Ever since he was little, Ian Tidwell has loved space. After high school, he decided that he wanted to go to space himself. When the opportunity to intern for NASA appeared in the spring of 2023, Tidwell, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, jumped at the chance. He traveled to the Johnson Space Center in Houston to work in field operations as part of a team creating screen displays for ground control.
MOCS Innovate! mini-grants take faculty inventions one step closer to commercialization
Four faculty projects are recipients of the MOCS Innovate! award, a $5,000 grant from a seed fund established by Dr. Thomas Lyons, the Clarence E. Harris Chair of Excellence in Entrepreneurship in the Gary W. Rollins College of Business, and Jennifer Skjellum, the commercialization counselor from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.
UTC transfer student highlights the power of partnerships
A lot of people want to get done with school ASAP. Few will ever be as swift as transfer student Katie Luck, who’s set to graduate from UTC this summer just shy of her 19th birthday. Lucks’s educational sprint through UTC’s new 12-month Bachelor of Applied Science: Information Technology in Cybersecurity (BAS-IT CyS) showcases the power and potential of the transfer-student path.
Networking for success: UTC connects University High students with Chattanooga professionals
On March 7, University High students talked with mentors from various Chattanooga-area employers as part of the inaugural University High Speed Mentoring Night.
ROAD MAP to health care for rural seniors
Older adults living in rural Tennessee counties are at a higher risk for developing chronic diseases, cognitive disorders and poor health outcomes due to a lack of access to health care, continuity of treatment and resources. A grant awarded to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga School of Nursing aims to mitigate those risks by delivering health care and social services professionals to rural communities.
UTC engineering group participates in “Read Across America Week” event at Orchard Knob Elementary
Four members of the UTC College of Engineering and Computer Science—Dr. Murat Barisik, Dr. Sandra Affare and graduate research assistants Ege Can Ek and Atal Bhowmik from the Mechanical Engineering Department’s Nano-Engineering Research Group—visited Orchard Knob Elementary School on Friday, March 8, as part of “Read Across America Week.” The four read “Horton Hears a Who!” and participated in interactive activities and demonstrations to explore size and scale with the K-5 students.
Trousdale School and UTC music therapy students harmonize with engaging activity swap
Rhythmic sounds of drums, maracas, shakers, tambourines and jingle bells rang out in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Fine Arts Center on Friday, March 8.
Fueling innovation and STEM exploration: UTC hosts Chattanooga Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Over 100 local middle and high school students presented their projects for the Chattanooga Regional Science and Engineering Fair (CRSEF) in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Maclellan Gym on Wednesday, March 6.
‘It was meant for me to be here,’ says ChattState-to-UTC transfer
On Tuesday, March 19, UTC staff, faculty and students will be hitting the road and making the six-mile trek to Chattanooga State Community College for the latest Power C Tour event—an outreach effort to prospective students about educational opportunities at UTC.
Capturing the moment: A night of stellar photography
Students, staff, faculty and community members attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s 8th annual Photo Night on Wednesday, March 6, in the UTC Fine Arts Center’s Roland Hayes Concert Hall. Photo Night was hosted by the Department of Communication.