DEAN’S MESSAGE
It is my honor and privilege to lead the UTC College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) as interim dean at this exciting time—when we are soon to celebrate the 20th anniversary of being at home in a facility built just for engineering education, and which has recently undergone renovation to keep our learning and laboratory spaces state-of-the-art.
The education and career preparation CECS delivers is more important now than ever. Engineering, engineering technology, and computer science backgrounds and skills are associated with three of the top 20 fastest-growing occupations over the next 10 years, according to projections by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In that time period, data scientists are expected to grow by 36%; information security analysts by 33%; and computer and information research scientists by 26%.
The fast-growing field of cybersecurity and highly motivated would-be prospects inspired the 12-month bachelor of applied science degree in information technology in cybersecurity. Its first graduates received their degrees in December.
The bachelor’s of applied science degree program in mechatronics we launched in 2020 with 65 students is a direct response to the needs of companies for
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professionals with the combined electrical, mechanical and computer systems training required in their state-of-the-art manufacturing environments. Our high-tech mechatronics laboratory houses a working replica of a production line that stretches the length of the room.
The mechatronics program produced five graduates 2020 and by 2023, that number increased by 360%. The program overwhelmingly attracts Tennessee residents—with 97% of students from the Tennessee valley—and the average graduating student has a 3.29 grade point average.
We’re also enabling students to apply their learning to solving real-world problems and delivering value to the region. Electrical engineering students helped develop computer software to quickly analyze vast amounts of data for TVA, enabling the power company to more efficiently detect potential operational concerns.
Chemical engineering students and faculty are making an impact through NSF and UT System grantfunded collaboration with area high school pupils and teachers to enhance science education and boost interest in pursuing engineering degrees.
Mechanical engineering research supported by grant funding from an Oak Ridge National Laboratory entity is using 3D printing to develop injection molds that can be used in manufacturing, cost 90% less than existing injection molds and have a completion time of two weeks rather than some months.
The UTC-sponsored Center for Energy, Transportation and the Environment researches the development of clean, renewable
energy systems to improve air quality while promoting energy conservation in transportation. It operates the Advanced Vehicle Test Facility (AVTF)—or “the test track”— about six miles from campus. Grant funding from a sustainable transportation startup is supporting current AVTF research on personal transportation technologies.
We’re also preparing for what’s next, including fully maximizing our collaboration with EPB and our node on the EPB Quantum Network by Qubitekk—as the nation’s first university connected to a commercial quantum network.
We have strong research momentum in machine learning, quantum computing, hypersonic flights, smart power grids, transportation logistics and intelligent robotics; and we are offering unprecedented opportunities to our students.
As engineering and engineering technology talent continue to be in high demand and short supply, we at UTC are committed to preparing the next generation of skilled professionals to meet the evolving demands of industry in the Southeast and beyond.
Gratefully,
Ahad Nasab, Interim Dean
4 UTC ENGINEERING PROF WINS PRESTIGIOUS NSF CAREER AWARD
Dr. Hamdy Ibrahim is conducting research within a big area of research on improving the efficacy of biomaterials toward the possibility of more devices that can safely break down and be absorbed by the body.
6 UTC GRADUATES FIRST BAS-IT IN CYBERSECURITY COHORT
The BAS-IT CyS program prepares students to assess the security needs of computer and network systems; recommend safeguard solutions; and manage the implementation, auditing and maintenance of security devices, systems and procedures.
7 UTC CONNECTED TO EPB QUANTUM NETWORK℠ POWERED BY QUBITEKK
UTC has become the first academic institution to be connected to EPB Quantum Network℠ via a node within a quantum technology laboratory on campus.
8 KEEPING THE POWER ON: UTC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TEAM’S RESEARCH TRANSITIONS FROM LAB TO PRACTICE
Dr. Reising intends to make the new software available to all power companies that analyzes and predicts equipment failure.
