Fall 2017 • Alumni Newsletter

A UT-led team is redesigning aviation as we know it. Page 12

Inside: World-Record-Breaking Power T / EcoCAR Team Finishes Strong / Mind-Controlled Drones Are Here Table of From the Department Head

mabe.utk.edu Contents Department Head Matthew Mench

Assoc. Department Head, Undergraduate Programs Toby Boulet

Assoc. Department Head, Integrated Programs and Activities Jindong Tan

Director, Graduate Programs Kivanc Ekici

8 10 TCE Director of Communications Christie Kennedy From the Department Head 1 Editor Vols Break World Record 2 Kathy Williams Designer Engineering Twins Race to Internship 3 Mitchell Williamson hanks for taking a look at the fall 2017 issue of The second annual Senior Design Showcase was held Doing by Thinking 4 Tthe Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and in the spring and had over 400 participants and some Writers Biomedical Engineering (MABE) alumni magazine. I fantastic project outcomes, which you can read about Randall Brown hope you enjoy it! in this issue. Awards Banquet Honors Outstanding David Goddard Students, Faculty, and Alumni 6 Progress continues on Rocky Top toward our goal of Of course, everyone wants to wish our most famous Printer a Top 25 public program in engineering. Over the past recent alumni, Joshua Dobbs, the best in his new University Printing and Mail 5 years, PhD enrollment in the college increased from job with the Steelers. Joshua and his family have Corporate Sponsor Spotlight: DENSO 7 468 to 667. The college is now the 19th largest public been tremendous representatives of the university MABE’s Alumni Newsletter is published engineering PhD program in the , and and department, and we will miss him in the halls Ready for Liftoff 8 biannually by the Department of the fastest growing PhD program among the Top 40 of Dougherty. As a native of Pennsylvania myself, I Mechanical, Aerospace, and public programs. know the Steeler nation will embrace someone of his Biomedical Engineering. dedication and character. Up, Up, and Away 10 As the largest overall department within the college, MABE has also experienced tremendous growth in Finally, please keep sending us your pictures and Faculty Notes 14 UTMABE both sheer numbers of students and faculty, but sharing stories of your days at UT in Knoxville or at more importantly in the quality of our educational UTSI. These stories often get the most response from Student Notes 16 and research facilities, research productivity, and alumni, so please send us some memories of your days @UTKMABE external recognition. In the past two years, research at Big Orange! commitments to the department from external sources Dean’s List Spring 2017 20 are now on par with our aspiring Top 25 peers. New Thanks again for taking the time to find out what’s University of Tennessee undergraduate laboratories await students in the fall, going on in MABE. I look forward to hearing from you MABE Student Athletes 22 Mechanical, Aerospace & and our design, prototype, and testing experiences are and invite you to get in touch and stay connected. Biomedical Engineering second to none. Best regards, Brow Returns to UT to Lead New Program 23 There is always more work to do, of course, but visible On the cover: A photo of the progress is everywhere. A tremendous example is the Dobbs Drafted by Steelers 23 NASA-commissioned concept recent $9.9 million dollar NASA University Leadership called the Subsonic Ultra Green Initiative grant led by MABE faculty Jim Coder and Aircraft Research (SUGAR) Freeze Stephanie TerMaath. Matthew Mench In Memoriam: Richard “Dick” Rosenberg 23 aircraft. Created by Boeing, the aircraft runs on liquid natural gas Another example of positive change is in the expansion @UTKMABE Photo Gallery 24 and burns significantly less fuel than of industrial participation in senior design projects. planes.

mabe.utk.edu 1 Engineering Twins Race to Internship

win siblings Taylor and Tyler TPatterson, both mechanical engineering majors, recently finished a summer internship with BK Racing. This Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series team fields the number 83 and number 23 Cup car. The internship kept the brothers on the go. “We went to the race track every week,” Taylor said. “This gave us the opportunity to see different parts of the country, and that was really With more than 3,100 exciting for us.” students, about 700 Vols Break During practice and qualifying, the Pattersons took notes of changes faculty, staff, and retirees, made to the cars to see what did and about 400 alumni, and World Record did not help increase speed. one bluetick coonhound, “We then used these notes to see UT set the GUINNESS arly in the morning on March 29, Volunteers stood together to create a what set up would be the best for the WORLD RECORD title for EPower T that spanned 190 feet by 190 feet, encompassing the majority race,” Taylor said. “During the race, we of Shields-Watkins Field at Neyland Stadium. NBC’s Today show viewers sat on top of the pit box with the crew the largest human letter. witnessed the feat, which was part of Rokerthon 3, weatherman Al Roker’s chief and calculated fuel mileage. I did Tyler Paterson, far left, and Taylor Patterson, far right, are UT mechanical engineering this for the 23 team, and Tyler did the majors who secured summer 2017 internships with BK Racing. They are shown here with week-long trek to five universities to break world records. their friend Reid Moldenhauer, center, a mechanical engineering major at the University of same thing for the 83 team. It was a Nebraska, during a racing school they attended in Mooresville, North Carolina. Engineering Vols were in attendance, including MABE’s Eastman Assistant cool experience sitting on the pit box Professor of Practice Matthew Young, who was the letter’s architect. Using for a Cup race.” CAD software, Young answered a critical question for event organizers— how do you design a Power T large enough to hold 4,000 people? The brothers worked in teardown, stripping the cars “Working this internship has allowed us to better our down to a bare chassis as they came off the track. knowledge with vehicle dynamics, and we think we “The question is, when you actually get out there and you’re standing They measured components using a Romer arm to see will be able to construct some ideas to improve some there, where do you draw the lines and where do you stop and how many if the parts could be reused. They also helped in the aspects of the car, such as ride quality and drivability, people should be in each row?” design department, using SolidWorks to model brake for the competition,” Taylor said. “We have also ducts, brake hoses, and more. improved our CAD work throughout the summer, and Young spent time ensuring the T’s two arcs would not only look perfect, we utilize CAD for refinements on the EcoCAR 3 team.” but could also be formed and held in place by an early morning crowd of “The best and most important thing that we’ve learned excited Vols without marching band experience. is how to use the simulation software that most race The twins were originally offered internships by two teams use to set up their cars,” Taylor said. “Running different racing teams. They credit Travis Greenlee, “Part of the shape is very simple and straightforward. Making the elipse simulations allows engineers on race teams to make engineering career consultant in UT’s Center for Career just right was more complicated. I spent time doing some geometry changes to the set-up and observe how they affect the Development, for helping to review their resumes layouts for the T so they would look right,” said Young. car’s performance. All of this is done on a laptop, and before they applied for their summer positions. Young’s calculations were spot on. Shortly after 8 a.m. on March 29, the results are extremely accurate to what the results “The guys in management at both race teams said Michael Empric, representing GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS, announced would be if you made these changes in real life.” our resumes and cover letters were impressive and the official head count of 4,223 and verified that UT had broken the The accuracy surprised them. “We can make a set of well written,” Taylor said. “I think it was a big help in record previously held by Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. As changes in the sim software and make the same set landing us these opportunities.” confetti cannons blasted and the UT pep band launched into “Rocky Top,” of changes on the race car, and the results are nearly Chancellor Beverly Davenport accepted the Guinness award. identical,” said Taylor. “This has been a wonderful opportunity for the nation to see our The Pattersons also play roles on the UT EcoCAR 3 beautiful campus and share in our Volunteer spirit,” said Davenport. “I am team for their senior design project. They have picked so proud of our students, faculty, staff, retirees, and alumni and extend a up some insight they will be able apply to the project. big thank you to every Vol who turned out and made this happen.”

