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Vol. XVI • Issue 1 • Fall 2011 A Newsletter for Alumni and Friends of the UT College of Engineering

Construction Starts on John Tickle Engineering Building

Construction on the John Tickle Engineering Building began on July 29, 2011. Messer Construction is responsible for building the facility and Grieves and Associates are the architects. The building is currently projected to be substantially completed in 20 months, by the end of March 2013, which will enable academic activities to begin in the building by the Fall 2013 semester.

Associate Dean Bill Dunne was very pleased to learn about this completion timeline.

“We are fortunate that the construction contractors, Messer, believe that they can substantially complete the project four months sooner for the end of March 2013, because we will be able to put the building in service one semester earlier,” Dunne said. “This timeline also provides a great opportunity for us to feature the building to our college alumni and friends during events around the home football games of fall 2013.”

After completion, the building will house the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering on the first four floors and the

Department of Industrial and Information Engineering on the fifth floor.

Along with the completion of the Min H. Kao Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building, which is scheduled in September of 2011 with move-in beginning in October, the Tickle building will provide much-needed expansion space for the college.

The $23.1 million new Tickle facility is made possible through major private support from John Tickle, an industrial engineering alumnus and the chairman of Strongwell Corporation, and his wife Ann, and public funding from the State of Tennessee. Additional gifts from Chad (BS/IE ’70) and Ann Holliday (BS/CCI ’70), Jim Gibson (BS/IE ‘71) and Eric Zeanah (BS/IE ’84) as well as from the chancellor’s office have created a true public/private partnership for the new building.

For more information on the John Tickle Engineering Building, or to view the construction first-hand on webcam, visit http://www.engr.utk.edu/tickle/index.html.

COE Names Two New Department HeadsThe University of Tennessee College of Engineering (COE) has announced the hiring of two new department heads in the nuclear engineering and materials science departments.

Dr. J. Wesley Hines, the current interim vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and a nuclear engineering professor, has been appointed head of the UT Knoxville Department of Nuclear Engineering (NE).

Hines will assume the department head role on or before January 1, 2012, once the university has concluded a successful national search for a permanent vice chancellor for research. Hines was named the interim vice chancellor for research in 2010. He previously served as the interim associate dean for research and technology for the COE from 2008 to 2009.

Hines attended the Naval Nuclear Power School in Orlando, Florida in 1986 and worked as a U.S. Naval Officer on naval nuclear submarines from 1987 to 1990. He started his career at UT Knoxville in the nuclear engineering department in 1995 as a research assistant professor. In 2005, Hines was promoted to professor in the nuclear engineering department.

Hines has earned numerous recognitions from the university and the COE, including the

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Dr. Kurt Sickafus

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Chancellor’s Research Award in 2007, the COE Research Fellow Award in 2006 and 2009, the Moses E. and Mayme Brooks Distinguished Professor Award in 2005, the COE Teaching Fellow Award in 2005, and the Allen & Hoshall Engineering Faculty Award in 2002.

Hines’ research areas include applied artificial intelligence, surveillance and diagnostics, instrumentation and controls, modeling and simulation and maintenance and reliability engineering. He currently serves as the director of the college’s Reliability and Maintainability Engineering Program, which offers an interdepartmental M.S. degree in reliability and maintainability engineering through a joint relationship between the engineering college and the Department of Statistics, Operations and Management Science.

Hines will succeed H.L. (Lee) Dodds, who will continue as department head until the vice chancellor search is successfully concluded. Dodds, who has been a nuclear engineering faculty member for thirty-five years—including fifteen years serving as the nuclear engineering department head—plans to retire December 31, 2011. The nuclear engineering department is currently ranked ninth in the nation by U.S. News and World Report and has experienced dramatic increases in enrollment due to renewed interest in the nuclear engineering profession.

“We have grown extensively in terms of students, faculty and research over the last five years,” Hines said. “Our faculty has doubled in size and our research has tripled. We are currently constrained in terms of space and support services, but a plan is in place and we will be receiving 5,000 square feet of additional space and an additional support person within the next six months. These resources will remove the bottleneck and allow us to continue our growth in academic productivity.”

“The NE department has achieved a number 9 national ranking (number 8 among public universities) from initially being unranked, and we’ve become the third largest nuclear engineering program in the U.S.,” Dodds commented. “We’ve also had a very successful long-term relationship with ORNL for over 35 years. These accomplishments are due entirely to the hard work of our faculty, staff and students.”

Hines said his tenure as Interim Vice Chancellor for Research has provided opportunities to collaborate with ORNL, Y-12, EPRI and other important partners.

“I have learned a great deal about their strategic goals and see how to more effectively align with them to grow our research enterprise,” Hines added. “With limited state resources for near term growth in terms of faculty and facilities, strengthening these strategic partnerships enables us to work

with their scientists and utilize their facilities. Leading the Top 25 Research initiative has given me the opportunity to understand the campus goals and work with faculty and administrators at all levels to put plans in place to achieve these goals. This experience of strategic planning and implementation will be directly applicable to the departmental level.”

Hines received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Ohio University, Athens, in 1985, an M.S. in nuclear engineering and an M.B.A. from Ohio State University in 1992 and a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Ohio State University in 1994.

Dr. Kurt Sickafus, former Project Leader at Los Alamos National Laboratory, has been named as the Alvin and Sally Beaman Professor and Head of the University of Tennessee (UT) Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), effective August 1, 2011.

Sickafus has been associated with Los Alamos since 1989. He was a part-time faculty member at the University of New Mexico Extended University-Los Alamos Center. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 publications and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Los Alamos National Laboratory Distinguished Mentor Performance Award and the Los Alamos National Laboratory 2001 Fellows Prize. He was named as a Fellow of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2008.

Sickafus received his B.A. in physics and mathematics from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1978. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in materials science and engineering from Cornell University in 1981 and 1985, respectively.

Sickafus is a member of the advisory editorial board of the Journal of Nuclear Materials.

Research areas for Sickafus include the behavior of complex oxides in extreme radiation environments.

Sickafus succeeded Dr. George Pharr, a UT Chancellor’s Professor who served as both MSE department head and director of the Joint Institute for Advanced Materials (JIAM). Pharr stepped down as department head on August 1, 2011, to take on full-time duties at JIAM, a joint UT-ORNL institute for advanced materials multidisciplinary research. Construction on the new JIAM building, which is being built on the university’s Cherokee Farm Campus, is expected to commence later in 2011.

“The primary role of the JIAM Director is to bring together UT and ORNL scientists in a way that fosters advanced materials research in a multidisciplinary way. We are fortunate to have a large number of very capable materials researchers in this area, largely because ORNL is the leading DOE laboratory for advanced materials research. At UT, we have many very capable faculty with

materials research expertise distributed through several engineering departments and in physics and chemistry,” Pharr said. “We are all waiting for ground to be broken on the new JIAM Building, which will be the flagship facility on the new Cherokee Farm Campus. Plans for the building are now complete and awaiting approval at the state fire marshall’s office. Once that approval is in place, the construction bidding process will begin and take a couple of months. Hopefully, the building should be ready for occupancy in mid-to-late 2013.”

Sickafus has high expectations about the potential to interact with Pharr and other researchers in the JIAM program.

“I look forward to working closely with George and to helping position MSE to be a major player in JIAM,” Sickafus commented. “I hope that MSE faculty and students will take advantage of this unique program, especially the new cutting-edge facilities and equipment that will be located in the building and will facilitate new interdisciplinary research collaborations with the other departments participating in JIAM.”

He is also excited about the opportunity to head up the MSE department.

“The Los Alamos research experience that I had involved working on fairly large research teams,” Sickafus said. “I believe this background will help me to lead large, ‘center-based’ research proposals. My sense is that university faculty more typically write small team research proposals. One of my roles will be to help with the larger, crosscutting proposals. I also hope to mentor successfully the next generation of scientists and engineers and encourage many of them to embark on careers in disciplines such as materials science. I would like to recruit many new undergraduate students into the MSE department, and I want to foster diversity in our MSE faculty and help make UT a leading research institute in advanced energy technologies.”

“I have known Kurt for a long time and am very happy to see him come to UT after 20+ years of research and scientific leadership at Los Alamos,” Pharr said. “I have always felt that Kurt belonged in academia based on the very instructive and educational talks he gives at conferences. I expect under his leadership the growth in research funding in the MSE department will continue in the near future, since there have been several important recent additions to the faculty who are still coming up to speed on their research programs.”

The MSE department is scheduled to move to Ferris Hall in 2012 after the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science moves its laboratories, offices and classrooms from their current location in that building to the new Min H. Kao Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building in the fall of this year.

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From the Dean’s Desk

I am writing this letter the day before the start of the FY12 fall semester and reflecting on semesters past. University enrollment has remained at approximately 27,500 students for many years. However, our college has grown significantly in both size and quality. Eight years ago, engineering students were 8% of the UTK student population. Three years ago that figure was 10% and last fall engineering students comprised about 3,250 students—nearly 12% of the total UTK student population. Last year’s engineering enrollment included a 30% increase in the freshman class. This year’s new student enrollment is about the same, so growth will continue in our sophomore, junior and senior classes for some time to come. We also had a 25% increase in the number of Ph.D. students last fall, an increase that is likely to be maintained for this new academic year, as our faculty continue to be very successful in obtaining external funding.

This week’s freshman engineering students enter with an average high school GPA of 4.0 and an average math ACT score of 30.5—also a new high! The growth over the last three years has occurred in a period when the university’s budget was reduced by about 30%. Our growth, in large part, has been sustained by the diligence, hard work and increased efforts of our faculty and staff and by the philanthropic support of friends and alumni.

Those philanthropic efforts have resulted in the Min Kao and Tickle buildings (for webcam progress and information visit http://www.engr.utk.edu/). But beyond those tremendous gifts are several thousand other individuals and companies whose combined giving makes a real difference. Endowments for the Jerry E. Stoneking engage™ program enable us to advance first-year engineering education. Faculty endowments have given us the ability

to recognize exceptional achievement and keep some of our excellent professors at Tennessee. Naming rooms in several of our buildings offers us the opportunity to recognize donors and also builds departmental endowments.

As I think back on my own education, I am keenly aware of the faculty and alumni who provided me the opportunity for higher education. My undergraduate degree was financed in part by a four-year Alumni Scholarship. I still contribute to that university on an annual basis, because without the philanthropy of the alumni who created that scholarship, I would never have been able to complete my degree. My graduate education was funded by graduate research assistantships that were a direct result of faculty efforts in securing externally funded grants and contracts. Today, 25% of our undergraduate students receive scholarships funded by friends and alumni and the majority of our graduate students are on graduate teaching or research assistantships. Clearly we, as alumni, are indebted to those who have come before us and contributed to the college’s success through support of the college’s programs.

As I reflect back on what an engineering education means to those of us fortunate enough to have had this rigor, I am so grateful for the generosity of many who make it possible. I am also challenged by a simple fact–only about 12% of our College of Engineering alumni give back to their university on an annual basis and only 40% of those give to one of our college programs. I issue the challenge to all of our alumni and friends to help us educate the next generation of engineering leaders.

Dr. Wayne Davis

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Dr. Larry Townsend

Dr. Christopher Cherry

Dr. Veerle Keppens

Dr. Wei He

Nuclear Engineering Faculty Member is Chancellor’s Professor

COE Faculty Members Receive NSF CAREER Awards

Dr. Veerle Keppens Elected ASA Fellow

Dr. Benjamin Blalock, associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) said it was the “twinkle” in his father’s eye that contributed to his passion for engineering.

Blalock’s father was a University of Tennessee (UT) engineering professor, so he remembers the stories his dad would share at the dinner table after Blalock’s mother asked about his day at work.

“His enthusiasm was contagious,” Blalock said. “His eyes would light up, and he would describe his latest research progress or something significant one of his students had recently achieved.”

His father’s excitement for engineering, coupled with the enjoyment Blalock received as a teaching assistant in the undergraduate electronics lab as a senior electrical engineering student at UT, opened his eyes to the possibility of becoming an engineering professor.

“This made me realize that I would truly enjoy teaching electronics and working with students,” Blalock said. “Ultimately it confirmed my decision to pursue a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and a career in academia.”

Blalock received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from UT in 1991, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, also in electrical engineering, from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1993 and 1996, respectively. He then joined the faculty at Mississippi State University as an assistant professor in electrical engineering.

What attracted him to UT was its strong legacy in analog electronics.

“Coming to UT represented a unique challenge to perpetuate that legacy,” Blalock said. “I was attracted to the strengths of the EECS department, both in teaching and research. You always want to surround yourself with strong individuals, as they will challenge you to keep growing. And admittedly, as a UT undergraduate alumnus, I have a soft spot for UT. I have always appreciated the foundation my teachers at UT provided.”