10 DR. AHMED ELTOM - CELEBRATING 40 YEARS IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AT UTC
From teacher to researcher to community leader, Dr. Eltom has changed generations of lives for the better for those who have come through the electrical engineering program at UTC.
12 GREENHOUSE GASES REDUCTION EFFORTS
UTC focuses on developing clean, renewable energy systems for transportation to improve air quality while promoting energy conservation.
EDITOR: Sara Jackson
ART DIRECTOR: Bryan Wootan
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Shawn Ryan, Sara Jackson, Chuck Wasserstrom, UTC Staff Writers
PHOTOGRAPHY: Angela Foster, Bryan Wootan
14 BRINGING DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING BACK
A new approach to injection molding can save in cost of manufacturing. 17 NEW FACULTY AND STAFF
ENGINEERING A CULTURE OF COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION
Understanding the value of partnerships throughout the entire University.
UTC Engineering Professor Wins Prestigious NSF Career Award
Innovative hybrid coatings for implanted devices in biomedical applications, such as vascular stents and bone fracture repair, have the potential to manage the rates of magnesium degradation. Awarded a $550,000 NSF CAREER Award, Dr. Hamdy Ibrahim, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is conducting research within “a big area of research on improving the efficacy of biomaterials” toward the possibility of more devices that can safely break down and be absorbed by the body. “In research, we can look at the best coatings to help degrade implants in a more controlled manner. Control of degradation will enable us to make implants more patient-specific by knowing whether it will last three months or two months or six months or a year.” Ibrahim’s project will introduce “innovative hybrid coatings, combining different coating methods and materials, to mitigate degradation and allow the controlled release of bioactive agents,” and he will conduct the research in two ways. Laboratory experiments will assess how bioactive agents interact with coated magnesium, and computational simulations will develop “a more generalized model that can predict biomaterial performance.”
In addition to the research, the project has two other substantial educational components. One is outreach to underrepresented groups in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math), and the other is creating a graduate course on the manufacturing of biomaterials. The outreach will involve schoolchildren from the local Hispanic community and females in high school. “We will be providing an environment of exposure for young people in that group to STEM in the form of giving tours, bringing them to campus, going to them to make demonstrations and working with the families of these children and encouraging their
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involvement,” Ibrahim said. He will work with Dr. Stephanie Philipp, a STEM education faculty member and researcher at UTC, on evaluating these educational activities. He will join with Dr. Yunye Shi, faculty advisor to the UTC chapter of the Society of Women Engineers, in engaging with area high school females.
Ibrahim came to the United States from Egypt to earn a doctorate in mechanical engineering at the University of Toledo after completing bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the same field at Cairo University. He said his path makes him “very personally motivated” to conduct the outreach. “I’m an immigrant myself, and many are immigrant kids coming with immigrant families,” he said. “This is hopefully a way for them to feel part of the society and to see their involvement in STEM as a very real option for them.” While acknowledging the project will mean a lot of work over the next five years, Ibrahim said he’s eager to take it on. “The CAREER award is not only about research,” he said, “but about the package of you as a researcher. I’m very excited and grateful for this opportunity.”
We will be providing an environment of exposure for young people in that group to STEM in the form of giving tours, bringing them to campus, going to them to make demonstrations and working with the families of these children and encouraging their involvement. ” “
UTC Graduates First BAS-IT in Cybersecurity Cohort
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The initial cohort of students in the Bachelor of Applied Science in Information Technology in Cybersecurity (BAS-IT CyS) accelerated degree program crossed the McKenzie Arena stage during the fall 2023 commencement ceremonies, after one short year. The first cohort participated in its first class on Jan. 9, 2023.
The four students—Jaeden Adami, Amber Gordy, Mischka Scott and Noah Syler—wore emblazoned silver stoles to signify the occasion.
Scott has been hired by Playcore, where she interned for the program. She works as a system administrator.