2 MABE mabe.utk.edu 3 Doing by Thinking

t’s a cold, frosty morning, and your thoughts turn to

Isnuggling under the covers with a cup of coffee while The young minds seem the house warms up. to work better than the ‘ Suddenly, your coffee machine kicks into gear just as ‘ the heat begins to rise in your home. No, it’s not your older ones,” said Zhao. imagination. By merely thinking about it, your home is ‘‘ “In my lab, the students now cozier, your hot cup of java awaits in the kitchen, and you didn’t have to lift a finger. control the drone much The reality of controlling electronic devices using better than I do. only your brain is closer than you think, thanks to the research of Associate Professor Xiaopeng Zhao. A machine learning model is developed using the A drone is the first device Zhao, graduate students training data which decodes the imagined body Reza Abiri and Soheil Borhani, and undergraduate kinematics from the individual’s EEG signals. After this, Justin Kilmarx, have demonstrated the ability to pilot the subject is ready to control the drone. using brainwaves, and they are amazing spectators who have the opportunity to see them make the drone When the individual imagines making the drone move fly without a normal hand-held controller. forward or rotate, the brainwave signals are fed into the machine learning model. Once the individual’s intentions are decoded, the signals are sent to the drone through Wi-Fi in real time, and the drone will start flying. Controlling the drone is not an easy task and takes a lot of training and practice to master. Originally, research involving mind-controlled devices focused on medical applications for patients with motor disabilities or neurological disorders, but has evolved beyond healthcare needs. “The exact technique used for the mind-controlled drone can be used to operate any other machine or device,” Zhao said. “Mind-controlled devices may change the way we live. For example, you might use your mind to adjust the in a room or to make a cup of coffee.” Zhao and his students (left to right) Soheil Borhani, Reza Abiri, Xiaopeng Zhao, and Justin Kilmarx. The drone is just one device Zhao and his students can control. Robotic arms, cars, social robots, and According to Zhao, the mind-controlled drone is computer games are all on the slate. an example of the amplification of brain computer interface (BCI), or using the brain to control computers Zhao is teaming up with other researchers to and machines. find beneficial ways to use the mind-controlled devices, including working with Assistant Professor “We can monitor the brainwaves of a human subject Subhadeep Chakraborty to develop and improve using electroencephalography (EEG) sensors,” Zhao applications, partnering with Assistant Professor said. “We use the mind-controlled drone as a testbed of Psychology Aaron Buss to improve performance to develop convenient, efficient, and accurate BCI through multimodal techniques, and researchers at paradigms. It is a great challenge to decode a human’s the University of Kentucky to develop BCI tools for thoughts from EEG since the signals are very complex diagnosis of patients with cognition and attention and subject to a huge amount of noises and artifacts. deficits and train these patients for rehabilitation. “We aim to develop new algorithms to improve the In the near future, as BCI research evolves and usability of BCI for a broader public audience.” techniques improve, mind-controlled devices will be To control a drone using the mind, an individual must a normal part of life. Improvements in healthcare, first undergo a 10-minute training. While wearing an education, entertainment, communication, and yes, EEG headpiece, the individual imagines moving his even for making the early morning routine run a or her hand to follow the trajectory of a cursor on a little smoother, are just a few of the things that could computer screen for a few minutes. be impacted.

4 MABE mabe.utk.edu 5 Awards Banquet Honors Corporate Outstanding Students, Sponsor Faculty, and Alumni Spotlight

Nearly 200 people gathered at The Foundry in April for MABE’s 10th Annual Honors Awards Banquet. ENSO North America Foundation The event is held each year to (DNAF) gave a $50,000 grant to the celebrate outstanding students, D MABE department to purchase equipment faculty, and alumni. for their manufacturing laboratory in 2003. Guest speaker NASA Since that gift, DNAF has continued to Barry “Butch” Wilmore awed the support the department and is now one guests with his photos and stories of its largest and most steadfast corporate from his time spent aboard the sponsors—$430,000 of its $605,000 in International Space Station. backing to the university since then has During the banquet, Department come to MABE—helping secure modern Head Matthew Mench officially equipment, fuel senior design projects, inducted Wilmore and Michael expand hybrid vehicle research, and propel Sawyers, who are both alumni, UT’s EcoCAR team. into the MABE Hall of Fame “Innovation throughout the manufacturing for their accomplishments and From left, DENSO representatives Brian Crawford and Melissa Smith present department industry will continue to produce more contributions to the engineering head Matthew Mench and Butch Irick with a donation for EcoCAR research. growth opportunities for students in skilled profession and society. trades and technical fields,” said Doug DENSO’s support and partnership with UT expands Patton, DNAF president and executive vice president beyond the department. The company also sponsors Butch Wilmore speaks to guests about his time in space. of engineering at DENSO International America, Inc. a summer cookout and the biannual internship and “Companies will lean on this young workforce for years co-op recruitment fairs for the college’s Office of to come, and in order to succeed we need to empower Engineering Professional Practice; a field trip for the students by giving a better sense for what they’ll college’s E-VOL10 summer camp for underrepresented experience in the workplace.” Other award recipients were: rising tenth-graders; and provides career development Since 2016 alone, DNAF’s support allowed the support for the university’s campus-wide job fair. Students department to purchase a much-needed truck to “Over the past decade, we have watched the Guru Anand Venkatesan, Student Leadership Award transport the EcoCAR to competitions and funding relationship between DENSO and the university to develop a virtual proving ground teaching and Emily Beckman, Outstanding Senior in Aerospace Engineering Award evolve into a collaborative partnership that now research laboratory. Ryan Carter, Outstanding Senior in Mechanical Engineering Award supports multiple areas across our campus,” said Philip Clarke, Outstanding Graduate Student Award “The strong and sustained commitment of our Rickey McCallum, associate director of corporate and foundation engagement at UT. Joshua Dobbs, Volunteer Spirit Award industrial partners at DENSO has enabled tremendous opportunities for our students and faculty,” said Justin Harmon, Outstanding Junior in Mechanical Engineering Award “The partnership between the EcoCAR3 program and Matthew Mench, MABE department head. “Without this DENSO’s North America Foundation has become a David Marsh, Outstanding Senior in Mechanical Engineering Award support, the alternative vehicle programs would have huge attraction for MABE students. DENSO’s continual Landen McDonald, Outstanding Junior in Mechanical Engineering Award difficulty even competing. The training the EcoCAR support of these programs allows us to provide a programs have given our students is tremendous and Gillian McGlothin, Outstanding Junior in Aerospace Engineering Award platform that prepares students with hands-on learning enables dozens of them to graduate into their dream Katherine Stiles, Outstanding Junior in Biomedical Engineering Award for high-tech job opportunities in the automotive The photo jobs in the automotive industry.” John Till, Outstanding Graduate Student Award booth was a big hit this year industry. I am truly grateful for DENSO’s continued with students posing with their friends. support of our automotive design activities, and look Hunter Woodall, Outstanding Senior in Biomedical Engineering Award DENSO is one of East Tennessee’s largest employers, with more than 4,900 employees at its Maryville and forward to watching how this partnership evolves in the

