Club Helping Turn Student Ideas Into Reality

    A recently formed club at UT has provided students with an outlet to bring their ideas to life via a mix of traditional and cutting-edge manufacturing methods. The Makers Club began last semester with the goal of bringing together students and faculty interested in the makers movement, a group united by the idea of people…