Syler, who interned with Miller Industries, works as a systems programmer at EPB.
The BAS-IT CyS program, housed within the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, directly addresses workforce needs. At the time of the program’s launch in 2023, approximately 6,700 cybersecurity jobs were open in Tennessee—including 300-plus in southeast Tennessee and north Georgia—and employment demand is expected to grow 2224% in the next five years.
The program prepares students to assess the security needs of computer and network systems; recommend safeguard solutions; and manage the implementation, auditing and maintenance of security devices, systems and procedures.
Each semester has two seven-week terms in which students take at least three courses. Simultaneously, students complete an internship with a local company.
During the spring 2024 semester, the BAS-IT CyS program enrolled 15 students. The students have internships with the following employers: FreightWaves, Future Capital, McKee, Miller Industries, Transcard, TVA, US Xpress, UTC IT, Walden Security and XGS.
Dr. Chang Phuong, a lecturer in computer science, serves as the program director.
From left: Jaeden Adami, Mischka Scott, College of Engineering and Computer Science Interim Dean Ahad Nasab, Dr. Chang Phuong, Amber Gordy and Noah Syler.
UTC Connected to EPB Quantum Network℠
Powered by Qubitekk
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is the first academic institution to be connected to EPB Quantum Network℠ powered by Qubitekk.
EPB and Qubitekk jointly launched the nation’s first industry-led, commercially available quantum network for running equipment and applications in an established fiber optic environment. UTC is connected to the network via a node within a quantum technology laboratory on campus. Dr. Ahad Nasab, interim dean of the UTC College of Engineering and Computer Science, described the connection to EPB Quantum Network as a resource to support the University’s education and research mission.
“This infrastructure asset at UTC will be important for continued development of our teaching and applied research and development efforts in the engineering and computer science programs,” Nasab said.
“We appreciate the collaborative relationship with EPB and Qubitekk leading to this extraordinary milestone in the development of our education and research programs,” said UTC Chancellor Steven R. Angle.
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UTC’s quantum technology lab is in the University’s Multidisciplinary Research Building on East ML King Boulevard, co-located with activities of the UTC Research Institute, Interdisciplinary Geospatial Technology Lab and doctoral program in computational science.
In 2022, UTC started an institutional initiative in quantum information science and technology with a goal of establishing a program known for excellence in education, innovation and economic development enabled by quantum technology.
The initiative engages departments and programs across disciplines and it will advance collaborations between academia and industry.
Quantum facility in the EPB Building. Photo by Angela Foster.
Keeping the Power On: UTC Electrical Engineering Team’s Research Transitions from Lab to Practice
by Shawn Ryan
Dr. Don Reising, a Guerry and UC Foundation associate professor of electrical engineering, and his graduate students have researched power outage issues for the past three years using $300,000 in TVA grants. They devised a solution that TVA is testing and hopes to implement entirely in 2024.
“The whole goal of it is to prevent failures on the system,” said Tony Murphy, senior program manager for power quality at TVA.
“If we have a piece of equipment that is trending towards failure, now we can be alerted to it proactively and preemptively take it out of service, repair it or replace it before the catastrophic failure occurs.
“When we can do that, we improve reliability. We prevent an unplanned outage, so there’s no power outages to the customers or the system.”
The problem is that predicting equipment failure is more challenging than it might seem at first glance.
TVA uses digital fault recorders spread throughout the system’s seven-state region to record minute-by-minute data from its operation. The recorders collect data 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year—an amount so voluminous that “it was impossible to go through it all” to look for potential problems, Reising said.
Reising and his team conducted research that developed software that can take reams of data, compress it and analyze it more quickly than a human could ever do.
Murphy said it is now possible to take a massive amount of data and see patterns in the electrical grid that may indicate problems.
It’s been great working with UTC.