Faculty and Staff Athens facilities. years to come.” James Coder and Caleb Rucker, Louis and Ann Hoffman Endowed Excellence in Research Award-Tenure Track “DENSO is proud to be a strategic partner with the DNAF is the corporate foundation for DENSO in North Hans DeSmidt, B. Ray Thompson Endowed Excellence in Research Award-Tenure University of Tennessee who has a great reputation for America, a global supplier of automotive components graduating highly talented individuals, and is a strong and systems with more than 30 consolidated companies Danny Graham, Department Heads Endowed Outstanding Staff Award resource for DENSO,” said Brian Crawford, DENSO’s across North America. Evans Lyne, Pi Tau Sigma Excellence in Teaching Award Staffing Advanced Specialist. Since 2001, DNAF has advanced the auto industry Matthew Mench, Cyrus Daugherty, and Alan Pezeshki, MABE Translational Research and Innovation Award “Hiring our graduates shows their support to our through grants to colleges and universities, providing Stephanie TerMaath, MABE Outstanding Faculty Initiative and Leadership Award students and their confidence in our engineering students with the technology, tools, and experiences Eric Wade, Thomas Stewart McCorkle Family Endowed Faculty Award programs,” Mench said. they need to prepare them for jobs after graduation.

6 MABE mabe.utk.edu 7 s the Space Shuttle Columbia cleared the tower NASA was determined to track her down. Athat day, Van Hooser, then a sixth grader, hoped that one day she would work for NASA. “I was delivering my presentation to faculty when the department secretary opened the door and asked Barely ten years later, that dream became a reality. ‘Is Katherine Van Hooser here? NASA is trying to call Ready for Liftoff her,’” Van Hooser said. “To be making an aerospace “I was fortunate to know early in life what I wanted engineering presentation for a grade and have it to do,” said Van Hooser, who was recently named the interrupted because NASA wanted to talk to me could chief engineer at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center not have worked out any better!” in Huntsville, Alabama. Since joining NASA in 1991, Van Hooser has worked “After learning about that first launch, I followed on a number of projects including improving the main everything about the shuttle and NASA and worked engines on the very shuttles she grew up watching. toward becoming a part of it.” She was deputy chief engineer and then chief engineer The first step was for the space shuttle pursuing a degree in main engine for the aerospace engineering last 21 launches of the at UT. It worked out shuttle program. well for Van Hooser, “That was the best the daughter of two job I could ever have proud UT alumni. imagined,” said Van “Before attending Hooser. medical school, my Later, she became the dad was a Sigma Chi first chief engineer at UT with Johnny for the engines on the Majors, and my dad’s new exploration-class best friend also Space Launch System played football for (SLS), the biggest the Vols,” said Van rocket ever built. Hooser, whose mother graduated with a Now, in her new role as master’s degree in medical social work. “I started the Marshall Center chief engineer, she is responsible attending football games as a small child, so I grew up for ensuring the technical success of all spacecraft, as a UT fan.” propulsion, science payload, life support, and mission systems, from the smallest instrument payloads to the Her decision to attend UT was further cemented by a giant pieces of the SLS rocket that will take tour of various engineering and science buildings, but to deep space destinations, including Mars. she began to wonder if a field such as physics might be a better path to NASA. Despite her work and busy schedule, Van Hooser still tries to attend at least one football game a year. That’s when the late H. Joe Wilkerson (‘70), a longtime professor of aerospace engineering at UT, offered some perspective. I love seeing how the UT campus has“ grown and improved, and I tell the If she started in engineering and switched to something else, he explained, many of her classes would still Alabama grads that, win or lose, I’d be relevant, but if she started in something else and rather spend a lifetime as a Vols fan came to engineering, she would still have four years of than one day stuck as a Bama fan. engineering classes in front of her. ” “That made sense, so I stuck with my choice to go Asked what advice she would offer students who are into aerospace engineering. I loved the challenge and interested in working for NASA, Van Hooser didn’t subject matter and never changed,” said Van Hooser. hesitate: “Find something you can be passionate about and make it work for you.” Associate Professor J.A.M. Boulet also made a strong impression on her. “There’s such a huge variety of jobs available at NASA; there are lots of opportunities,” Van Hooser said. “We were required to take several classes in “We need engineers, but we also need nutritionists, engineering science and mechanics,” said Van Hooser. botanists, technicians, programmers, crew, crew “These classes were tough, but Dr. Boulet made them trainers, doctors, accountants, and people with all Like millions of other people around the world, Katherine Van interesting and fun.” kinds of skills.” Hooser (’91) spent April 12, 1981, glued to coverage of the first Van Hooser interviewed with NASA, but in that pre–cell phone era had missed their calls offering her a position space shuttle launch. because she was in the lab working on her project.

8 MABE mabe.utk.edu 9 umanity’s fascination with flight dates back at least two millennia, with Through an overall Hthe Greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus serving as an early example of investment of nearly the dreams—and dangers—of human flight. $50 million, NASA’s Now, the latest NASA project is looking to UT for guidance in that ever- vision is to reshape Up, Up, and Away present pursuit of flight, albeit with a much higher safety component than those early Hellenistic fliers. aviation technology by improving NASA Turns to MABE to Head Major Aviation Project A UT-led team, headed up by MABE Assistant Professors of aerospace flight dynamics, engineering James Coder and Stephanie TerMaath, will focus on producing a more aerodynamically capable aircraft, with NASA providing communications, speed, $9.9 million for their efforts—believed to be the largest NASA award for a and propulsion. UT-led project. Advancements are “To have our department chosen to lead such a prestigious endeavor and group of universities is a validation of the faculty, research, and students expected to alter the that we have,” said Department Head Matthew Mench. “After all, this is look, cost effectiveness, something that won’t just affect us at UT, but the very nature of flight itself.” safety, and reliability Over the next five years, UT will lead a team composed of researchers of aviation. from Penn State University, Texas A&M University, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Old Dominion University, the University of Wyoming, and two aviation companies—the Boeing Corporation and Airfoils Inc.