Blalock is the director for the Integrated Circuits and Systems Laboratory (ICASL), where much of his research takes place.

“My research focus is primarily analog/mixed-signal integrated circuit design for extreme environments (both wide temperature and radiation) on CMOS, SOI CMOS and SiGe BiCMOS technology platforms; high-temperature/high-voltage gate drive circuits for power electronics; multi-channel monolithic instrumentation systems; mixed-signal/mixed-voltage circuit design for systems-on-a-chip; and analog circuit techniques for sub 100-nm CMOS,” Blalock said.

One of the ICASL’s recent accomplishments is its quad op amp microchip for the NASA and

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Rover. This analog chip has been flight qualified by the JPL. More than 200 copies of the chip are used throughout the MSL Rover.

“This long-range rover is due to be launched to Mars in the near future,” Blalock said. “Developed within the ICASL, the quad op amp microchip is capable of enduring daily extreme temperatures cycling from minus 140 degrees Celsius to 120 degrees Celsius for at least 500 days, which is the MSL Rover’s mission life target.”

To meet this challenge, two of Blalock’s ICASL research students, Stephen Terry and Robert Greenwell, developed new analog design techniques and strategies to ensure long-term reliability within extreme environments.

In the classroom, Blalock says he hopes to instill a strong understanding of fundamental concepts and principles and sufficient self-confidence in applying them toward problem solving.

“I hope my students will have the tools they need to tackle new analytical challenges throughout their careers,” Blalock said. “This is part of the reason why my electronics colleagues and I believe strongly in a project-oriented curriculum with open labs for specification-driven hardware design, development and testing, rather than curriculum with cookbook recipe-style laboratory exercises.”

Blalock says working with students remains at the top of his list when it comes to his job.

“I genuinely think it is fun to teach electronics and enjoy an interactive classroom,” Blalock said. “A colleague of mine once said, ‘I teach for free, but they must pay me to grade.’ I wholeheartedly agree with that statement.”

Blalock enjoys working with students through research, too.

“For me, most of ‘academic freedom’ is the freedom to pursue research you find exciting and/or beneficial to the students on your research team,” Blalock said. “I have been fortunate that most of the research my team has conducted has provided valuable experience for the students prior to graduation. Research is an important aspect of the educational process, both for students and faculty.”

The students and faculty will soon continue that research in the new Min H. Kao Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building, which is projected to be finished and turned over to the university in September. The EECS department is scheduled to migrate its offices and labs into the building after the start of 2012.

“The new building will help us expand our research efforts,” Blalock said. “And our teaching efforts should benefit from the new classrooms. The new building certainly represents an unprecedented opportunity for our department and college. My hope for the EECS department is that we would fully capitalize on this new opportunity toward providing a world-class program for our students.”

Blalock has received many awards while at UT, including his recent 2011 College of Engineering Teaching Fellow Award. In 2009, he received the Gonzales Family Award for Excellence in Teaching, and in 2007, he received both the Moses E. and Mayme Brooks Distinguished Professor Award and the Chancellor’s Research and Creative Achievement Award.

When he’s not in the lab or the classroom, Blalock enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons. As an assistant scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 179, he recently completed a 10-night, 68-mile backpacking trek at Philmont Scout Ranch in northeastern New Mexico.

Dr. Benjamin Blalock, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Dr. Veerle Keppens, associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), has been elected a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) “for the application of ultrasonics to condensed matter physics.”

Keppens’ research focuses on using ultrasound to understand fundamental properties of materials. She has co-organized special sessions at the ASA meetings and given lectures at the Physical Acoustics Summer School (PASS) the past few years.

Keppens will be featured in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and honored at a meeting in San Diego in November of this year.

The ASA is dedicated to increasing and diffusing the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications.

Dr. Christopher Cherry, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), and Dr. Wei He, an assistant professor in both the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering (MABE), have received National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards.

Cherry’s award, which he received for his project, “Sustainability Implications of Transportation Choice in China,” is effective from April 1, 2011, until March 31, 2016.

He’s award, which she received for her project, “Immunologically Responsive Therapeutic Biomaterials to Modulate Wound Healing in the Nervous Systems: An Integrated Research and Education Plan,” is effective from Aug. 1, 2011, until July 31, 2016.

The CAREER award is one of the NSF’s most prestigious, supporting junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.

In April 2011, Chancellor Jimmy Cheek named Dr. Larry Townsend, Robert M. Condra Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering (NE), as one of the five senior faculty members who make up the new class of Chancellor’s Professors. This is the university’s highest permanent academic honor.

Townsend’s work in space radiation protection and transport codes has been used by NASA’s Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER) project team, part of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft and by the NASA Space Radiation Analysis Group, which handles radiation exposure monitoring for astronauts on manned space missions. Townsend was a senior research scientist and radiation expert at NASA before coming to UT and recently has been an expert source for the media on radiation sickness symptoms in light of the nuclear crisis in Japan.

The Chancellor’s Professors program began in 2008 and provides honorees with a one-time research stipend of $20,000. For more information on the program, please visit http://chancellor.utk.edu/professors/.

Dr. Ben Blalock (left) works with students Matt Laurence (center) and Austin Womac (right) in his ICASL laboratory.


“This week really made me like math,” a student from Farragut said. “I really felt close to everyone here, and it made me focus on what I want to do in college.”

Another student from Soddy-Daisy said, “I learned about all the different types of engineering. I had a blast! Thanks to Bechtel and UT for allowing us to come out here.”

Dr. Richard Bennett, Director of the Engineering Fundamentals Division, then presented the Engineering Project Awards, which was followed by a project presentation from the winning group.

Most Outstanding Engineering Project Brandon Hambrick, Amber Nixon and Torre Ford

Dr. Masood Parang, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, concluded the event.

These student teams competed for honors and recognition in design excellence, competitive play, sportsmanship and outreach toward schools, area businesses and communities.

This year, the Hawks of Hardin Valley Academy took the Rookie All Star Award and the Highest Rookie Seed Award and advanced to the championship held in St. Louis, Mo. The Robowolves from Cordova High School in Memphis took the Judges Award, and the Webb School of Knoxville student, Ishi Keenum, was awarded as a FIRST Dean’s List finalist. The Seymour High School team took home the Rookie Inspiration Award.

LJ Robinson, the Tennessee FIRST Regional Director, was recently appointed to this position to develop the supportive committees and infrastructure of Tennessee’s annual Smoky Mountains Regional event, as well as to procure the financial support for its fruition. Robinson handles team recruitment, mentor training, networking sponsorship for team support and coordination of FIRST’s programs.

FIRST was founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen to inspire participation in science and technology among young people. COE alumnus Bryan Haynes (BS/AE ’85, MS/AE ’87, PhD/ME ’91), senior manager for research and engineering at Kimberly-Clark Corporation, and his wife, Connie, the FIRST regional director in Georgia, were instrumental in bringing the program to Knoxville. Connie Haynes believes FIRST has an incredible impact on students.

“The FIRST program does two things for these students,” she said. “It reinforces what they want to be, and it changes their minds on what they can be.”

COE Sponsors 2011 Smoky Mountains Regional FIRST Robotics Competition

COE Hosts the High School Introduction to Engineering Systems Program (HITES)

IIE Shares Summer Program with Tecnológico de Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

The University of Tennessee took home 1st place at the 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Southeast Student Conference hosted by Tennessee Tech University on March 25-26. Approximately 50 undergraduate students from UT’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) took part in 15 competitions and prepared for these events most of the academic year. These competitions are designed to explore student creative thinking in extending academic knowledge to solving practical civil and environmental engineering problems.

“This is a significant accomplishment for our department and the College of Engineering (COE),” said Dr. Dayakar Penumadu, CEE department head. “We competed successfully and won against 26 participating universities such as Florida, Vanderbilt, Auburn, etc. Many of our faculty and staff were involved in helping the student groups on related competitions. They provide an excellent opportunity to integrate classroom knowledge to practical aspects of our profession.”

The event takes place every year, and the last time UT brought home the first place overall trophy was in 2005. The UT conference chair was Marianne Hutson, and the faculty advisor was Dr. John Ma.

Each year, UT invites Tongji University (Shanghai, China) to compete in the competition. The university’s students flew into Knoxville and traveled to Cookeville with UT students. Tongji University took home 3rd place at the overall event. Drs. Baoshan Huang, Lee Han, Greg Reed and Ma were instrumental in developing this international partnership with Tongji over the past five years.

Following is a list of individual UT awards with the respective captains:

• Concrete Cubes – 1st: Patrick O’Leary

• Mystery Competition – 1st: Caleb Williams

Participants at the FIRST Robitics event

HITES participants build the Marshmallow Catapult.

HITES participants collaborate on building musical instruments.

Director of Engineering Diversity Programs Travis Griffin (far left) and Senior Vice President of Bechtel John Howanitz (far right) with HITES participants.

Dr. Dayakar Penumadu (fifth from right) and Dr. John Ma (third from left) celebrate with ASCE students from UT and Tongji University.

The University of Tennessee (UT) College of Engineering (COE), along with several other companies, sponsored the 2011 Smoky Mountains Regional: FIRST Robotics Competition at the Knoxville Convention Center March 31 through April 2, 2011. Forty-six robotic teams from 14 states were in attendance.

The FIRST Robotics Competition is a long-standing challenge to inspire curiosity and create interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics among high school students. Each year, the teams receive a kit of parts and have six weeks to design and build a robot based on the team’s interpretation of the game scenario provided by FIRST. Besides dimension and weight restrictions, the look and function of the robots are up to each individual team.

This year’s game was “LOGO MOTION.” Two alliances of three teams competed on a 27-by-54-foot field with poles while attempting to earn points by hanging as many triangle, circle and square logo pieces as possible. Bonus points were earned for each robot that could hang and assemble logo pieces to form the FIRST logo. Robots also deployed mini-bots that climbed vertical poles for a chance to earn additional points.

The College of Engineering (COE) hosted its annual High School Introduction to Engineering Systems (HITES) program on July 24-29, 2011, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The program, which was sponsored by Bechtel Corporation, provides hands-on learning experiences designed to motivate students who have the interest and aptitude to consider careers in engineering.

The rising 11th and 12th graders participated in an introduction of engineering fundamentals, application of math and science classes, engineering departmental visits and were able to collaborate on team projects. The program allows students to learn about careers in engineering, explore the UTK campus, tour engineering labs and facilities, compete in engineering challenges and have the opportunity to jumpstart their academic careers.

The Department of Industrial and Information Engineering (IIE) at

the University of Tennessee has helped companies within the renovation process by applying the right tools for the right processes and helping them to develop a sustainable culture. Based on that experience, IIE developed a program created specifically for students from Tecnológico

(Left to right) Walt Haverstein, COE Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs Masood Parang, COE Dean Wayne Davis and Dean Kamen at the FIRST Robotics Competition.

de Monterrey, that focuses on the development of comprehensive experience in the Lean methodology and its applications. The concept of Lean has emerged as a feasible solution to transform organizations, gaining competitiveness by the wise use of available resources.

Along with the coursework, students in the program, which began May 30th with 20 students on the UT campus from June 4th through July

1st, were able to apply the concepts in a real-life situation, working on a project with the help of the faculty and research staff at the department. The experience offered an excellent instruction, a hands-on practice project to ensure the learning process, and a cultural-recreational experience to let them have a taste of the American college life for the participants. IIE hopes to expand the program to other international academic institutions in the future.

• Environmental Competition – 1st: Melissa MeKenzie and Reese DeBlois

• Surveying Competition – 2nd: Logan Johnson

• T-shirt Design – 2nd: Amanda Cruzen

• Transportation Competition – 2nd: Wesley Stokes

UT’s steel bridge team, led by Chris Haynes and Matt Hart, won 3rd place overall, which qualified them to participate in the 2011 ASCE/AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition hosted by Texas A&M on May 20-21. The primary sponsor and co-sponsor of the event were the American Institute of Steel Construction and ASCE, respectively.

The opportunity for as many team members as possible to make the trip in order to represent the COE at a national competition was important to Ma. With roughly a month between competitions, he began seeking sponsors for the trip. The Knoxville branch of ASCE has been very supportive of the student chapter over the years and decided to step in and help, which resulted in lead sponsorship. Representatives from this branch agreed it was a “natural response” to support its future members. In addition to ASCE Knoxville, other co-sponsors included Professional Engineers, Inc., ASCE’s Tennessee Section, the Middle Tennessee Section of the American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE), Britton Bridge, The Blalock Companies, Chris Rhodes (BS/CE ’95, MS/CE ‘01) and Stephen Steele (BS/CE ’79). Their support collectively garnered $6,200 in necessary funding.