We’re really excited to bring some of the research Dr. Reising has done into the operational environment. ” “
“It makes it manageable for us to retrieve and process,” he said. “It can flag for variances of ‘off normal’ as another thing to alert us to trending health issues on the system.”
Reising said that one of the goals was to make the new software available to all power companies. Around two years ago, he began working with Grid Protection Alliance (GPA), a Chattanooga not-forprofit organization specializing in developing and supporting open-source software solutions for the electric industry.
“We think that there is a huge value in using opensource software for utilities like TVA,” said Dr. Chris Lackner, GPA’s operating officer of grid solutions. “We are a not-for-profit that focuses on enabling innovation and technological improvements by using open-source software.”
Lackner’s research background includes stints at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, and ISO New England. He said it has been exciting to see the new technology and algorithms “that universities and professors like Dr. Reising come up with.”
“In this case, we have worked with TVA and took some of what he has been developing in the lab,” Lackner said, “and we are able to implement that into a production environment where it’s actually
being used to keep the power on for pretty much all of Tennessee.
“It’s been great working with UTC. We’re really excited to bring some of the research Dr. Reising has done into the operational environment.”
Being open source, the technology is available for utilities for free, Lackner explained.
Reising said it’s possible for the technology to be used by power companies both large and small, especially those in rural areas or regional-type utilities.
“When you look at some of these local companies,” he said, “they don’t have a lot of people to do the work. They might not have the resources—whether that’s in money or that’s people or both—to do it.”
Lackner agreed.
“We’re trying to facilitate the use of open-source software, so this is an example of that,” he said. “We are trying to go to utilities and say, ‘Hey, there’s this cool tool; it’s open source and it’s available to you. Let’s see if we can get that into production at your utility.’
“Whether that’s San Diego Gas and Electric over on the West Coast or the Independent System Operator of New England up in the Northeast, we’re not just limited to putting this into production here.”
Dr. Ahmed Eltom – Celebrating 40 Years in Electrical Engineering at UTC
by Sara Jackson
Africa’s longest river, the Nile, flows north into the Mediterranean Sea. Ancient peoples believed the Nile would lead one to the afterlife; at 30 million years old, there has been plenty of time for many mythologies to develop, flourish, and fade regarding Neilos, supposed gift of the Greek gods.
The river flows through regions long inhabited by a wide variety of people, and the intense relationships between the river and people are mirrored by the seasons and moods of the river. As early as the first century, there are records of navigational maps and histories of flooding and drought, leading to times of plenty and times of famine, which affected the migrations of tribes across the region, from Egypt to Sudan. Beginning in the fifth century, one family began keeping records of their descendants, which was faithfully documented from father to son down to present day. The result of many centuries of hopes, dreams, and river tides can be seen in one man who graces the classrooms and halls of UTC’s College of Engineering and Computer Science: Dr. Ahmed Eltom.
Eltom, unmistakable with his white silken curls and contagious smile, celebrates years of service to UTC. UTC’s Engineering Department became the School of Engineering in 1977, and seven years later, Eltom came to Chattanooga and has since earned his place as one of the most recognizable and enduring members of the faculty. Forty years, after all, equates to multiple generations of students. The number of families and their economic trajectories that have exponentially grown is all down to the efforts of dedicated professors such as Eltom.
Why electrical engineering? In Eltom’s birthplace, Sudan, education follows a very strict construct: students are tested to see if they are eligible for specific high school pathways, such as science or engineering. Upon completion of high school, a very select few engineering students from across the country are allowed to continue to the one university that offers engineering programs, Sudan University of Science & Technology. Students who finish this challenging degree are given jobs. Eltom had a choice for furthering his education: go to the United Kingdom or go to the United States. He chose the United States. But why electrical engineering? Simply, he states, “I was good at math.”
During his tenure at UTC, Eltom has served more than once as department head for the electrical engineering department, and when the department received a warning from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) in 2008 about potential program cancellation due to low graduation rates, he rallied local industry and community leaders to raise over two million dollars to develop curriculum and pair pedagogies with industry needs. He credits much of this work to his colleagues, accepting little praise for his role in resurrecting the electrical engineering department from the brink of dissolution.