While the recent $9.9 million project might be the largest NASA-backed flight project in UT’s history, it is far from the first time the department has impacted NASA’s mission.

1958—UT’s (then) Department 1982—Hartsfield becomes the first UT graduate of Mechanical Engineering in space when he pilots the Space Shuttle establishes a graduate program Columbia with former Apollo astronaut at Arnold Air Base. That Ken Mattingly. program has since evolved into the UT Space Institute (UTSI). 1991—UT aerospace engineering student Katherine Van Hooser 1960—Students at UT first have the option to accepts a job with NASA prior to add an aerospace engineering to graduating, having fallen in love their mechanical engineering degree. with the space shuttle as a child.

1964—The department formally changes its 1992—, a name to the Department of Mechanical and Canadian pilot and UTSI grad, is Aerospace Engineering, with PhD programs in selected to the astronaut corps. both disciplines first offered. He will take part in two shuttle missions, one Soyuz mission, and two space station missions. 1968—UT graduates its first aerospace engineers.

1994—Three UTSI grads—Dominic Gorie, Jeffrey 1969—Henry “Hank” Hartsfield Ashby, and Joe Edwards Jr.—are selected as begins coursework at UTSI and astronauts. Combined, the three complete a is selected to the astronaut total of eight shuttle missions. program, becoming the first James Stephanie UTSI student selected. Eight Coder TerMaath more will follow.

mabe.utk.edu 11 Building a Better Wing Holding It Together The main focus of UT’s efforts will be the development With laminar flow, those pockets are lessened or While Coder’s part of the team focuses on the design, TerMaath said she expects the team to go through a of a new type of wing, specifically in regard to flight eliminated entirely by using designs that reduce TerMaath will be focused on the feasibility and reliability series of steps that involve trying out new designs, systems and the way lift and drag are controlled attributes that contribute to turbulence, including flaps of the materials and structure of the aircraft itself. narrowing the best ones down through optimization, through flaps. and airfoils. testing those options, and finally simply “getting Using materials that are lightweight, durable, and strong creative” in their approach. Current flap systems extend and retract various By replacing those movable components with ones without being bulky will be the key to the project. amounts depending on whether the aircraft is that remain permanently in place—known as slotted After all, when there’s no blueprint to follow you can ascending, descending, or flying level. natural laminar-flow airfoils—Coder’s design reduces TerMaath said that the team would be open to do what you want. drag, , and the effect of shock waves at high anything in its quest for the right final product, While the system works well enough as is, it requires speeds, while at the same time providing extra lift at whether that means adapting existing materials or added bulk—and therefore additional weight—due to slower speeds. coming up with something new. the machinery and hydraulics involved. “It is gratifying to see the University of While it’s only one design possibility, the fact remains Students will get hands-on experience in testing flow Tennessee in a leadership position for this “Creating a wing that is more efficient, one that also that any leap forward is bound to change the look dynamics, designs, and materials, further heightening has less drag, is where our research can really make of aircraft. the value of the project to UT. important project. It is a great example a difference,” said Coder. “We have full confidence in of how a public-private partnership and the concept and just need to show how it can Early NASA illustrations of Coder’s concept look more It might seem daunting, but it’s a process TerMaath be integrated.” like the Pan Am Clippers of yesteryear than modern is familiar with, having served on the airframe inter-institutional cooperation can result aircraft, with wing placement returning to an over- certification team for the military’s F-35 fighter jet. in that address important That concept revolves around what is known as fuselage placement rather than midbody. laminar flow. “There is a major testing component to doing the challenges facing our world.” “In a sense, we’re not improving current aircraft as much unknown,” said TerMaath. “We get to be creative in The design of most modern aircraft creates turbulence as we are creating a new building block for aircraft,” said what we come up with, to customize what we do and —Chancellor Beverly Davenport in the air as it passes over the surface, pockets of Coder. “This is a game changer for aviation.” use, etcetera. circulating air that can increase drag, reduce efficiency, and disturb people inside the aircraft. “You don’t get an opportunity to start fresh on something every day.”

1996— completes 2009— Bresnik and Wilmore fly together 2014—Wilmore, who earlier With Kelly’s safe return to Earth, UT astronauts his degree from UTSI and is aboard the , spending 11 piloted the Space Shuttle have now spent a collective 993 days in space. accepted into the astronaut days aboard the International Space Station. Atlantis, heads to the space corps. He is UT’s most prolific station for a six-month mission, astronaut to date, having spent 2016—Van Hooser is named manager of the 2010—Kelly takes his third spaceflight and serving as commander for part more than 520 days in space of the mission. At his request, Chief Engineers Office at NASA’s Marshall across four missions. is commander aboard Expedition 26. This is Space Flight Center. Kelly’s first long-duration spaceflight. NASA installs the SEC Network on the station so he won’t miss UT football. 1998— UTSI grad William 2017—A team of MABE 2011—Van Hooser is named chief engineer of Oefelein is selected as an 2015—Three MABE students—Justine Barry, undergraduate students astronaut. He will later pilot the NASA’s Space Launch System Liquid Engines competes in NASA’s Mars Element. Carol Miselem, and Meghan Green—join on a 13- NASA’s Johnson Space Flight Center together Ice Challenge. day mission. upon graduation. —Wilmore serves as CAPCOM, the person 2011 2017—NASA selects MABE Assistant Professor 2000—UTSI grad Barry Wilmore at Mission Control who communicates with the James Coder to lead a $9.9 million project, with is selected as a NASA astronaut. astronauts, for STS-35, the final mission of the fellow MABE Assistant Professor Stephanie space shuttle program. TerMaath leading a key thrust of the project. 2004—Randolph Bresnik —Hadfield records a cover becomes UTSI’s ninth, and, to 2013 2017—Bresnik launches to the International of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” date, most recent astronaut. Barry Miselem Green Space Station in July, becoming the most aboard the International Space recent UTSI graduate to do so. Station. It currently has 37 —Van Hooser is named million views on YouTube. Sing 2005 2015–2016—Kelly returns to the International head of the program responsible for the main along at tiny.utk.edu/hadfield. Space Station for a study to compare his engines of the very space shuttle program she physiology after a year in space with that grew up watching. of his twin brother, who remained on Earth.