A total of seven students, as well as Larry Roberts (CEE design technician) and Ma, were able to make the trip. UT placed 20th out of 48 schools, placing higher than teams from many strong civil engineering programs including Texas A&M, University of California, Berkeley, University of Texas, Virginia Tech, University of Wisconsin and Penn State.

Travis Griffin, Director of Engineering Diversity Programs, is excited about the outcome of this year’s Bechtel HITES program.

“I am so pleased with this year’s Bechtel HITES 2011 class,” Griffin said. “The students were very engaged, displayed great interest in the engineering program at UTK and performed outstanding within their engineering group projects. Because of the generous support from Bechtel Corporation, we were able to expand our staff by two counselors, hire a math faculty member and expand our invitation from 24 participants to 32 participants.”

The week of engineering activities concluded with the Bechtel HITES Awards Reception, which was moderated by Alexandria Butler, a senior in biomedical engineering. Bechtel’s Senior Vice President, John Howanitz, welcomed attendees and shared that Bechtel is very proud to be associated with UT. Dr. Wayne Davis, dean of the COE, gave the opening remarks, which was followed by an overview of the program from Griffin. A highlight video from the week’s events was then shown to attendees.

Butler then announced the Marshmallow Catapult Competition award recipients as well as participant award recipients. Griffin followed up with presentation of counselor and program staff awards.

Participants from the program then expressed their interest in the week’s programs to the event attendees.

ASCE Student Chapter Wins First Place at Southeast Student Conference

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College of Engineering Recognizes Achievers at 2011 Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner

The University of Tennessee College of Engineering held its annual Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner on Thursday, April 7, 2011, at the Foundry in Knoxville. Award winners, COE administrators and staff and their guests enjoyed a reception, dinner and awards program. The college’s Board of Advisors and their guests also attended the dinner. COE Dean Wayne Davis, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs Masood Parang and Associate Dean for Research and Technology Bill Dunne served as emcees for the event.

The Nathan W. Dougherty Award, the college’s most prestigious honor, was given to Dr. Terry Douglass, President, ProVision Healthcare, LLC. Dr. Douglass’ long and distinguished career includes serving as Chairman of the Board of CTI Molecular Imaging, Inc. (CTI), a public company that specialized in the development, production and distribution of products and services for the medical and diagnostic imaging market from 1983 to 2005, when it was acquired by Siemens. He also served as President and CEO of CTI from its formation in 1983 until 2003. Dr. Douglass was also employed at EG&G Ortec from 1968 until 1983, where he served as president during his last three years of service. Dr. Douglass graduated with B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee.

College-wide faculty and staff awards presented at the event included:

Outstanding Support Staff Awards: Carla Lawrence, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award: Dr. Chris D. Cox, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Allen & Hoshall Engineering Faculty Award: Dr. Philip D. Rack, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Moses E. and Mayme Brooks Distinguished Professor Award: Dr. Peter K. Liaw, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Leon and Nancy Cole Superior Teaching Award: Dr. Brian Edwards, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Charles Edward Ferris Faculty Award: Dr. Michael W. Berry, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

College of Engineering 2011 Teaching Fellow Awards: Dr. Benjamin J. Blalock, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Dr. John D. Landes, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Masood Parang (far left) with the college-wide award recipients (left to right): Dr. Michael Berry; Dr. Peter Liaw; Dr. Brian Edwards; Dr. Philip Rack; Dr. Chris Cox; and Teaching Fellow awardees Dr. John Landes and Dr. Ben Blalock

The College of Engineering Research Fellows (left to right): Dr. Gerd Duscher; Dr. Hahn Choo; Dr. Mongi Abidi; Dr. Ali Fathy; Dr. Jason Hayward; Dr. Ramki Kalyanaraman; Dr. Mohamed Mahfouz; Dr. Stephen Paddison; and Dr. Mingjun Zhang. The awards were presented by Dr. Bill Dunne (far right).

Carla Lawrence (right) receives the Outstanding Support Staff Award from Dean Wayne Davis (left) at the awards dinner.

COE Dean Wayne Davis (left) presents the Nathan W. Dougherty Award to Dr. Terry Douglass (right) at the 2011 Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner.

2011 Research Fellows:

Dr. Mongi Abidi, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Dr. Hahn Choo, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Dr. Gerd Duscher, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Dr. Aly Fathy, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Dr. Jason Hayward, Department of Nuclear Engineering

Dr. Ramki Kalyanaraman, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering/Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Dr. Mohamed Mahfouz, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Stephen Paddison, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Dr. Mingjun Zhang, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomolecular Engineering

Governor’s Chair Professor Discusses Lessons to be Learned from Nuclear Disaster

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan, followed by a roughly 10-meter tsunami that inundated the coast. This immense human disaster is the cause for approximately 25,000 people dead or missing.

The high water level of the tsunami overtopped the seawall at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, compromising the emergency generators and wiping away

most of the civil infrastructure. The multiple loss of cooling incidents at the nuclear reactors has caused an ongoing crisis.

Dr. Howard Hall, Governor’s Chair professor of Global Nuclear Security in the Department of Nuclear Engineering (NE), addressed some of the issues related to this natural disaster.

Hall said the earthquake and tsunami that caused such damage at Fukushima Daiichi were examples of accidents that exceeded what he calls the “design basis accident scenario” for the plant. He said when the disaster occurred, the plant was in trouble because its emergency safety systems were either damaged or destroyed.

But Hall mentioned that even with these facts on the ground, the reactor containment largely worked despite facing earthquake and flooding well above the expected level. According to Hall, the highly radioactive spent reactor fuel, even though some has clearly melted, remained within the facility.

Because of this, Hall believes it is critically important the public not let fear – or false confidence – drive response to the accident.

“I understand the public’s anxiety,” Hall said. “Nuclear issues and risk from exposure are difficult to understand. It doesn’t help that media reports are frequently sensationalized, and all parties seek to slant media coverage. We need to have the discipline to develop objective assessments and use those as our basis for policymaking.”

Since the natural disaster occurred, U.S. nuclear plant operations have undergone a number of immediate safety reviews by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The U.S. has also gone through two major natural disasters itself – the southeastern tornados and the Midwest flooding that threatened to flood the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant in Nebraska.

“The official inquires into the Fukushima accident will be concluded soon, and we will see if there is anything additional in them,” Hall said. “Some of the issues are likely to be relevant to plants in the U.S., and we will take a hard look at them.”

Most of Hall’s work focuses on controlling and safeguarding nuclear materials and technology for prevention of nuclear incidents that develop into national or international disasters.

“The approaches are different, but there are certainly areas of overlap,” Hall said. “Many of these overlaps are at the interface of science, technology and policy – and hence, our work with the Howard H. Baker Center for Public Policy is a critical piece of the overall effort. We are looking at technological

solutions – better detectors, smarter algorithms, better integration with emergency personnel and first responders, for example.”

So far, only Germany has declared it will exit the nuclear power business for electricity production. Most other nations that are looking at expanding or developing nuclear power programs are continuing on.

“If you care about carbon dioxide and the possible effects on global climate, there’s really no other option for base load electricity than nuclear power,” Hall said.

Back in March 2011, UT hosted a panel of nuclear experts to discuss the accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Hall moderated the event. Most of the discussion was based around the questions of health effects of radiation.

“We were very happy that we were able to bring the medical experts that could answer those questions to the panel and let the public interact with them directly,” Hall said. “As you would expect, there was also a lot of interest in Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) nuclear power plants, and having a senior executive from TVA on the panel was very helpful there.”

Hall’s current research includes an effort to better understand how to measure the effectiveness of complex, regional/national level systems for nuclear security, specifically around interdicting threats.

“This is complicated because the ‘metrics’ for those systems usually focus on the easy-to-measure data – how many detectors we have, how many officers are trained, etc.,” Hall said. “Those numbers are useful but limited in terms of their meaningfulness. What we would really like to know is what level of security we gain from one system as compared to another. That’s a lot harder to measure because many of the factors that go into it are poorly understood or are closely tied with human factors — motivation, intent, risk-tolerance, etc. Ultimately, we want to achieve deterrence — convincing the bad actors, be they terrorists or proliferators, that they don’t want to engage in nuclear mischief or that we are too hard a target.”

He said the framework of this research should be applicable to assessing options in setting up emergency management architectures as well.

Overall, Hall admits there is much to be learned from the Fukushima incident.

“I think the lessons of Fukushima clearly highlight that we need to focus on plant safety and emergency response over a broad range of potential accident scenarios and make sure we have really robust community, regional and national response plans for dealing with disasters,” he said. “Had the plant owner, TEPCO, been able to get an alternate source of backup power to their cooling pumps in time, this accident would have been largely averted.”

Hall said the lessons learned from the incident will spread to the classroom as well.

“I think we will definitely be studying this accident for a long time, and the lessons learned from it will be in the curricula for the foreseeable future,” Hall said. “Strengthening our curricula on accident scenarios, emergency planning and redundancy of safety systems and their backups will be an outcome. As we get into the dismantlement and failure analysis of the plants, we’ll learn even more that will influence our teaching and research efforts.”

Dr. Howard Hall

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The University of Tennessee (UT) hosted its first Tennessee Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (TLSAMP) Awards Banquet on Monday, April 18, 2011, at the UT Visitors Center. The event was coordinated by Travis Griffin, director of the Engineering Diversity Office and his staff.

The goal of the TLSAMP program is to increase the enrollment and graduation rate of underrepresented ethnic minority students (Hispanic, African-American, American-Indian, Alaskan Native and Pacific Islander) in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by at least 100 percent at the end of the five-year period.

Guests were welcomed by Dr. Wayne Davis, Dean of the College of Engineering (COE), and Charles and Annazette Houston, representatives from the UT 50th Anniversary for African-American Achievement. Students, faculty, administrators and guests were recognized for their exceptional involvement in the TLSAMP program.

Dr. Howard G. Adams, former Executive Director for the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM), was the evening’s guest speaker. Adams is the Founder and President of H.G. Adams & Associates, Inc., a Norfolk, Va. based consulting company that provides human development services and products to educational, governmental and industrial organizations. Adams’ speech was titled, “Making a Successful Transition into Graduate School Program,” and covered the 5 P’s (Purpose, Preparation, Professionalism, Passion and Persistence).

The program included recognition of faculty and students receiving special honors from TLSAMP, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). The ceremony also featured a slideshow during dinner of TLSAMP, SHPE and NSBE activities that took place throughout the school year. Closing remarks were made by Dr. Lonnie Sharpe, Executive Director for the TLSAMP program.

Awards presented at the banquet included:

SHPE Awards

Outstanding Presenter Award Dr. Ernest Brothers, Assistant Dean for Graduate School

Special Recognition Award Dr. Masood Parang, COE Associate Dean

NSBE Awards

Most Dedicated Member Award Michael Massey, Mechanical Engineering

Terry Douglass (BS/EE ‘65, MS/EE ‘66, Ph.D./EE ‘68) has focused his life and career on making the world around him a healthier, better place.

Douglass was born in Jackson, Tenn. in 1942 and lived in the same house until he left to attend UT Knoxville in 1960. Douglass had always been interested in science, math and building new things, so engineering was a natural fit. UT’s strong Cooperative Engineering Scholarship Program also provided a financial incentive for Douglass to attend the institution, as it offered a way to pay for his education.

“I had a very blessed period of my life during my years at the university,” Douglass said. “I found that I could do well in my classes and enjoyed the learning experience. Making the UT experience even more gratifying, I had an interesting and useful co-op job in my home town, where I got to see my future wife frequently. We were married in the last quarter of my junior year and lived in student housing for four years until I got my Ph.D. We had our first child around that time and made many good friends, so I remember it very fondly.”

Douglass was employed at EG&G Ortec (Ortec) from 1968 until 1983, and he served as the company’s president during his last three years of service. In 1982, Douglass began working on the development of a new company; and in 1983, he began collaborating with former Ortec employees Ron Nutt and Kelly Milam, along with Mike Crabtree, who was still employed at Ortec. Ortec was planning to sell off its medical diagnostic imaging division, and the four decided to purchase it to form their own company, that was to become CTI Molecular Imaging (CTI). The development of CTI was to have historic consequences for improvements in medical diagnostic imaging.