Eltom’s greatest accomplishments involve his humble work as a servant-leader. He is active as a translator (he speaks Arabic and English), working with Bridge Refugees Services, the city of Chattanooga, and even local companies who need assistance translating documents written overseas. He is extraordinarily active, and soccer (or football, as it is known in his home country), is his very first love. He helped develop the first YMCA soccer program in the area and helped launch the YMCA co-ed soccer team. One can often find Eltom early in the morning, going on his daily walks around the Engineering and Computer Science building to keep in shape. He also loves hiking, rowing, and gardening. Many of his colleagues have benefitted from the fruits of his labors.
The past years have provided Eltom with time to flourish as a teacher, a researcher, and community leader. As he considers his time, he believes his favorite thing about his career is “teaching and students. . .using my knowledge and experience to help others.” He grows wistful and uncharacteristically quiet, thinking about his life. “I have a house on the banks of the Nile, and a garden there, and an orchard. I go there every year. But not this year.” His home now provides shelter to many family members, displaced due to the serious political struggles in Sudan. In this season of his life, his mind yearns for the waters of his homeland. It is the faculty, staff, students, and alumni who keep him afloat and safely anchored here, on the gentle Tennessee.
Greenhouse Gases Reduction Efforts
When Dr. Ignatius Fomunung, professor of civil engineering, describes his work, it’s as an intersection of three separate but interconnected areas. “I tend to focus on the nexus between transportation, energy and air quality,” said Fomunung.
As part of his innovative work, he is director of the Center for Energy, Transportation and the Environment (CETE), a University-sponsored research facility in Chattanooga that focuses on developing clean, renewable energy systems for transportation to improve air quality while promoting energy conservation.
The CETE operates the Advanced Vehicle Test Facility (AVTF)—also known as the test track—located about six miles from campus.
The AVTF consists of a 10,000-square-foot research building and a one-mile oval asphalt concrete track.
Non-motorized transportation is another way to advance a clean economy, according to Fomunung. AVTF is acting as a testing ground
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for personal transportation technologies thanks to a recent grant and partnership with a start-up called SNAAP—which stands for sustainable, nonstop, autonomous, affordable, personal transportation.
The Tennessee Valley Pathway Study Group’s preliminary report will identify critical actions we—all sectors across the Valley—can and should take now to reduce greenhouse gases and support a competitive, clean economy.
One method is to increase the availability and use of public transportation such as buses, and the promotion of non-motorized transportation, Fomunung said.
“How do we get people out of their cars? That’s a tall order,” he said. “People don’t want to leave their car because of the flexibility it affords. So if you just think about it, if people leave their cars at home and take transit, that’s less pollution.”
Fomunung also is one of the founding members of the Southeast Electric
Even though electric vehicles currently make up a small percentage of the number of vehicles on the road, their adoption is occurring at a faster clip than projected just 10 years ago. ” “
Transportation Regional Initiative, or SETRI.
Convened by researchers at Duke University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, its mission is to increase the development and use of electric vehicles in the region. More than 70 organizations, companies and universities have signed on as part of the initiative.
Between September 2022 and September 2023, the Southeast increased the number of electric charging stations by 69% and now has 15,036 stations across the region, according to the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
“Though all Southeast states lag behind average national charging station deployment
numbers, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina are all trending in line with the national growth curve,” the group said in an online report.
SETRI is designed to address the “very clunky way” that the move toward more electric vehicles is occurring in the Southeast, Fomunung said.
The best solution is to bring everybody thinking together, to leverage the region’s resources and move in the same direction.
Dr. Ignatius Fomunung has been working with a group of industry experts to inform and advise on ways to improve the Tennessee Valley.