12 MABE mabe.utk.edu 13 Faculty Notes

Hans DeSmidt was recently Assistant Professor Andy Sarles recently received the promoted to full professor. 2017 Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award from DeSmidt is the aerospace the Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Branch Dustin Crouch Joins MABE program coordinator for of ASME. The award recognizes younger faculty whose This fall, Dustin Crouch joined the MABE faculty as an the department and has work has already had an impact in their field. assistant professor of biomedical engineering. co-authored ten articles published in refereed “This faculty position is a dream opportunity for which journals and twenty-five I am very grateful,” Crouch said. “I am ecstatic about conference papers. He has The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics joining MABE and its outstanding team of teachers received more than $1 million in research support and (AIAA) members elected UTSI’s Executive Director Mark and researchers. The University of Tennessee is the has been described as a leader in his field. Whorton as the new technical director of the space and ideal place for me to start my lab and make a big missiles group. Whorton began his term in May and will impact in the areas of upper limb biomechanics and hold the position for three years. assistive devices.” Whorton has been an active member of AIAA since The goal of his research is to develop methods and technologies that will Associate Professor and Graduate 1987. He is an AIAA fellow, AIAA director for Region II, improve the function of people with upper limb movement disorders. Program Director Kivanc Ekici was recently assigned AIAA TAC Strategic Technologies Committee deputy Crouch’s specific areas of interest include developing computer algorithms to the editorial board of the chair and member, and member of the AIAA New that will enable hand prostheses to move more naturally, reducing loads in Journal Aerospace Science and Initiatives Subcommittee. intact muscles and joints for upper limb prosthesis users, and designing low- Technology, published by Elsevier. Whorton was recently named a University of Alabama cost shoulder exoskeletons to aid movement for people with shoulder pain As an associate editor with 2017 Distinguished Engineering Fellow and weakness. experience in turbomachinery and engine modeling, Ekici was “I hope to bridge the expertise of many faculty in the department to create assigned fourteen submissions something truly innovative and effective,” Crouch said. “I will also work hard to dealing mostly with the numerical help move what I learn or develop toward clinical application so that patients Eastman Assistant Professor modeling of aerospace systems. The journal has seen a can benefit from the research.” of Practice Matthew Young recent surge in submissions. Its impact factor has risen (L) joined Materials Science Some of Crouch’s notable accomplishments include publishing simulation and to 2.07—one of the highest among aerospace journals. and Engineering Lecturer animal model work in well-regarded clinical journals such as the Journal of Hand Chris Wetteland (R)at the Surgery and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery; having his work on infant nerve last spring Mic/Nite hosted injury featured in the October 2014 issue of the surgical society newsletter by the Office of the Provost. AAOS; and developing a new musculoskeletal-model-based controller for hand Professor Bill Hamel received the Charles E. Ferris Young and Wetteland prosthesis that was awarded funding by NSF and DARPA. Faculty Award at the college’s awards dinner in April. spoke about additive The award is given to a faculty member who has a manufacturing and the Crouch holds a bachelor’s in aerospace engineering from North Carolina distinguished record of research and teaching in the State University and a doctorate in biomedical engineering from Wake Forest college’s new Innovation and area of technology advancement and is also involved Collaboration Studio. Mic/Nite is held twice a year to University. Before joining MABE, he worked as a research scientist at NCSU’s in the community. The award was established by the Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Engineering Lab. enhance the intellectual, interdisciplinary, and cultural Knoxville Technical Society to honor Charles Ferris, the life of UT’s faculty and staff. View their presentation at college’s first dean, for his fifty years of service to UT. tiny.utk.edu/ICS.

Trevor M. Moeller, UT Space Institute associate professor and graduate program director, was selected as a faculty fellow by the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Faculty Fellowship Program this past summer. Moeller spent ten weeks working on a research project involving a low-power electric propulsion thruster with his Marshall collaborator, Kurt Polzin. In April, Moeller received the Charles & Julie Wharton Teaching Fellowship Award for superior teaching at the college’s awards dinner.

14 MABE mabe.utk.edu 15 MABE Students Honored at Student Notes Chancellor’s Banquet In April, several MABE students were honored at the yearly Chancellor’s Honors Banquet, hosted for the first time by Chancellor Beverly Davenport. The honors banquet is held each spring to recognize students, faculty, staff, and friends for their extraordinary achievements. Student awardees were: 2017 Extraordinary Academic Achievement Kathryn H. Culhane Joshua Dobbs

2017 Extraordinary Campus Leadership and Service Guru Anand Venkatesan

Design Team Wins Third Place in Student 2017 Extraordinary Professional Promise Competition Aaron L. Anderson-Walker The UT American Society of Mechanical Engineers Seyedreza Djeddi (ASME) Student Design Team won third place in Yasser Ashraf Gandomi ASME’s Student Design Competition, held in April, at Jingke Mo the North America East Engineering Festival (E-Fest) Farshad Salimi Naneh Karan at Tennessee Tech. Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan Each of the 48 competing teams were required to design, construct, and operate a prototype that meets 2017 Scholar Athlete Awards UT Team Finishes Big at EcoCAR 3 Competition the requirements of the problem statement set forth Kathryn Culhane by ASME. UT’s EcoCAR team had their best performance in 20 “The team has seen improvement in all areas of the Joshua Dobbs years at the EcoCAR 3 Year Three competition held competition,” said Irick. “The team has designed and This year’s competition was a Robot Pentathlon, with May 14–20 at General Motors Milford Proving Grounds built a car that is reliable and not unduly complicated, each team’s robot competing in a 10-meter sprint, a 2017 Top Collegiate Scholar Awards in Milford, Michigan, and May 21–25 in Washington, DC. and that was evident at Milford Proving Grounds where tennis ball throw, a golf ball hit, a stair climb, and a Gary Lynn Collins Jr. the team completed all of the events with only two weight lift. This year’s competition asked all 16 teams to integrate issues with loose hose clamps.” their hybrid-electric designs into a 2016 Chevrolet The UT team’s robot did great in all of the events, 2017 Jimmy and Ileen Cheek Graduate Student Medal Camaro. The vehicle had to be more energy-efficient “There is further room for improvement, though. There winning third in the sprint, seventh in the lift, fifth in of Excellence without losing high-performance or safety features. were still four teams ahead of us.” the throw, sixth in the climb, and seventh in the hit. Adding these positions together, they ended up with a Caroline Black Going into the competition, UT was in 6th place based The team wants to be prepared for the Year Four—and total score of 28—only 8 points behind first-place. on pre-competition reports and other deliverables. final—competition of the EcoCAR 3 project, which will be held next spring in Yuma, Arizona, and Los Angeles. The annual competition provides a platform for ASME At the Milford Proving Grounds the team underwent a student members to present their solutions to a range series of 8 vehicle dynamic testing events, garnering 1st The team is already preparing to spend the next year of design problems, from everyday household tasks to in 0–60 acceleration, 1st in 50–70 acceleration, 1st in ride refining the hybrid controls system and the powertrain groundbreaking space exploration. quality, and 2nd in autocross. integration in a few areas as well as additional general Ashraf Gandomi Receives testing and evaluation. Excellence in Graduate After a week of technical, communications, and project Research Award management presentations in DC the team came in UT’s team is composed of 30 students, mostly 5th place overall—a huge accomplishment after having mechanical engineering undergraduates, but PhD student Yasser Ashraf Gandomi placed 13th at last year’s competition. undergraduate and graduate students in BME Design Team Wins EUReCA Awards received the Graduate Student communications, business, and electrical engineering Senate’s (GSS) Excellence in Emily King, communications manager for the UT team, are also part of the team. Ortho Design, a biomedical engineering senior Graduate Research award last spring. received the Spirit of Communications Award, and capstone design team, received two awards for Butch Irick, MABE research professor and the team’s One major aspect of the team’s Year Three their project, Drill Guide Stabilization System for GSS presents this award each year to a graduate faculty advisor, received the Outstanding Faculty performance is that their Camaro is now approved for Acromioclavicular Reconstruction Surgery, at the student who has received national and/or international Advisor Award from the National Science Foundation. on-road testing. So, if you’re driving around the streets Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative recognition in their field and shows professional promise of Knoxville, keep your eyes peeled for an orange- Achievement (EUReCA) event. in their area of research and creative achievement. “We worked with a large support team from the striped white Camaro with a Power T on its hood. Tickle College of Engineering, our team sponsors, and Chances are, it’ll beat you off the line. The team received second place for design in the Gandomi works in the Electrochemical Energy Storage professionals in East Tennessee who lent time and college of engineering category and received a silver and Conversion Laboratory under the direction of his support to our team this year to help us do so well,” Office of Research and Engagement Undergraduate advisor, Matthew Mench. King said. Research Excellence award.