“Ron Nutt asked me on July 5, 1983, ‘what are you going to do with the rest of your life,’” Douglass recalled. “And I said, ‘let me tell you an idea that I have for a new business.’ We all put our heads together and began team meetings on Saturday mornings. My wife would cook a great Southern breakfast to encourage us to get together, and Ron came over to my house many late afternoons to discuss the plans for what became CTI Molecular Imaging (CTI).”

After much hard work and financial risk, the fledging company took off and soon established itself as a leader and strong competitor in the development and commercialization of positron emission tomography (PET) technology, including the development of PET scanner and cyclotron technology and PET radiopharmaceutical delivery.

Douglass served as president and CEO of CTI from its formation in 1983 until 2003. He also

was instrumental in the development of Medicare reimbursement for PET services.

CTI eventually became a public company in 2002, and Douglass served as Chairman of the Board for CTI Molecular Imaging, Inc. until 2005, when Siemens acquired it.

“CTI made the major strategic and engineering changes necessary to make PET a clinical reality,” Douglass commented. “We had some major engineering changes, including higher performance, cost-effective PET and PET/CT scanners that used new detector technology and higher performance cost-effective cyclotron and automated chemistry devices. PET’s use in clinical diagnostic imaging is now obviously important.”

Once his affiliation with CTI ended, Douglass turned his attention toward the development of a world-class healthcare program, located at the Provision Health Alliance at Dowell Springs. Provision Health Alliance (http://www.pvhealthcare.com/) is a coalition of related companies, institutions, partnerships and relationships whose interests include the development of new, innovative, comprehensive healthcare product and service solutions that will make major improvements in patient care, outcomes and value; establishing a healthcare provider model in which the patient is better served through physician and hospital system cooperation and partnership; and offering a focus on personal wellness, choice and accountability through preventative, personalized, predictive and participative healthcare.

Douglass serves as president of Provision Healthcare, LLC and Provision Trust, Inc. and is Chairman of the Board of Provision Foundation, Inc. (http://provisionfoundation.org/). Provision Foundation and Provision Trust are 501c3 charitable organizations with a focus on serving others through ministry, research, healthcare, and education. Particular areas of focus include China, Haiti and Guatemala.

“The primary mission of Provision Health Alliance is to build a world-class, comprehensive innovative cancer program that is unmatched anywhere and to use this capability to positively impact the lives of individuals both in our area and around the world. The cancer program will have all of the available diagnostic and therapy tools necessary for

state-of-the-art cancer care,” Douglass said. “We are providing an equal balance between clinical and medical, research, academic and commercial capabilities that will function at the highest level.”

In addition to his involvement with ProVision, Douglass has served or is serving on the following boards: YMCA, Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, Hope Resource Center, Young Life, the UT College of Engineering Board of Advisors, the UT Chancellor’s Associates, and the CTI Biomedical Research Center at the UT Medical Center. CTI established a $1 million endowment to initiate the CTI Biomedical Research Center at the UT Medical Center.

In 2006, Douglass and the other CTI partners gave an additional gift of $1 million to the university to establish a new CTI Chair in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). The announcement of the gift was made at the college’s Honors Banquet where all four partners were reunited to present the funding. Dr. Kevin Tomsovic, head and professor in the EECS department, is the current CTI Chair.

In April 2011, Douglass received the Nathan W. Dougherty Award, the College of Engineering’s most prestigious honor, at the Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner at the Foundry.

In his remarks, Douglass said that he was “honored and humbled by the award” and added that he was “blessed by and thankful for all the many contributions made by the university and its staff to his education and career.”

Douglass is married to Rosann Bobbitt Douglass; and they have three married children (Deborah and Lance Robinson, Melissa and Norris Hill and Dean and Lesli Douglass); and 10 grandchildren (Wesley, Luke, Aaron, Bailey, Brianna, Alexandra, Anna Rose, Truman, Walker and Mamie).

Douglass isn’t sure about any future UT graduates among the grandchildren yet, but says it is “very likely.”

The Douglass family at the COE’s 2011 Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner (left to right): Dean and Lesli Douglass; Lance and Debbie Robinson; Terry and Rosann Douglass; and Norris and Melissa Hill.

Dr. Ernest Brothers, Scott McCullough and Dr. Masood Parang

Aeron Glover, Dr. Richard Bennett and Dr. Lonnie Sharpe

Michael Massey, Jessica Sanders and Ebony Lemons

Amber Ingram, Andrew Burks, Xavier Jones, James Ensley and Dr. Lonnie Sharpe

Travis Griffin, Dr. Howard G. Adams, Mona King, Dr. Lonnie Sharpe and Dr. Wayne Davis

UT Hosts TLSAMP Awards Banquet in AprilThe Golden Torch Award Ebony Lemons, Civil & Environmental Engineering

TLSAMP Graduating Seniors Awards

Quincy Beasley, Biomedical Engineering

Andrew Burks, Computer Engineering

James Ensley, Civil Engineering

Erica Hawkins, Biomedical Engineering

Xavier Jones, Computer Engineering

Stefan Nwandu-Vincent, Biomedical Engineering

TLSAMP Faculty of the Year Award

Dr. Richard Bennett, Engineering Fundamentals

TLSAMP Outstanding Volunteer Service Award

Amber Ingram, Industrial Engineering

TLSAMP Outstanding Research Award

James Ensley, Civil & Environmental Engineering

TLSAMP Freshman of the Year Award

Adeleye Ademola, Chemical Engineering

TLSAMP Scholar of the Year Award

Xavier Jones, Computer Engineering

COE Alumnus Works to Provide Positive Impact on Lives of Others

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Kenneth M. Elliott (BS/ChE ’42) died on June 12, 2011. The Kenneth Elliott Scholarship Endowment, which provides support for chemical engineering students, was established in his name. He was a resident of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Arthur L. Garrett (BS/EE ’42) died on May 23, 2011. He was a resident of Knoxville, Tenn.

George H. Megar (BS/ChE ’42) died on May 31, 2011. He was a resident of Florence, Ala.

Willard Q. Gulley (BS/ChE ’43) died on May 11, 2011. He was a resident of Knoxville, Tenn.

Albert L. Howell (BS/ChE ’43) died on June 12, 2011. He was a resident of Quicksburg, Va.

Mark A. Moon (BS/ChE ’50) died on June 18, 2011. He was a resident of Seminole, Fla.

William A. Wilson (BS/ME ’50) died on May 31, 2011. He was a resident of Marshall, N.C.

Gene B. Stewart (BS/EE ’52) died on April 9, 2011. He was a resident of Arlington, Texas.

Arthur Begley (BS/ChE ’56) died on February 1, 2011. He was a resident of Houston, Texas.

Harry L. Bailey, Sr. (BS/ME ’57) died on April 13, 2011. He was a resident of Clinton, Tenn.

Owen D. Hornby (BS/ME ’57) died on April 15, 2011. He was a resident of Knoxville, Tenn.

Edward E. Person (BS/EE ’59) died on Feb. 1, 2011. He was a resident of La Vergne, Tenn.

William E. Gent (BS/ME ’60) died on Oct. 27, 2010. He was a resident of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

James D. DeVault (BS/EE ’61) died on May 4, 2011. He was a resident of Merritt Island, Fla.

Howard L. Loveless (MS/IE ’63) died on July 3, 2011. He was a resident of Knoxville, Tenn.

George B. Flippen, Jr. (BS/ME ’65) died on June 14, 2011. He was a resident of Austin, Texas.

William D. Kebschull (BS/ChE ’65) died on March 12, 2011. He was a resident of Churchville, Md.

Ronald “Ronnie” W. Stevens (BS/EE ’66) died on June 9, 2011. He was a resident of Memphis, Tenn.

Albert R. Cooper (BS/CE ’69) died on April 29, 2011. He was a resident of Chattanooga, Tenn.

Lt. Col. Rossor E. Bridwell, Jr. (MS/AE ’73) died on April 9, 2011. He was a resident of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

Eric N. Barger (BS/ME ’74) died on May 30, 2011. He was a resident of Knoxville, Tenn.

Richard A. Wilson, Sr. (MS/IE ’94) died on June 18, 2011. He was a resident of Bardstown, Ky.

Michael W. Lindsay (BS/CE ’03) died on April 22, 2011. He was a resident of Winston-Salem, N.C.

Laura C. Taylor (BS/ES ’94), technical lead-biomedical engineer for Wyle Integrated Science and Engineering, has been selected as a recipient of the astronauts’ personal achievement award, the Silver Snoopy.

This award is presented to individuals within the NASA, industry and international partner space flight team for outstanding contributions to mission safety and success. Less than one percent of the total NASA/contractor workforce receives the Silver Snoopy award annually. Taylor resides in Seabrook, Texas.

Donald B. Bivens (BS/ChE ’62) has received a Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) at the society’s 2010 annual conference. The Distinguished Service Award salutes members of any grade for giving freely of their time and talent on behalf of the society. Bivens is an independent refrigerant applications consultant in Kennett Square, Pa.

Dr. Thomas F. Christian, Jr. (MS/Engineering Admin. ’76) was appointed to the Senior Executive Service by the Secretary of the Air Force. He is now the director of the Center for Systems Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Christian is a certified professional engineer, a certified professional logistician and a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Duff Zimmerman (BS/CE ’82) has been named the Immediate Past President of the Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) for the 2011-2012 program year. The SEAA is a nonprofit trade association founded in 1972 that focuses on collaboration between

companies, standardizing processes, sharing knowledge and educational opportunities to get all engaged in steel construction projects. Zimmerman works for Cooper Steel in Shelbyville, Tenn.

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Laura C. Taylor (right) receives the Silver Snoopy Award.

Dr. William L. Grecco, professor and head of the Department of Civil Engineering from 1972 to 1985, died on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. Grecco presided over an era of rapid growth for the department in both size and research dollars. He was also an associate dean for the College of Engineering under former dean and Chancellor Emeritus Dr. Bill Snyder.

Jacob Okumu Oyier (left) and Mark Edmund Tominey (right) arrive just in time to receive their civil engineering degrees at the COE’s 2011 Commencement Ceremony.

Lt. Colonel Michael S. Angle, a professor of aerospace studies at UT, officially commissions four COE graduates into the U.S. Air Force.

Engineering students celebrate at the COE Spring 2011 Commencement Ceremony.

Commencement speaker Spruell Driver (center) is welcomed back to UT by COE Dean Wayne Davis (left) and Chancellor Jimmy Cheek (right).

The College of Engineering Spring 2011 graduation ceremony took place on Wednesday, May 11, with over 253 engineering graduates participating in the ceremony. A group of approximately 2,300 parents, friends and relatives attended the event, which took place in Thompson-Boling Arena on the UT-Knoxville campus at 11:30 a.m.

Dr. Wayne Davis, dean of engineering, led the academic procession that signaled the beginning of the ceremony. The procession included associate deans, department heads and faculty representatives. Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek, chancellor of the UT-Knoxville campus, also attended the ceremony.

Mr. Spruell Driver, a 1987 industrial engineering alumnus, was the commencement speaker. Driver, a practicing attorney who received his law degree in 1991 from Duke Law School, is a current member of the UT Board of Trustees and was president of the UT National Alumni Association from 2004-2005. He also served as National Chair of the association’s Annual Giving Program in 2005-2006 and is a former member of the College of Engineering’s Board of Advisors.

Driver told students to always strive to reach their goals, to stay close to family and friends and to give back to their communities.

College of Engineering Holds Spring 2011 Commencement

The college’s top student, David Christopher Flowers, a chemical engineering major, was also recognized.

In addition to the commencement activities, the event also featured a military ceremony, where Lt. Colonel Michael S. Angle, a professor of aerospace studies at UT, officially commissioned four COE graduates into the U.S. Air Force. The new second lieutenants are Joshua Coughenour, Jonathan Crow, Timothy McLerran and Alexandra Pattenn.

A highlight of the event was when Jacob Okumu Oyier, a student from Kenya, and Mark Edmund Tominey, a student from England, received their degrees at the end of the ceremonies. The two civil engineering majors had just been granted status as U.S. citizens in a ceremony that took place at 8:00 a.m. in Greeneville, Tenn. and had to rush back to Knoxville to get to their graduation event.

“The coincidence of the two events being on the same day was a very big blessing to me,” Oyier said. “It was exciting.”

“It was a little nerve-wracking, but very exhilarating,” Tominey said. “My parents had traveled all the way from England to see me graduate and my wife and two sons were there too, so I was really happy it worked out so well.”

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Shelley Parker of Afton, Tenn., and Jacob Buchkovich of Knoxville, Tenn., were honorees at a May 5, 2011, luncheon recognizing their accomplishments as The University of Tennessee’s John W. Prados Chemical Engineering Scholarship graduates.