Bringing Domestic Manufacturing Back
To say that injection molding is common in the world of manufacturing is underselling it. Injection molding is everywhere in manufacturing.
Making the molds—used to manufacture multiple automobile parts, milk jugs, flexible pipes, plastic gas cans and thousands of other products—is mostly done overseas, is expensive and can take months to finish.
CECS research is intended to reduce cost by 90% and reduce the time to finish the molds to about two weeks, enhancing U.S. manufacturing competitiveness.
“Basically, we are trying to make what is being now made but with a different approach,” said Dr. Mohammad Mahtabi, assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the UTC College of Engineering and Computer Science and lead researcher.
Dr. Erkan Kaplanoglu, interim head of the Department of Engineering Management and Technology, director of the Biomechatronic and Assistive Technology Lab and an associate professor of mechatronics, was coprincipal investigator.
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A $105,000 grant from the REvV! program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory started the research in September 2023. UTC received $70,000; $35,000 went to STRACT Corp., a company co-founded by Chantz Yanagida, who earned a mechanical engineering degree from UTC in 2019.
The research process involves 3D printing using a blend of metals to create a special alloy, chemical solutions, electricity and specific temperatures to produce physical objects.
“No one has done that,” Mahtabi said. “There is a lot of trial-and-error. A lot of factors are involved in such a process.”
Injection molds are created by fusing together pieces—known as “die plates”—to create the shape of the part needed, be it a car’s interior door handle or a Lego toy. Under heat and intense pressure, whatever material is used to make the part is injected into the mold.
As it is now, preparing die plates for injection requires extensive hand polishing to make their surfaces completely smooth. It’s the most expensive and time-consuming part of the process, Yanagida said.
Dr. Mohammad Mahtabi is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the UTC College of Engineering and Computer Science.
“It’s not the actual making of the plates, it’s the polishing,” Yanagida explained. “You have to spend hundreds and hundreds of hours hand polishing these plates to get them to the right surface finish.”
The UTC research team is testing how to make die plates immediately ready to use without polishing. STRACT is providing 3D-printed plates for testing in the project.
“We have files for injection molding plates that we’ll be printing to supply Dr. Mahtabi with test samples for his research,” Yanagida said.
Mahtabi said the ORNL grant is not expected to produce an end product. He said that more funding will be needed to continue.
“More money—significantly more,” he said, “will be needed to take this into production level.”
The research process involves 3D printing using a blend of metals to create a special alloy, chemical solutions, electricity and specific temperatures to produce physical objects.” “
FACULTY AND STAFF
NEW FACULTY
Sainand Jadhav Lecturer Mechanical Engineering
Brendan Gressel Lecturer Computer Science and Engineering
Ben Swords Director, Mechanical Infrastructure Laboratory and Lecturer Mechanical Engineering
Venkateswara Rao Kode Assistant Professor Chemical Engineering
Shaogang Ren Assistant Professor Computer Science and Engineering
NEW STAFF
Lucas Kilpatrick Lab Manager of Chemical Engineering and Mechatronics Laboratories Chemical Engineering
Gazi Akgun Lecturer Engineering Management and Technology
Zihao Wang Assistant Professor Computer Science and Engineering
Clarence Shields Career Development Coordinator Center for Student Success
Li Dai Lecturer Computer Science and Engineering
Mohamad Awwad Assistant Professor of Practice Computer Science and Engineering
Jennifer Fritts Director of Advancement, Engineering and Technology
As we look ahead at the next decade and what’s really important to Chattanooga, engineering is top of mind with bustling partnerships, such as with Volkswagen, and the work in quantum and the increase of artificial intelligence in the marketplace. ” “
Engineering a Culture of Collaboration and Innovation
by Chuck Wasserstrom
Vice Chancellor of Advancement Kim White remembers when she was first contacted by Dr. Ahad Nasab, then the head of the Department of Engineering Management and Technology and Burkett Miller Chair of Excellence at UTC, in early 2022.