16 MABE mabe.utk.edu 17 Senior Design Showcase April 27 was a big day for MABE seniors—they had the The teams were required to create a poster and have opportunity to show off the projects they had been their finished project on display at the showcase. working on all year at MABE’s second annual Senior Awards were given to the best top three posters and Design Showcase. presentations, as well as a People’s Choice Award that everyone at the event could vote on. Over 400 project sponsors, faculty, staff, and students filled Thompson-Boling Arena to see the 39 team Next year’s showcase is scheduled for April 26, 2018 projects on display. at Thompson-Boling Arena. The department hopes to increase the number of projects next year and have an This year, the students not only worked on projects even larger crowd attend the event. for industry, but also for local non-profit community Mars Ice Challenge Update organizations like Friends of the Smokies and Young- Williams Animal Center. In the previous edition of this magazine, readers were introduced to a team of undergraduate students who Students pose with their poster during the senior design showcase. spent six months designing and building a robotic device to extract water from the large ice deposits Best Poster Best Project believed to exist just below the surface of Mars. The 1st Place 1st Place project was for NASA’s Revolutionary Aerospace Young-Williams Team 1 Young-Williams Team 1 Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Mars Project: Pneumatic Head-to-Lab Guillotine Project: Pneumatic Head-to-Lab Guillotine Ice Challenge. Purpose: To design and develop a device to effectively In June, four of the 21-member student team traveled and efficiently perform the “Head to Lab” procedures 2nd Place with their faculty advisor, Assistant Professor Brett on deceased rabies-infected animals. CHEC(K) Team Compton, to NASA’s Langley Research Center in Team members: Daniel Colburn, William Fredebeil, Project: Fiber Optic Surgical Depth Sensor Hampton, . There, they represented UT as one Alicia Holcomb, and Daniel Stone Purpose: To design a micro-surgical-depth sensor to of only eight teams selected to compete. Faculty advisor: Larry Sharpe assist surgeons during vitreoretinal surgery, specifically during the peeling of the epiretinal membrane, to “Our robot is designed to work similarly to a trencher or road ripper, cutting through overburden with 2nd Place decrease the risk of damage to the retina. chain-mounted teeth and then moving the extracted CALM Solutions Team Team members: Ernest Rivera, Hailey Fisher, overburden away from the extraction site,” explained Project: Jackson-Pratt Bulb “Cap” Christopher Davitt, and Christian Kacar Ethan Vogel, one of the team leaders. Purpose: To create an accessible closure mechanism Faculty advisor: Jeff Reinbolt for a silicone bulb evacuator that prevents accidental After overcoming some unforeseen obstacles, openings at the emptying port to reduce biohazard 3rd Place the team’s robot worked reasonably well and was waste spillage.. Ortho Design Team able to extract water for the judges. Unfortunately, Team members: Luke Calderon, Maggie Fraser, Project: AC Drill Guide their digging unit didn’t have the torque needed to Courtney Getchell, and Allison Nelson Purpose: To design a device that can make holding effectively cut into the wet burden. Faculty advisor: Jeff Reinbolt and controlling drill guides during acromioclavicular Although the team didn’t win, it was a wonderful reconstruction surgery easier, lessen the radiation experience for the students and allowed them to show rd delivered to the patient, and help fatigued surgical staff. 3 Place (Tied) off the engineering and design skills they are learning. ORNL MDF Team Team members: Jake Childs, Jarrod Nachtrab, Austin Hailey Fisher works on her project during the showcase. Project: Tungsten in Gas (TIG) Welding Torch Design Conley, and Jason Seinfield “One of our goals was to demonstrate to NASA for Robotic Welding in Big Area Additive Metals Faculty advisor: Jeff Reinbolt and the professional aerospace community that UT Manufacturing (BAAMM) produces world-class engineering students, and Purpose: To design a TIG torch that is customizable for hopefully help start building the reputation of the integration as the robot welder end effector in BAAMM. People’s Choice college as a top-tier program,” said Vogel. Team members: Jared Bell, Justin Killian, Christopher EcoCAR 3 Team “It was a fantastic experience and everyone learned a Masuo, and Chandler Oakley Project: 2016 Chevrolet Camaro Hybrid Faculty advisor: Bill Hamel lot, met a lot of interesting people—NASA folks and Vehicle Development students on the other teams—and gave it their all,” said Purpose: To develop and integrate hybrid-electric Compton. “I am very proud of this team.” Eastman Team 1 designs that will make the vehicle even more energy- Project: Aeration Column for Eastman efficient without losing the high-performance and The students are evaluating their performance at the Chemical Company safety features Camaro buyers expect. competition and are already preparing for next year’s Purpose: To design an aeration column to test the Team members: Jan Bruckbauer, Aubrey Casey, Cory competition. Elliott, Lucas Lafond, Nicholas McCormick, Ronnie fluidization parameters of various powders Eastman The team is looking for new members, so any McKay, Nick Menning, Zachary Menning, Jonathan Chemical Company purchases and manufactures. engineering student, freshman to post-doc, interested Moore, Patrick Rybak, Ryan Sayne, and Hastin Witt Team members: Caroline Hill, Charles Irvine, Jinzhi in joining the team should email Ethan Vogel at Faculty advisor: Butch Irick Qiao, and Jonathan Trent [email protected]. Faculty advisor: Matthew Young Students show off their virtual reality project.