Students awarded the Prados scholarship are majoring in chemical engineering while also pursuing a minor in business and participating in the Engineering Professional Practice co-op program. Parker worked five rotations with Dow Chemical Company. Buchkovich worked three co-op rotations with Eastman Chemical in Kingsport and served as the lead ambassador for two years in the Engineering Professional Practice office co-op ambassador program.

UT alumnus J. Michael Stone (BS/ChE 1963) created and sponsors the Prados scholarship in honor of Dr. John W. Prados, professor emeritus of the University of Tennessee’s chemical engineering department.

The luncheon was hosted by the Engineering Professional Practice Office, which oversees The University of Tennessee’s College of Engineering co-op and internship program.

Mark Walker, a nuclear engineering major, has been named a 2011 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar. The Goldwater Scholarships are awarded on an annual basis to sophomores and juniors pursuing research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences or engineering.

Walker is a member of the Chancellor’s Honors and Haslam Scholars programs. He has been actively researching at the Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) since the summer after his freshman year. He also had an internship with the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C., last summer. Walker’s most current research at ORNL involves nuclear safeguards, and he hopes to continue his research and pursue policy development in nuclear security after earning his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering.

In 2011, the Goldwater Foundation awarded 275 scholarships nationwide out of a pool of almost 1,100 applicants. Students who compete for the award must be nominated by their academic institution. All three students nominated by UT received Goldwater scholarships, and UT received more awards than Yale, Caltech, MIT and Georgia Tech.

For more information, http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2011/04/04/2011-goldwater-scholars/.

NE Student Receives Goldwater Scholarship

Five College of Engineering (COE) faculty members and one member of the COE staff were recognized at the 2011 Chancellor’s Honors Banquet held on April 11, 2011, at the University Center. The awards are as follows:

Dr. Michael Berry, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) professor - 2011 L.R. Hesler Award. This award is bestowed to faculty with outstanding teaching abilities and service to the university community.

Dr. Aly Fathy, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) professor - 2011 Alexander Prize. This honor is awarded to a faculty member who exhibits excellence in teaching and research.

Dr. Fran Li, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) assistant professor - 2011 Professional Promise in Research & Creative Achievement Award. This honor is awarded to tenured or tenure-track faculty members at the assistant or associate professor rank who have received national and/or international recognition in their fields and show professional promise for their research and creative achievement.

Dr. Lynne Parker, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) professor - 2011 Research & Creative Achievement Award. This honor is given to tenured faculty who have received national or international recognition in their field.

Dr. Philip Rack, Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) professor - 2011 Research & Creative Achievement Award. This award is given to tenured faculty who have achieved national or international recognition in their field.

Lisa Byrd, Engineering Advising - 2011 Excellence in Advising Award. This honor is awarded to faculty and advisors exhibiting excellence in advising.

An interdisciplinary team of undergraduate and graduate UT-COE students traveled to Washington, D.C. for the EPA’s National Sustainable Design Expo held on the National

The UT Electric Vehicle Team at the awards presentation in Washington, D.C.

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville chapter of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) hosted the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Regional Student Conference on February 24-26, 2011. The event attracted over 125 students and over 30 professionals from the region. Institutions represented included Clemson University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina State University, Tennessee Technological University, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and West Virginia University.

The conference featured speakers from the Knoxville region, including alumni, professors and supporters of UT. The students participated in games and tours, and coincidentally were able to test-drive the new Nissan Leaf at World’s Fair Park (in conjunction with the Knoxville Car Show). Keynote speaker for the event was Dr. Sidney Gilbreath, (BS/IE ‘58, MS/IE ’62), former president of Institute of Industrial Engineers. The conference was supported by the UT College of Engineering, American Accessories International, IIE Headquarters and IIE National Chapter.

Colton Griffin served as conference chair and IIE professor Dr. Joe Wilck was the faculty advisor. Pictures are available on the student chapter of IIE’s Facebook page (Institute of Industrial Engineers- UTK, Chapter #871).

Dr. Fran Li (left) receives his award from Dr. Cheek.

Dr. Lynne Parker (left) accepts the research and creative achievement award from Chancellor Jimmy Cheek (right).

Lisa Byrd (left) receives the advising award from Chancellor Jimmy Cheek.

Chancellor Jimmy Cheek (right) presents the research award to Dr. Philip Rack (left).

Chancellor Jimmy Cheek (right) presents the Alexander prize to Dr. Aly Fathy (left).

Dr. Michael Berry (left) receives his award from UTK Chancellor Dr. Jimmy Cheek.

The IIE Conference planning team, left to right: Evan Narburgh, Ashley Thomas, Sam Mayton, Lucas Walker, Jon Celso, Michael Vanderlan, Colton Griffin, Dr. Joe Wilck, Yabin Wang, Travis Feigerle and Temi Odusanya. Not Pictured: Stephen Johnson, Nathan Siler and Aeron Glover.

IIE Conference Chair Colton Griffin (right) presents a commemorative plaque to Dr. Sid Gilbreath (left), who served as keynote speaker for the event.

Left to right: Jacob Buchkovich, Dr. John Prados, Shelley Parker and Engineering Profes-sional Practice director Todd Reeves.

COE Faculty and Staff Recognized at 2011 Chancellor’s Honors Banquet

COE Students Compete in EPA National Sustainable Design ExpoUT Hosts 2011 Institute of Industrial Engineers Mid-Atlantic Regional Student Conference

Graduating Prados Scholars at the University of Tennessee Recognized at Luncheon

Mall on April 15-17. The team competed with 55 other teams across the U.S. and received an Honorable Mention award for the one-person electric vehicle they built!

For more details, visit http://www.engr.utk.edu/news/atcoe/atcoe_04_29_11.html.


Brian Shupe, Director

Patrick Wade, Associate Director

Adlai Hurt, Assistant Director

Julie Wichlinski, Annual Giving & Alumni Coordinator

Christina Parsons, Advancement Specialist I

Kathleen Baker, Advancement Assistant III

Chad and Ann HollidayDr. John and Terri Hopkins, Jr.Dr. Joe and Cynthia HuntJanet HunterIBM International FoundationDavid JacksonXuan JiaJohn Deere FoundationJohnson Controls FoundationLarry and Rita JohnsonJones Family FoundationJoel JonesDr. Timothy KeenerEarl KennedyDr. Eldredge and Lynda KennedyW. Dwight and Gloria KesselKLA Tencor CorporationKnoxville Christian Community FoundationLewis LittleThomas MagetteDavid MayfieldHarold and Martha McCurdyMemphis Light Gas Water DivisionMeridiumLuella MillsBill and Dr. Sylvia MooreRussell and Debra MooreheadMotorola FoundationRobert MurphyRoy Mynatt, Jr.Myricom, Inc.NextEra Energy Foundation Inc.Northrop Grumman FoundationNovamente, LLCCharles and Dana OutlawJames and Elizabeth PapageorgeDr. Dharnidhar ParikhThomas and Annette ParnellPascagoula Bar Pilots Association., LLCLouise PasquaWilliam and Martha PhillipsPiedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc.James Porter, Jr.Julia PowellJerry and Patsy RepassRobert and Phyllis RosePaul and Sue RudderHarold RunyanBobby and Lynda SammonsTerry and Linda ScholesEstate of George Schoolfield IISchwab Charitable FundDr. Michael SchwandtShaw Industries Group, Inc.Tony ShipleyJohn and Linda Shoemaker, Jr.Ben and Jean SmithRichard and Marilyn SneadCharles and Ann Snodgrass

Announcing Engineering Gift Recognition Societies Outright GiftsJohn and Debbie GrubbSharon HabibiWilliam and Sandra HamiltonThomas Hobbs and Lori StephensonGeoffrey and Dr. Jennifer HoffChad and Ann HollidayDavid and Cynthia HoltDrs. John and Terri Hopkins, Jr.Dr. Michael and Karen HowardDr. Joe and Cynthia HuntDavid JacksonXuan JiaLarry and Rita JohnsonJoel and Phyllis JonesEarl and Pauline KennedyDr. Kenneth and Ke Soon KimThomas and Leigh KingDrs. James and Rebecca Lillard, Jr.Lewis and Mary LittleDavid MayfieldDonald McInnisJoe and Peggy MooreRobert and Patricia Moore, Jr.Robert and Kelly MurphyRoy Mynatt, Jr. and Jo Ann BurchettJames and Elizabeth PapageorgeDr. Dharnidhar ParikhThomas and Annette ParnellJerry and Patsy RepassPaul and Sue RudderHarold RunyanBobby and Lynda SammonsTerry and Linda ScholesDr. Michael SchwandtLarry and Yoshiko ShellTony Shipley and Lynda JenkinsJohn and Linda Shoemaker, Jr.Ben and Jean SmithCharles and Ann SnodgrassDr. Joe and Rhonda SpruiellBryan and Kim StoneDr. William and Anne StoneDavid Su and Katherine YuMichael SuttonTimothy and Lisa ThompsonMichael ThompsonThomas and Judy ThorpeVictor and Elfreda TylerCharles and Jan VandenbulckDr. Jack and Betty WassermanDr. Jerry and Nancy WestbrookRobert and Barbara WilliamsDr. Clement and Charlotte WilsonThomas WoodDonald and Rachel YarbroughDrs. Robert and Mary YatesRobert and Judith Yost

Alcoa FoundationRichard AllenDr. Daryl and Mary ArmentroutB & W Y-12 Technical Services, L.L.C.Robert BakerArup and Nandita BandyopadhyayDon and Anne BarberPeter and Barbara BarileDonaldson Barton, Sr.Raleigh and Mary BeckhamRobert BibleBio-Logic USA, LLCDouglas and Lori BlalockBoeing CompanyDamon and Terri BresenhamDeborah BrownJames and Sue BrownThomas and Mary BryceDr. Joseph ByingtonCarlisle Tire & Wheel CompanyCharles Blalock & Sons, Inc.Charles SchwabChevron FoundationMatthew ChunThomas and Ruth ClarkDr. Wayne and Barbara ColemanRichard CollierEven Collinsworth, Jr.Dr. Gene ColwellWilliam and Barbara CoryTimothy CovingtonM. Dewayne and Joyce DavisDennis and Constance DenihanDENSO Manufacturing TN, Inc.William DickensonMatthew DofflemyerDow Chemical Company FoundationJames DowningKenneth and Pamela EakesEast Tennessee Chapter of ASHRAEEast Tennessee FoundationEaton CorporationDr. William and Jenny EversoleDennis FallsFlorence FowlerGarmin International, Inc.W. Mark GeldmeierGleason Research AssociatesGoogle, Inc.John and Debbie GrubbDavid HaleDr. William HamelWilliam HamiltonDr. James and Mary HaynesHewlett Packard CompanyAnthony HillGeoffrey and Dr. Jennifer Hoff

With growing support from alumni, corporate leaders, and other friends, we in the College of Engineering wanted to create a way to recognize these important philanthropic investments. From annual gifts of every size to million dollar gifts your support is important to the advancement of engineering education. We want to say thank you for the gifts and the givers to the College of Engineering.

New plaques in Perkins Hall celebrate our three new societies, the Dean’s Circle and Jerry E. Stoneking

engage™ program support. Come by and see! And while you are here, come and visit with me, Brian, Patrick, Adlai or Julie in the Development Office to discuss how you can support the progress of the College of Engineering through an annual gift, an endowment, or an estate gift!

The 1838 Society

When engineering became a part of the curriculum at the University of Tennessee in 1838, the industrial revolution in the United States was just starting. Innovation and ingenuity applied through engineering and driven by engineering education helped transform this country into one of the greatest economic powers in history. Cash gifts of $1 million or more to the College of Engineering have that same potential to dramatically strengthen the power of engineering education in Tennessee. In the 1838 Society we proudly recognize the individuals and industrial partners whose cash gifts to the College of Engineering total $1 million or more.

Estabrook Society

The foresight of University of Tennessee president Joseph Estabrook established the courses that would lead to the College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee. The individuals who include the college in their estate plans through wills, bequests, charitable remainder trusts, life insurance and gift annuities exhibit that same vision by providing resources that will enhance engineering education at Tennessee far into the future. It is fitting to recognize donors who, through their estate plans, provide for programs in the college as members of the Estabrook Society.

Cornerstone Society

We are grateful to the many donors whose endowments provide continuing support for student scholarships, fellowships, faculty endowments, professorships, chairs and other programs of excellence. These permanent endowments provide an annual income stream that enables the college’s leadership to strategically advance engineering education at the University of Tennessee.

Dean’s Circle

The Dean’s Circle recognizes leadership-level annual giving of $1000 or more to the College Fund for Engineering or parallel annual gift funds in each of our seven departments. The benefit of these designated, but unrestricted, funds is in their flexibility and immediacy.