“It struck me how well Dr. Nasab understood the importance of partnerships and relationships,” White recalled. “He’d already established some good relationships with corporate partners, and he understood the value of creating those partnerships because it spreads throughout the entire University.”
Nasab is now interim dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science. When he moved into his current position in July 2023,
one of his priority objectives was to parlay his collaborative skills to engage a larger community of companies and organizations and elevate the CECS name.
“The College of Engineering and Computer Science is currently experiencing an exciting and challenging phase,” he said. “There’s strong momentum in the college’s research areas of machine learning, quantum computing, hypersonic flights, smart power grids, transportation logistics and intelligent robotics.
“We also remain steadfast in our commitment of preparing the next generation of skilled professionals to meet the evolving demands of the industry in the Southeast region of the country.”
Charles Wood, president and chief executive officer of the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, said the importance of the engineering program is vital.
“As we look ahead at the next decade and what’s really important to Chattanooga, engineering is top of mind with bustling partnerships, such as with Volkswagen, and the work in quantum and the increase of artificial intelligence in the marketplace,” said Wood, who previously spent more than 20 years in key economic development positions.
“Educating and producing skilled engineers is paramount in advancing economic mobility and growth in the Chattanooga region.”
Added White, “We talk about UTC being Chattanooga’s university, and the College of Engineering is a lynchpin of this work. When I look out at the business community, we need to provide more workforce-ready graduates, especially in computer science and engineering.
“Having someone with the mindset of Dr. Nasab to think about where the gaps are and what we need to do to move the needle to fill some of those will put us in a good place.”
DEGREES AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
Undergraduate Programs
Bachelor of Science
Engineering Programs
• Chemical Engineering (B.S.Ch.E.)
– Environmental Concentration
• Civil Engineering (B.S.C.E.)
– Environmental Concentration
• Computer Engineering (B.S. Cp.E)
• Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.)
• Mechanical Engineering (B.S.M.E.)
Computer Science Program (B.S)
• Cyber Secturity Concentration
• Data Science Concentration
• Sofware Systems Concentration
Engineering Technology Management Program (B.S.)
• Construction Management Concentration
• Engineering Management Concentration
Undergraduate Programs
Bachelor of Applied Science
• Mechatronics Engineering Technology (B.A.S.)
• Information Technology in Cybersecurity (B.A.S.)
Undergraduate Minors
• Computer Science
• Construction Management
• Electrical Engineering
• Engineering Management
• Mechatronics Engineering Technology
• Production and Operation Systems
Graduate Programs Master of Science
Engineering Program (M.S.)
• Chemical Concentration
• Civil Concentration
• Electrical Concentration
• Mechanical Concentration
Computer Science Program (M.S.)
• Computer Science Concentration
• Cyber Security Concentration
• Data Science Concentration
Engineering Management Program (M.S.)
• Construction Management Concentration
• Engineering Management Concentration
• Power Concentration
Graduate Program Doctor of Philosophy
Computational Science Program (Ph.D.)
• Computational and Applied Mathematics Concentration
• Computational Engineering Concentration
• Computer Science Concentration
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Bachelors Masters
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FACULTY AND STAFF
2023-24 ADVISORY BOARD
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS:
Joe Brown Miller Industries
Jeff Cornett ORNL
Scott Craig JTEKT
Aaron Cross Denso
Vicki Farnsworth University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Jim Glass EPB
Nisarg Hansaliya Scenic City Solar
Greg Harwood City of Chattanooga
Jason Lawless Gearhiser Peters
Lyndon Lie Volkswagen
David Marckel Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
John McNeely McNeely Group
Daniel Pickett Freightwaves
Tremaine Powell Chattanooga State
Tim Rausch Tennessee Valley Authority
Leon Rucker IBM, Retired
Albert Woodard Kazee
Karen Wyrick Cleveland State