18 MABE mabe.utk.edu 19 Dean’s List Spring 2017

Summa Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude

Aerospace Engineering Alicia A. Matavosian Daniel J. Colburn Stephen C. Lagutchik Aerospace Engineering Richard H. Estey Aerospace Engineering Curtis A. Haley Teague A. Aarant Mitul N. Mistry Jared J. Colburn Brooks M. Leftwich Daniel S. Allen Nicholas M. Foster Sean M. Darling Nicholas K. Hassler Rekesh M. Ali Bradley S. Moore Austin K. Cole Kenneth G. Ligon Will T. Baskette Robert S. Garibay Skylar D. Jordan Jonathon E. Hicks Benjamin C. Barnhill Chloe P. O’Dell Nicholas R. Collins Katelyn J. Luthi Alexander J. Brown Mac R. Gasque Andrew T. Kirk Luke W. Hudgin Chad Batten Leslie H. Ottinger Gregory M. Corson David M. Marsh Trenton J. Bullman Andrew J. Homan Rion G. Longfellow Imani S. Jackson Emily A. Beckman Sara E. Parker Kathryn H. Culhane Tyler J. Mccubbins Derek A. Cox Dylan O. Hoskins William J. Martindale Patrick V. Jung Camille E. Bergin Herak Patel Adam T. Daniel Landen G. Mcdonald Coleman R. Davis Dalton I. Houser Kevin J. Mathew Hatim K. Kamal Braxton Brakefield Paige F. Paulus Brooke S. Davidson Zachary J. Menning Gabriel C. Hatcher Charles J. Irvine Joshua A. Mohammed Jonathan W. Martin Jared A. Carnes Megan E. Pitz Austin M. Davis Matthew J. Montgomery Seth R. Holladay Fernando Karg Austin P. Springer Matthew E. May Zane Chapman Kimberly S. Presentation Robert K. Davis William J. Morrell Shelby W. Honaker Charles E. Key Jordan C. Stringer Nicholas R. McCormick Gary L. Collins Rachel L. Slappy Edward Deiderich Adam W. Neal David M. Kight Benjamin R. Luffman Christopher W. Violet Chase F. Mcdaniel Caroline H. Cotton Elijah D. Smith Daniel R. Dirscherl Daniel A. Newman Joshua P. Kincaid Jacob T. Maine Gabrel G. Waldrop Guzman Iris Melara Zackery C. Crum Katherine E. Stiles Andrew J. Duncan Zachary B. Nolan Willie N. Parker Christopher J. Masuo Logan D. Williams Zachary C. Nicely Adam C. Dalton Mitchell T. Stockinger Ryan J. Durkee Grayson T. Northern Steven D. Patrick James A. McBroom Maria L. Zemke Bradley T. Peckinpaugh Daniel E. Epperson Joseph Tawfik Adam M. Edwards John M. Painter Caleb H. Peck Robert D. McClendon Jake H. Prophet Samantha N. Golter Andrew J. Tucker Mikayla M. Ehrsam Donald J. Partin Jared E. Pyron Kelsey A. McConachie Biomedical Engineering Matthew T. Puleo Timothy L. Grizzel Gavin L. Warrington Andrew N. Elder James M. Pearce Angus Shaw Thomas B. McDavid Samantha Z. Bratcher Luke Randall Max E. Hackenbrack Hunter M. Woodall Richard S. Emeott Abigail C. Pennington Nathan G. Stover Nicholas R. Menning Kristina M. Bridgwater Holly J. Robbins Hannah M. Hajdik Bryan Z. Fitzsimmons Connor L. Roberts Ethan A. Vogel Erin M. Miller Adam M. Cable Seth L. Rogers Brenton W. Ho Mechanical Engineering James F. Fitzsimmons Sawyer A. Schultz Connor A. Morton John T. Deinhart Richard A. Sample William A. Huffman Jessica K. Adams Christopher J. Fowler Jared S. Shaffer Biomedical Engineering Jacob N. Nagy Kara L. Delbridge Ryan C. Savery Cole R. Keck Leyton A. Adams William J. Fredebeil Dustin V. Shults Evalynn C. Borrego Tyler J. Newsom Kyle M. Elich Ryan A. Sayne Ryan E. Kelly Collins L. Alexander Henry V. Gilbert Logan T. Sissom William Z. Clayton Joseph Nixon Celvin L. Fouse Austin M. Schmidle Ethan Long Abdualrhman S. Almaflah Brandon J. Glover Rebecca C. Sphar Lauren A. Crothers Chandler M. Oakley Jade N. Hestand Maximilian Smith Jacob A. McCoy Alexander W. Arbogast Joseph C. Goble John P. Spires Cameron A. Goodman Jenny P. Patel Joshua S. Key Tyler C. Smith Gillian S. McGlothin Keith S. Arnwine Conner W. Godbold Thao N. Strong Trenton J. Hinson Nisarg B. Patel Matthew D. Lamsey Terry L. Stewart Michelle E. McNamara Harrison C. Barrett Grayson D. Gregory Samuel C. Swayne Justin R. Kilmarx Tyler N. Patterson Colin M. Mann Shane C. Wood Matthew F. McVey Andrew L. Bennett Jacob N. Groothuis William R. Thompson Lakin B. Light Landon J. Pauls John C. McDearman Connor J. Zabo Daniel A. Perling Jacqueline O. Berger Clark A. Hall John F. Thress Brittani A. Lopez Celeste A. Pelletier Daniel C. Nalepa Chapel R. Rice Connor J. Bihlmeyer Justin H. Harmon Zachary K. Timm Andrew Miller John A. Perryman Hannah N. Olsen Travis S. Roock Nathan T. Bingham Elissa L. Heckman Dylan C. Townson Julia M. Morss Daniel B. Ramsey Debra R. Sagmiller Matthew J. Schwartz James D. Blanks Rebekah F. Henderson Parker E. Trulove Jarrod K. Nachtrab Matthew G. Rumbolt Jason S. Seinfeld Stewart R. Whaley Bradley M. Bloedorn Sarah R. Higginbotham Caleb D. Walker Allison J. Nelson Vincent K. Runyan William D. Wisdom Georgiana S. Blue Caroline M. Hill James Walsh Amanda N. Randolph Kiel T. Russell Mechanical Engineering Arianna Worthy Nathaniel C. Brandt William M. Holmes Nathan S. Ware Curtis T. Schunk Patrick T. Rybak Alwalid Aljuaid Joseph T. Wray Carter W. Breeding Jacob M. Hromi Matthew R. Weathers Lauren A. Smith Joshua Smith Nicholas A. Bales Jeffrey B. Zajkowski Stephen E. Brennan Brandon J. Hunt Ethan T. Weaver Dan D. Stedham Yuvraj M. Sriram Robert M. Bohn Erin Brown Victoria E. Idem Jesse M. Wilson Carli M. Stewart Neal A. Stehling Leegan M. Boudreau Biomedical Engineering Jan T. Bruckbauer Henry I. Iduoze Trenton B. Yount Joseph M. Stockli Mallory N. Bowers Sara B. Aboeleneen Michael J. Buckley Benjamin D. Jacob Mechanical Engineering William C. Tourville Seth E. Bowers Ifedayo A. Akinduro Laura M. Burke Nabeel I. Jaser Gabriel S. Abbu Jonathan T. Trent Connor G. Britton Olufunke T. Anjonrin-Ohu Jesse Butler Treavor C. Johnson Jacob B. Aljundi Steven C. Trimble Matthew C. Cagle Taylor A. Berger Rory M. Butler Bethany D. Jones Ahmed Alyousef Cameron N. Tuck Robert L. Carlton Austin Conley William C. Buttrey Taylor W. Jordan Alix J. Ambrose Joseph K. Warner Riley A. Chambers William P. Davis Austin R. Cain Michael B. Keesee Shafer L. Beary Samuel A. Webster John Champlin Simran Dayal Joseph A. Camacho Christopher R. Kelly Benjamin A. Brannum Jonathan H. West Davis C. Cole Sarah Enani Ryan M. Carter Justin T. Killian William T. Bright Jackson K. Wilt Malik A. Crutchfield Jordan A. Failla Courtney T. Cartwright Rebecca H. Kimberlin Steven B. Campbell Eric S. Wise Nicklaus W. Curtis Hailey M. Fisher Dakota Cauthen Benjamin R. Kinga Timothy A. Campbell Matthew C. Yarbrough Sierra N. Ellis Margaret A. Fraser Wilton M. Chapman Hunter D. Kissner Amy L. Carpenetti Eric G. Evans Emily C. Gable Kangmin Cheng Kelsey N. Klett Joseph B. Chong William C. Fair Lauren T. Jennings Jake A. Childs Kurtis A. Kuipers Mcgavock L. Crawford Jacob G. Fowler Kaleb S. King Jia Rong Chong Lucas A. Lafond Zackery R. Crystal Mitchel T. Haendel Lindsey M. Kirk Eric Clark Mariah R. Lafond Lucas R. Despins Michael P. Haines