The Jerry E. Stoneking engage™ Engineering Fundamentals recognition

To help attract and keep more engineering students, the University of Tennessee’s College of Engineering established one of the nation’s most

Fiscal year 2011 donorsJuly 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011

Outright giftsDonors who made a new gift of cash or securities during fiscal year 2010-11 are listed within giving ranges. This category does not include pledge payments.

$500,000 and AboveEstate of Rinehart BrightEstate of Janice Fisher

$100,000 to $499,999Tom and Elaine EdwardsEstate of Richard FinnerDr. Ralph and Connie GonzalezMath Works, Inc.

$10,000 to $99,999ABB Inc.Alcoa Inc.American Society of Civil Engineers, Knoxville BranchBechtel Group FoundationDr. David and Jacqueline BinkleyBP Foundation, Inc.Howard and Debra ChambersColumbus McKinnon CorporationJoseph and Judith Cook, Jr.DENSO North America FoundationDominion PowerEastman Chemical CompanyEPRIExxonMobil CorporationExxonMobil FoundationDr. Kenneth KihmLockheed Martin CorporationMicrosoft CorporationMidwest ISOEstate of Charles Postelle, Jr.Tennessee Road Builders AssociationJohn and Ann Tickle, Sr.VMWare, Inc.Estate of Blossom WoodsMichael and Millicent Young

$1,000 to $9,999A. T. & T. Inc. FoundationStephen AbernathyAlton and Jane AdamsADTRAN, Inc.Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Advanced Technology Services, Inc.

Dorothy Bryson

innovative approaches to undergraduate first-year engineering education. The Jerry Stoneking engage™ program offers a success-oriented curriculum embedded with practical applications that form the foundation for all engineering majors. This plaque recognizes donors whose gifts of $25,000 or more provide foundational support for the engage program.

Strong partners and secure finances create a dynamic college. Thank you.

Dorothy Barkley Bryson Senior Director

Campaign Goal ExceededCollege of Engineering Campaign Goal $75,000,000

Gifts and Pledges Received as of 8/31/2011 – $88,173,658

There will be more about the campaign in a future newsletter but it is with great thanks to our many donors that we have gone beyond our initial campaign goal. This trajectory of giving is important as the college charts future success. We want to express great thanks to each donor listed here for the support you give.

The Dean’s Circle 2010Note the Dean’s Circle is counted on the calendar year. All other giving totals in this report are for the fiscal year July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011.

Leadership annual giving is recognized in the College of Engineering by our newly created Dean’s Circle. We are grateful to the donors who are leaders in giving to the College Fund for Engineering and engineering department funds.

Engineering Annual Giving Total 2010 $481,542

Listed here are those who gave to engineering annual funds at leadership levels.

Platinum ($10,000 and above)

Dr. David and Jacqueline BinkleyOneal FullwoodDr. Kenneth and Jennie KihmJohn and Ann Tickle, Sr.

Gold ($5,000- $9,999)

Howard and Debra ChambersThomas and Ruth ClarkMichael and Jackie CrabtreeDr. Wayne and Sylvia DavisGeorge Schoolfield III

Silver ($2,500 - $4,999)

Alan and Julie ChildersDr. William and Jenny EversoleW. Mark GeldmeierAnthony HillBill and Dr. Sylvia MooreJames Porter, Jr.Richard and Marilyn SneadBruce and Martha Stone

Bronze ($1,000 - $2,499)

Stephen AbernathyDr. Daryl and Mary ArmentroutDon and Anne BarberDonaldson and Alice Barton, Sr.Terry and Connie BegleyDamon and Terri BresenhamDeborah BrownJames and Sue BrownThomas and Mary BryceRobert and Dorothy BrysonJoseph and Connie ByingtonMatthew ChunTodd and Michelle ClevengerWayne and Barbara ColemanRichard CollierEven Collinsworth, Jr.Dr. Gene and Peggy ColwellHarold and Joyce ConnerWilliam and Barbara CoryParker CountsCarl and Patsy CruseM. DeWayne and Joyce DavisDennis and Constance DenihanMatthew DofflemyerJames and Sue DowningKenneth and Pamela EakesRay FarmerRobert and Melinda FryeRoxane Googin


Susan ArensmanJames ArgoReverand Thomas L. Arledge, Jr.Susan ArmstrongDewayne AtchleyRalph AtchleyAtmos Energy CorporationRufus and Marian AultCarl AustinDorothy AveraPradip AyerWilliam and Christy Ayers IIIDavid and Debbi BabbOlin and Patty Babb, Jr.Thomas BachHannah BaileySharon BaileyJohn and Mary BakerJon BakerDr. A. J. and Mary BakerDr. William Baker, Jr.Ralph and Peggy Baldock, Jr.Joseph and K. Michelle BaldwinJack BalesRoy Bales, Jr.William BalesBall CorporationChristopher BallDennis BarberRobin and Julia BarksdaleT. Neal and Jana BarnesThomas and Marceline BartonM. Y. BaumhauerKenneth Baxter (Deceased)Roy BayneJerry and Geri BeasonBuford BeaversR. D. and Cynthia BeckRoger BeckhamKrishan BediEdward and Anne BeelerClyde and Kazue BellLinda BellTed BellZane BellMark BendeleJ. Keith and Patricia BennettClyde BerryHerman and Betty BestSamuel and Patsy BettisDr. Timothy and Janet BigelowJerry BinkleyDr. Donald BivensHarry and Melinda BivensWilliam and Mary Blackmon, Jr.Julie BlairStephen BlazierRobert and Rebecca BledsoeAnton Bogaty, Jr.Thomas and Bettie BolanderDr. Raymond Boles, Jr.Stephanie BoothRobert and Tina Boring

Dr. Louis and Janine BosanquetCharles BostDr. Donald and Karen BouldinRobert BovineErnest and Laura BowlesJeffery BowmanBurton BoydWilliam and Mary BoydDr. M. Patricia BrackinSteven BrahmReginald and Sharron BrandonLarry and Gail BrasherMarc BrasherJack BrickeyDanny and Rebecca BridgesBridgestone/Firestone AmericasDr. John and Judith BrileyBristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc.Britton Bridge, LLCT. Steve and Sue BrooksJarrod BrownThomas and Norma BrownKaty BrownleyG. Edward BruceDr. Frank and Judith BrugnerOscar and Julie BrumfielJohn BryantJoe and Patricia BucknerDr. Melvin BucknerDr. David BurdetteDr. Hillary BurdetteDr. Jonathan BurdetteKevin BurdetteM. Allison BurdetteJohn and Vicki BurgessChristopher BurnetteHorace and Juanita BurnetteVincent BurzeseClaude Buttram, Jr. (Deceased)Lucille ButtramCarl ButtsWoody and Gwendolyn ByarsThomas and Georgann ByerleyGregory ByramCadre5David and Janice CagleBarry and Wendy CainBilly CaldwellJames Campbell, Jr.John and Gail CampbellR. Jack CampbellRuth CampbellJeffrey CapiliW. Frederick Carden, Jr.Cardinal Health FoundationKenneth CardwellRonnie and Kay CarltonMickey CarmackRay CarmichaelJonathan Carpenter

Donna CarterLawrence CarvagnoRandall CarverWilliam and Marie CasadayPaul CateRobert CatesJames CavalarisJames and Virginia CavenderThomas and Nadine CayceCEMEX, Inc.Gary ChamberlainGeorge and Joanne ChambersDr. Ho-Pen ChangTammy ChangAlex ChenChi and Wanda ChenJohn ChiaraJerry and Sarah ChisenhallGregory ChoatMary ChristoffersonCisco Systems, Inc.Clayton Family FoundationRhonda ClendenonTom ClepperSteven ClevengerJoel CliftonClorox Company FoundationSusan CloseBobby ClymerGene and Sandra CochranJohn Cocke, Jr.Dr. David CoffinDr. Richard ColditzBob ColeJohn ColeLeon and Nancy ColeZackary ColeStephen ColemanJohn Colvin, Jr.Donald and Chris CombsDr. James ConklinDr. J. Alvin and Mary ConnellyMax ConnerCalvin ConreyTammy ConwayArthur CookA. Scott CookeFred CooperGrace CopelandRaymond and Frances CopelandJohn and Marty CoxMark and Karen CoxDr. Richard and Kathleen CoxCharles CrabtreeJohn CrabtreePaul Crabtree Jr.Martin and Carolyn CrawfordRichard and Susan CrenshawRae CronmillerCheryl CrosbyBennett and Stephanie CroswellJames CrowderPhilip CruceJames and Faye Culp

James CumbyD. Mark CunninghamPhillip CuppTeresa CurvinMarcia CyrJames DaFoeLina Dagenais-SmithDr. Julie DampArthur DandreaWilliam DannerEdward and Sandra Davidson, Jr.Robert DaviesFred Davis, Jr.Thomas DavisTracy DavisJames and Mary DayDayton Foundation Depository, Inc.Victor Defenderfer, Jr.Jerome DempseyBilly DewittGeorge DillardJohn and Bonnie DingsKristen DobrodziejDr. Franklin DodgeBrian and Mary DodsonJames Dorris, Jr.Dr. Robert DorseyJames and Billie DotyNathan and Carol Dougherty, Jr.Mick and Edith DoveMichael DoyleStephen DoyleMargaret DrakeDr. Zhong DuRaymond and Carolyn DuboseMark and Jeanette DugganAndrew Dunlop, Jr.Raymond and Irene DunnRobert and Judith DunnRobert DunnamTheodore DunnavilleRichard and Delia DurfeeGiles and Wynona DyeWilliam EarnestRobert and Jean EbyJames Eckel, Jr.Jim EddinsDavid EdmondsGary EdmondsMary EdsonAlan EichelmanSusan EisenstadtNorman and Linda ElkinsKenneth Elliott (Deceased)Virginia ElliottAllan and Deborah EllisErnst & Young LLP FoundationEstate of John FisherEstate of Loretta ScottKarel EsterhuizenGertrudes EulerMike EvansMichael Evans

Up to $1,000 continued

Dr. Richard and Jan EvansJoe Exum, Sr.John and Kellli FarquharsonA. Phil and Sandra Farrow, Jr.Gordon and Miriam FeeAlan FennemaPasquale FerrariThomas FieldThomas Fields, Jr.James FinchumJ. Wiley Finney, Jr.Kirk FirestoneWilliam FisherEdward and Melissa FlanaganGeorge FlewEric FlowersAllison FluittFMC Technologies FoundationGordon and Laura FordBilly FosterPaul and Linda FournierGrady and Irene Fox, Jr.James FoxMichael FrassrandDonald and Carolyn FrazierDr. William FrazierJeffrey and Laura FriedmanConcord United Methodist ChurchJames and Barbara FroulaDr. Richard FuchsMark and Ellen FulkersonWalter and Zoe Fuller IIIRonald FussellWillard and Jane Gaby, Jr.Edward GalbavyJoseph GambillJeffery GambleRonald GammonHubert Gangl, Jr.E. Eugene and Helen GannMichael and Martha GayHenry Geiger IIIGenCorp Foundation, Inc.General Electric FoundationRuth GentWilliam Gent (Deceased)Dr. James GerstleJoseph and Patricia GibbsGeorge GilbertGrant GilbertM. Juanice GillespieDr. Fred and Linda Gilliam, Jr.Dr. R. Gerald and Gail GillilandJames Gilmer IIIGary GivenJ. Byron Glass, Sr.Dr. Shaun and Caroline GleasonPhillip and Jennie GoffDr. David GoodpastureMarion Goodpasture (Deceased)

Wilbur and Jane GoodwinMahesh GopalanDennis and Martha GoundDr. Ronald and M. Susan GravesCharles GrayDr. Robert and Elise GrayDr. Dragoslav Grbovic and Dr. Jelena Pjesivac-GrbovicRonald and Sally GreenLarry and Jan GreeneArvella GreenwellColton GriffinThomas and Nelda GriffithBilly and Sandra GrimmChristopher GrobickiDavid GuoAmy GurtisLeona GwinnDr. Paul HaasDr. James HackneyEric HahnAndrew HalcombMalcolm and Ellen HaleJennifer HallJohn and Susan HallWilliam HallWilliam and Donna HalleyJohn HalliwellThomas HallmarkTammy HambyJeffrey HamnerCraig HancheyHobart and Audrey Hansard IIIJerry and Faye HardimanHarley-Davidson Motor Company USAPatricia HarmonR. Michael and Evelyn HarringtonEverette Harris, Jr.N. Jay and Barbara HarrisDr. Philip HarshaRobert HartFrancis and Brenda HartmannColonel Henry Hartsfield, Jr.Donald and Patricia HassallHenry and Annease HastingsWilliam and Jean HatcherJames Haun, Sr.Tony HayesW. Steven and Kathy HayesDouglas HaysBilly HazlegroveRoy Heifner, Jr.Dr. David and Betty HendersonHenry Henderson, Jr.Richard HendersonEvan HendricksNorris and Margaret Hendrix, Jr.Kerry HenryJoe and Ernestine HensonWilliam and Christine Hickam