20 MABE mabe.utk.edu 21 MABE Student-Athletes Brow Returns to UT to Lead New Program MABE alumna Mary Brow has returned to her alma “With the growing mater to head up the new Integrated Business and responsibilities I had in those Engineering Program (IBEP), a cross-discipline positions, it became clear that learning experience for undergraduate students in knowing the engineering side business and engineering. of the equation wasn’t enough if I wanted to make a true The Tickle College of Engineering and Haslam College impact on the company. This of Business are partnering on the program, which real-world experience has a launched this fall. Selected students will learn how to direct correlation to knowing apply engineering processes in a business setting. what to include in IBEP.” As director, Brow’s responsibilities include building the Brow envisions the program curriculum by developing program-specific courses, helping students understand scheduling co-curricular activities, pairing students how companies work above with companies for summer internships, and raising and beyond engineering roles, equipping them Darryl Harris Nicholas Hassler awareness about the program both on and off campus. with the skills to communicate with non-engineers, Aerospace Engineering Mechanical Engineering Brow received her bachelor’s degree in biomedical teaching them how to consider aspects of problem solving in addition to traditional science, and building Track & Field Track & Field engineering in 2007 and graduated from the Professional MBA Program in the Haslam College of professionalism. Business in 2016. She is excited to be back at UT and Brow welcomes the opportunity to speak to anyone leading the program. interested in the program. “It feels great to be working with the two colleges I “Alumni participation in this program will be extremely received degrees from,” Brow said. “It is really nice to valuable. If you are interested in participating as a be familiar with the curriculum, campus, and faculty speaker, mentor, providing internships, hosting site and staff.” visits, or any other way, please contact me.” Before joining UT, Brow worked in the medical Brow can be reached at [email protected] or by device industry for over 10 years, starting out as phone at 865-974-2454. a development engineer and then advancing to management positions.

Brandon Hines Adam Johnston Dobbs Drafted by Steelers Biomedical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Joshua Dobbs, who received a lot of attention for being an aerospace engineering major and wanting to build airplanes, Football Track & Field has put his engineering career plans on hold for now. Instead, he will be playing football for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The former UT quarterback was the 29th pick during the fourth round of the NFL draft and signed a four-year rookie contract with the Steelers. He was one of six UT players to be drafted this year and the first UT quarterback to be selected since Jonathan Compton in 2010.

In Memoriam MABE graduate and Hall of Fame member Richard “Dick” Rosenberg (’54) died on August 26, 2017, in San Diego at the age of 90. Rosenberg was one of the first four Timothy Raab Redmond Walsh inductees in the department’s Hall of Fame. His legacy Mechanical Engineering Honors Aerospace Engineering will continue in MABE through the Richard Rosenberg Professorship in Mechanical Engineering, which was Swimming & Diving Baseball established in his honor in 2015. Rosenberg leaves behind his wife Esther and three daughters. Parker Kaye Mechanical Engineering Swimming & Diving (not pictured)

22 MABE mabe.utk.edu 23 Send Us Your Photos Do you have any photographs from your time at UT as a student? If so, we’d love for you to share them with us. MABE is collecting old photos of research projects, lab and classroom spaces, students, faculty, staff, and campus. Please send digital copies [email protected] . We look forward to rediscovering our past with your help! Photo Gallery The MABE Board of Advisors held their annual meeting in the spring. In the photo are (l-r) Sam Dougherty, Lee Martin, Jim Tevepaugh, Carol Tevepaugh, Matthew Mench, Jim Gray, Johney Green Jr., and Robert Wagner.

As an outreach project, the Graduate Association of MABE Engineers hosted students from John Haye Elementary. Students toured research labs and watched some really cool demonstrations.

Assistant Professor Reza Abiri Join Matthew. Join the Journey. hosted faculty and students from the University of Saint Thomas and gave them a tour of the Electrochemical Energy Storage Without this funding, I would not have been able to further and Conversion Laboratory. the Advanced Manufacturing Makerlab. Thank you for your In the photo are (l-r) MABE Research Assistant Professor support. It is a pleasure to be able to invest in the lives of Doug Aaron, University of Saint Thomas Assistant Professor future engineers.” Katherine Acton and Professor “ Sarah Baxter, visiting students, – Matthew Young, Eastman Assistant Professor of Practice MABE graduate student Philip Clarke, and Abiri.

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