Robert HickeyDr. Charles and Joyce HickmanLt. Colonel Lynn and Barbara HickmanJames HiegelWilliam and Marjorie HillBruce HintonRobert and Patricia HintonColonel Robert and Mary Hite, Jr.Jimmy HixDr. H. McD and Bonnie HobgoodRichard and Suzane HodgdonRichard HodgeLeo HollandDavid and Cynthia HoltRichard HoltRobert and Patricia HoltDr. Michael and Veali HoltcampGene HolthoferLawrence HoodJames and Joanne HookerJohn and Karin HooverGerald HortonDennis HoughCarl and Carol House, Jr.R. Edgar and Sherri HousleyDavid and Barbara HowellDr. Craig and Debra HoymeDavid HuberThomas and S. C. Hudson, Jr.David HueserGlenn and Angela HumphreyJerry HuntWilliam and Robin Hunt IIIKenneth HuntsmanRichard HurstKenneth HurtAdlai and Rachel HurtJoseph HuskeyAndrew HutsellFred and Janice HutsellJames and Anna HutsonGeorge HuttickDr. Alan IcenhourThomas and Grace InnesInstitute of Industrial EngineersInstitute of Transportation EngineersDr. Karen JacksonNicholas and Laura JacksonSara JacobusDr. Bradley JaredJames JarrattRyan JarrettAlvin and Marjorie JenkinsJames and Mary JenkinsR. Harold JenkinsNorman Johansen IIIJohnson & Johnson Family of CompaniesAlbert Johnson, Jr.

Charles JohnsonDr. George JohnsonJoseph and Lorrie JohnsonR. B. and Ann JohnsonWendell and Regina JohnsonWilliam Johnson (Deceased)Vann JohnstonKenneth JonesCharles Joyce, Jr.Barbara JulianJames JulianTimothy JulianDr. James Kalshoven, Jr.Samuel KeeblerNathan KeeseckerSammy and Penny KeeseckerKenneth and Jamie Keith, Jr.Cynthia KendrickDr. Michael KennedyDavid KeplerDr. Satish KetkarJesse KeyJeramie KeysAndrea KiddSteven KiddJane KieningerKimberly-Clark FoundationKyle KingMark KingDr. Charles KirbyMarvin and Doris KirbyDr. H. Joseph and Lynda KleinK. Drake and Eileen KnappConsuela KnoxDr. Larry and Doris KoffmanChristopher and Barbara KorynskiArnold and Harriet KriegerRobert KringOscar and Ruby KrosnesDavid KuhlmanPhani KurugantiK-Y AssociatesJimmy and Mary LampleyGeorge Lang, Jr.Dr. H. Leslie LaNieve IIIDavid LarsonRussell LatimerP. Wayne LauderbackJames LawhonCharles and Geraldine LawsonStephen and Martha LawsonRichard LaymanDonald and Rebecca LayneDr. Biing-Lin and Jin-Shwu LeeDr. Mary LeffellA. Odell LeinartLevi Strauss & CompanyChristopher LewisRex and Pat LewisDr. Richard Lillie and Grier NovingerLincoln Financial Group Foundation, Inc.Sean Lines

Steven LingarArnold LitmanDean and Leslie LittleDr. Fengxiao LiuKe LiuGary and Virginia LoflinBobby LogueJames LongWilliam LooseDon LopezHenri and Debra LorberbaumDaw LuRaymond and Joan LundLing LuoWilliam and Nancy LyndonMark Lynn, Jr.Hubert and Barbara Lytz, Jr.Richard and Rodena MaasDavid and Dianne MacintireDonald MacLeodMalcolm MacNaught, Jr.Dr. Mohamed MahfouzBen and Kim MajalianSteve MallardKenneth and Helen Markwell, Jr.James MarlowMichael and Eileen MarshRichard MarshJames MartinSue MartinLarry and Jennifer MastersDr. Archie and Harriet MathewsConnor and Marjorie MatthewsDavid and Cheryl MaxwellAlan MayberryMark McAllisterMichael McBrierDr. John and Sandra McCallBarbara McClanahanOaklie McConnell, Jr.T. Stewart and Nancy McCorkleHerb and Ann McCoy, Jr.Kent and Lucy McCuneStephen McDanielDouglas McDonaldW. Kevin McElmurrayDr. David McElroyRobert and Barbara McGrathAubrey McKinney and Karen GrubbsGeorge and Lou McNutt, Jr.Michelle McNuttJames and Donna McSpadden IIIWalker and Shirley MeachamWarren MedleyMedtronic FoundationCarl MegeheeMerck & Co., Inc. FoundationGeorge MeriwetherDr. John MetzgerHerbert and Ann Meyer

$1,000 to $9,999 continued

Southern Company Services, Inc.Andrew SpickardDr. Joe and Rhonda SpruiellBruce StoneBryan StoneDr. William and Anne StoneDavid SuMichael SuttonTechnical Society of KnoxvilleTexas Instruments FoundationThe Procter & Gamble FundTimothy and Lisa ThompsonMichael ThompsonThomas and Judy ThorpeSpike and Lisa TickleTRMCA Scholarship FoundationUnited Technologies CorporationURS CorporationUT-Battelle L.L.C.Paris and Denise Walker, Jr.Campbell and Joan Wallace, Jr.Dr. Jerry and Nancy WestbrookRobert and Barbara WilliamsThomas WoodWalter Work and Mychelle MackayRobert YostEric and Elaine Zeanah

Up to $1,000Triangle Community FoundationPerry AbbottRalph AbelAllen and Deborah AbernathyCharles and Wanda AbnerJames and Mary AbshireDr. Ahmed Abu-RahmahClifford and Carol AckersonRobert AdkinsonThomas and Marilyn AdkissonAutomatic Data Processing, Inc.Paul and Dorothy AkinJohn and Kristi AllenMark and Beth AllenGeorge and Sarah AlspaughAmsted Industries FoundationDede AndersenJoe and Melba AndersonDavid and Davena AndertonAnthony AndrewsClint and Ginger AndrewsMary AndrewsDavid and Therese AnnandD. Allen AnthonyLt. Colonel Paul and Shirley AprilEmily Arbuckle

Outright Gifts Outright Gifts



Phillip and Patricia MicheletMid South Paving MaintenanceDr. Don MidgettMiles Research, Inc.Charles and Alice MillerFrederick MillerHarry and Suzanne Miller, Jr.Leslie Miller, Jr.Ryan MillerStephen MillerDr. Thomas and Allison MillerWalter MillerWilliam and Frances Miller, Jr.Milligan Engineering, P.C.Bobby and Lois MillsDr. Tony MinKara MitchellMark MitckesDr. Satoru MitsutomiJack MondayRobert and Patricia Moore, Jr.Wayne Moore, Jr.William Moore Jr.John MorganHerbert and Mary MorrisTerrel and Lesley MorrisRichard MorrisRonald and Jessica MorrisDr. Mark MorrisonWilliam and Myrna MorrowOscar Moser, Jr.Motiva Enterprises, L.L.C.William MullinsRichard and Shirely MurdaughJohn and Betty Murphy, Jr.William MurphyWilliam and Patricia MurrayHoward MyersRussell and Mildred MyersWilliam and Bobbie MyersThomas NanneyChristopher NealThomas and Betty Neal, Jr.John and Cheryl NehlsMary NehlsJohn NeillWilliam NewmanLouis NewtonTimothy NolesNOVA Technical Services LtdVirginia O’BrienOluwamuyade OdusanyaTerry and Robert OlberdingFarrokh OlliaMichael and Laura O’ShaughnessyPAC Materials Energy, Inc.Richard and Susan ParkerDr. Wesley ParkerDr. C. Leon and Judith PartainRandall and Jo PasquaBrett PasternakElwyn PatchWilliam and Jenny Pate III

Ashok PatelJames PattonClarence Patty, Jr.Evelyn PattyDr. Richard and Teresa PawelDavid PeltonCovert PerkinsTeresa PerryMark PhiferJames Phillips IIDr. Edison and Linda PicklesmierNorman PihPine Research Instrumentation, Inc.Krishna PodilaDavid and Deanna PoeJoseph Polk, Jr.L. Allen and Tamulia Pollitt IIIJulie PorterMark PowellRichard PowersLester and Sara PriceProteus, Inc.Stephen ProutDaniel PuckelGuy Ragan and Susan StrangeDr. Gary RagsdaleD. Danny RahnemaJill RalphThomas Ramke, Jr.James Randolph, Jr.James and Elizabeth RansdellJohn RasburyWilliam and Sharon RasnickJames and Charlotte RayT. Michael and Deborah RayRaymond James & AssociatesRaytheon CompanyHomer Reed, Jr.James ReedKenneth ReedDr. Edward and Delta ReedyRosemary ReevesRichard and Ashley Remeta, Jr.James and Patricia RenderChristopher and Vonda RhodesRalph and Rose RichardsonErnest RicheyDonald and Betty RileyHelen RinkerJoseph and Bonnie Rives IIIRobert and Carolyn RobardsValeria RobersonBen RobertsDr. Janet RobertsonDr. Sharon RobinsonRaymond and Betty RochatMedford RockstrohRockwell Collins, Inc.Daniel RoederBetty RohrbaughJoseph and Marie Roman

William RomansJeffrey and Kelly RoseRichard RosenbergHoward and Janice RosserNikita RotastRobert and Alice RothChris RoweS. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Joy SagerJohn SalvageDr. Anoop SamantRobert SamsElbert and Elizabeth Sanders, Jr.David and Pamela SandidgeClark ScarboroughRobert ScarbroughSchneider Electric/Square D FoundationGregory SchultzRalph and Judy SchurigDr. Charles and Alice ScottDr. James and Jane ScottRoberta ScullErnest SeagleWilliam and Peggy Seneker, Jr.Douglas SeptSandra SerkownekDr. Charles SessionsAlfred Sewell, Jr.Robert and Anne Shafer, Sr.Robert and Elizabeth ShannonStephanie SharpShell Oil Company FoundationBerry Shelton IIIDavid SherrodLindsey ShreveDr. Starling Shumate IIJason ShuppertThomas and Mary SikosDr. Curtis and Patsy Siller, Jr.Ralph SimpsonDavid Sims, Jr.Larry SimsGregory SipfRussell SkogmanDr. Charles SlaterRosaline Slater (Deceased)Gene SmelserSmith & Nephew, Inc.Dr. C. Russell Smith IIIDavid SmithLarry and M. Arlene SmithLinda SmithA. Leon SmothersKevin SnyderDr. Gordon and Sheila SoperDavid SoukupM. Steven SpurlinRobert St. ClairDr. Joseph Stainback IVJ. Reed Stanley, Jr.Larry StargelRalf StarkeDavid Steckel

Stephen and Peggy SteeleKarl SteinbergerWayne and Nira StephensSteven and Susan StethenAlexander and Margaret StevensonJohn StevensonJohn and Marian StewartGene and Cecil StickleDonald StinnettJoe Stitt, Jr.James and Cynthia StoneJ. Michael StoneBrooke StoryEvangelos and Donna StoyasDr. Edward and Diane Straker, Sr.Sandra StringfellowMatthew and Kathy StroopRichard StrouseJanis StrunkMark and Elisa StuckerPeter and Inge StuderDr. Paul StumbRicky and Linda SummittRachel SvobodaF. Richard SwearingenMichael SwiatkowskiEverett and Mary SwingleLawrence TalleyJohn Talone, Jr.Charles and Judith TarrantDavid and Lois TaylorFall and Keri Taylor, Jr.John TaylorJoshua and J. Amanda TaylorLaura TaylorTelcordia Technolgies FoundationMark and Patricia TempletonJames and Carol Tevepaugh, Jr.Texas Gas Transmission, L.L.C.The Capital Group Companies, Inc.Dr. Cecil Thomas, Jr.Jamie ThomasL. Clay and Mary ThomasStephenson Thomas IVDr. David ThompsonG. Kevin and Sherrie ThompsonJack ThompsonJames and Jo ThompsonNicholas ThompsonRonald ThorntonChristopher ThrelkeldH. Ray and Lois ThrelkeldMark TolsonWilliam TowersTennessee Road Builders Association Ladies AuxiliaryDr. Ned and Mary TreatMax and Kathy TrundleWilliam Truran

Robert and Coba BurtonThomas ButlerMichael CalfeeGeorge CampbellJerry and Kaye CantrellPaul CarterJames Cartledge, Jr.Lawrence CarvagnoBruce ChamberlinDaniel ChaseDr. Chang ChengTammy CinnamonBradford ClayTodd ClevengerJohn and Dr. Lillian ClinardDan and Donna CobbJoseph and Patricia Cofer, Jr.Dr. David CoffinCarl Coley, Jr.Joshua CombsJeffrey and Ember ConstantinTammy ConwayCraig CookFred CooperThomas CooperSteven CordellJames and Carol CorsonJames and Joyce CorumDr. Robert and Sandra CounceDr. Chris CoxRobert CrawfordStephen CrawfordChris and Linda CrossBennett and Stephanie CroswellPhilip CruceHugh DanceKami and Judy DarakshaniJames DavidsonJeffery DavisSamuel and Sarah DeLayScott and Linda DenleyDr. Andrew and Janice DennyWilliam DevaultLarry and Sheri DeWittF. Clark DialJohn DickersonMichael DoddSammy DoddsBrian and Mary DodsonDavid DonohoRaymond and Betty DotyMick and Edith DoveWilliam DowbigginSteven DozierE. Ann DraperSpruell and A. Elaine Driver, Jr.Raymond and Carolyn DuboseEdward Dumas, Jr.James DurhamScott EisenhartJames EleyMay El-MessidiTimothy ElseaDr. Ahmed Eltom

Jeffrey and Lori EnglandMarion EnloeWilliam Eskridge, Jr.Lewis EvansDr. Richard and Jan EvansRobert EwartRonald FalkmannJohn and Kellli FarquharsonClaude Fisher IIGeorge Flippen, Jr. (Deceased)George FoehringerAnn FossumDave and Joyce FosterRobert FosterCharles Foust, Jr.Adam FraprieJames FrazierDonna FrederickCharles Fridlin IVKevin FrittsMichael FurlanWillard and Jane Gaby, Jr.Jerry GastonJames GeigerJohn GertsenRobert Gibson, Jr.Elwood and Jean GiftDavid GilesDr. R. Gerald and Gail GillilandJohn GoddardTerry GodseyDennis and Bethann GowanSherrell and Rebecca GreeneBilly and Sandra GrimmAubrey McKinney and Karen GrubbsRonald and Joyce GunkelWilliam and Elizabeth Haggerty, Jr.Dr. Gerald HaglerDr. Mark HaleRonald Hale and Lisa BeardTimothy HaleRon HaralsonCarl HarmonGeorge and Katherine HarperRobert and Marjorie HarrisJulie HarseKenneth HarveyHenry and Annease HastingsTimothy and Donna HastyLewis HawsMichael HedgeCharles HendrixJuel and Janice HensleyRobert HensleyEmily HinmanJames HobbsDavid and Martha HobsonJ. P. HoefertRhianna HokeJoseph and Susan HoldenShun HolderSheena HouseCharles Howell III

Dr. Bin HuRoy and Susan Hull, Jr.Terrence HullDavid HutsonKenneth IngramD. Randall and Gina InklebargerThomas IrwinDr. Karen JacksonMaurice and Nancy JacksonBrian JobeNorman Johansen IIIHugh and Sophia JohnsonJewell JohnsonN. B. Johnson, Jr.Samuel JohnsonHarold JohnstonAndrew JonesCurtis and Kris JonesDaniel JonesJeff JonesRichard and Marianne JonesW. Barry JonesWilliam JonesAbdallah JubranDr. James Kalshoven, Jr.Sellamuthu KanagarajMartha KassBennie and Deborah KeeJerry and Joyce KempleRonald KendallStephen and Rachel KennedyAmanda KereakoglowArthur and Anna KerrDr. Bamin KhomamiRay KingMarvin and Doris KirbyPaul and Sheren KirkpatrickLee and Hajnalka KliemanTodd KnuckeyRichard KoryntaDavid KreiderOscar and Ruby KrosnesDr. John and Anne LandesAlex LaneCarl LargeJohn LauRonald LaymanDewey and Genevieve LedfordClarence and Brenda LeeJames Levan IIIBilly and Elizabeth LewterRaymond Lindsey, Jr.James LittlejohnBill LloydJohn LongLawanda LongJohn LordKaren LoweRichard LoweJohn LowranceDenise LowrieRodney LoydLing LuoPatrick LynnNorman Ma

Douglas TuckerDonald Turner, Jr.Fannie TurnerTyler Construction EngineersGranvel and Elsie Underwood, Sr.Jeffery and Dawn UtleyFred and Anna Van AkenJohn and Teresa Van Hooser, Jr.John Van WinkleFred Van ZandtClaude and Edith Vance, Jr.Jonathan and Tracey VanhookJohn Vanlandingham and Robin StoneMichael and Dr. Elizabeth VaughanCheryl VaughnJames VaughnThomas and Sue VaughnJames Vineyard, Sr.Dr. Charles and Susan ViningLinda VittetoeMark Von NiedaDr. Christopher WalkerWalter WalkerRobert WallWilliam Wall, Jr.Fred WalpoleJoanne WardThomas WardWilliam and Carmen WardeThomas and Dr. Noranna WarnerRobert and Sarah WarrenFrank Watkins, Jr.Howard WatsonKaren WatsonCraig WattsHarley and Linda WeatherlyJames and Patricia WeatherlyWallace WeathersbyPatricia WeaverDrs. Samuel and Carol WeaverC. Philip WehmanDr. David WelchWells Fargo FoundationGary WesselmannJames WestL. Elwood WestThomas and Katharine West, Jr.Gordon WheelerJohn WheelerRoger WhetselJames WhismanBrian and Angela WhitakerDuane WhiteErwin and Mary WhiteJames WhiteTerry WhittJames and Virginia WhittenDr. Richard WiesehuegelBurton WilderLarry and Peggy Wilder


Clifford and Barbara WilliamsDavid and Carroll WilliamsJohn WilliamsEdward WilliamsonFrank WillisKenneth and Helen WilmothJohn WilsonWimberly Sales CompanyCecelia WinfreyBrad and Elisabeth WinklerDan WitcherDavid and Donna WohlscheidCharles WolfeDr. Kwai WongRodney WoodW. Lewis Wood, Jr.E. Prentys and Thelma Word, Jr.Dr. Kenneth Wright, Jr.Charles and Rosalyn WyattShaofan XuDerrick YarbroughRichard YarbroughDr. Steven YarosChung YingJames and Gail YongueDr. Woo YoonDr. Lynn YorkDonald and Laura YoungMary YoungXiaopeng ZhaoDr. Kenneth and Amy ZieminskiJames ZimmermanMarcia Zisman

PledgesNew commitments and bequests made during fiscal year 2010-11.

$100,000 and AbovePaula BallCarl and Patsy CruseD. P. DoddDavid EdmondsDr. William and Jenny EversoleOneal FullwoodJames Porter, Jr.Donald and Marian SavageDr. Cecil Thomas, Jr.Paris and Denise Walker, Jr.

$25,000 to $99,999Terry and Connie BegleyVirginia ButlerRichard and Anne CoxDennis FallsW. Mark GeldmeierKimberly GreeneSharon HabibiShek Hong

Outright Gifts Outright Gifts & PledgesMichael HowardII-VI FoundationDr. Earl IngramRaja and Michelle JubranAngela MasonT. Michael and Deborah RayTerry and Linda ScholesThomas SheltonLarry and M. Arlene SmithDr. William and Anne StoneWalter and Nancy TaylorURS Corporation

Up to $25,000Stephan AbbottStephen AbernathyBrooke AdamsEdwin and Gloria AllenAnthony AndrewsCraig and Deborah AndrewsMary AndrewsScott and Nancy AndrewsMabel AricoJohn AtchleyMark AtkinDr. Russell AvenJoshua BackmanRichard and Barbara BaileyJohn and Mary BakerDavid BamfordJames and Tammy BaxterBenjamin BeasleyJeremy BedfordJody and Susan BegleyDr. John and Connie BegovichRalph BegunHerschel Belew, Jr.Joe and Nancy BelkMarlon BellRobert BellDr. Richard and Linda BennettRichard and Melva BibleGerald BishopWilliam and Zora BivensKaren BlalockWilliam Bledsoe, Jr.Dr. Rui BoAnthony and Sara BoalsMark and Donise BooneDr. Louis and Janine BosanquetDavid BoshersDaniel BouchDr. Joseph BouletRobert and Janice BourneKenneth and Pamela BowenLarry BoydCharles BradleyDonald BradleyHarold BrakebillAlan and Bettye BroadwaterJulian Bryant, Jr.Tim BryantDr. Melvin BucknerDr. Edwin and Patsy Burdette


Robert MurphyRussell MyersJohn NeillVann NewellWilliam NewmanTimothy NolesThomas O’BrienSteven OliverDana OutlawSamuel Parnell, Jr.Thomas ParnellElwyn PatchWilliam Pate IIIDavid PeltonJoseph PeytonMark PhiferJoseph Polk, Jr.Laura PresleyD. Danny RahnemaHomer Reed, Jr.James RenderChristopher RhodesRalph RichardsonRobin RobertsRobert RothPaul RudderMartin RyanJohn SammonsDonald and Marian SavageDonald SavageClark ScarboroughTerry ScholesRobert Shafer, Sr.Fred SherrodSteven Sherwood, Jr.Todd SmithJames SoutherlandM. Steven SpurlinStephen SteeleSteven StethenAlexander StevensonJanis StrunkF. Richard SwearingenEdward TaylorJohn TaylorWalter TaylorJames ThompsonH. Ray ThrelkeldJohn Van WinkleJonathan VanhookJames Vineyard, Sr.Robert WaldronParis Walker, Jr.Douglas WallCampbell Wallace, Jr.Fred WalpoleJoe WarrenHarley WeatherlyJohn WheelerBrian WhitakerStanford White, Jr.Stephen WhittierLarry WilderClifford WilliamsJames WilliamsonFrank Willis

Chemical EngineeringRichard AllenDeborah AndrewsDavid AnnandSusan ArensmanDewayne AtchleyDr. Russell AvenPradip AyerWilliam Ayers IIIJoshua BackmanHannah BaileyJack BalesEdward BeelerTerry and Connie BegleyTerry BegleyDr. John BegovichJoe BelkClyde BellLinda BellMarlon BellRobert BellMark BendeleRobert BibleDr. Donald BivensDr. Raymond Boles, Jr.Dr. Louis BosanquetDavid BoshersCharles BostDaniel BouchKenneth BowenBurton BoydLarry BrasherDamon BresenhamDr. John BrileyVirginia ButlerDr. Joseph ByingtonMichael CalfeeMickey CarmackRobert CatesThomas ClarkEven Collinsworth, Jr.Max ConnerJames CorsonDr. Robert CounceMark CoxDr. Richard CoxStephen CrawfordSusan CrenshawCarl CruseTeresa CurvinDennis DenihanKristen DobrodziejDr. James DownsKenneth EakesRobert EbyKenneth Elliott (Deceased)William Eskridge, Jr.A. Phil Farrow, Jr.Thomas Fields, Jr.Kirk FirestoneDr. Warren FranzDr. Richard FuchsJeffery GambleDr. James GerstleTerry GodseyDr. Robert Gray

Dr. Paul HaasDr. James HackneyDr. Gerald HaglerMalcolm HaleWilliam HallJeffrey HamnerHobart Hansard IIIEverette Harris, Jr.Lewis HawsDr. James HaynesCharles HendrixThomas HobbsShek HongDr. Craig HoymeJoseph HuskeyFred HutsellGeorge HuttickR. Harold JenkinsWilliam Johnson (Deceased)Harold JohnstonWilliam JonesMartha KassBennie KeeSamuel KeeblerCynthia KendrickStephen KennedyAmanda KereakoglowArthur KerrJesse KeyAndrea KiddKyle KingDr. Charles KirbyJimmy LampleyDr. H. Leslie LaNieve IIIDavid LarsonRichard LaymanDr. Biing-Lin LeeBobby LogueDaniel MainJames MarlowThomas MartinHarold McCurdyDouglas McDonaldJerry McGinnisKaren McGinnisJames McKinleyErle MedfordWarren MedleyStephen MillerMark MitckesOscar Moser, Jr.Richard MurdaughWilliam MurrayJohn NehlsMary NehlsSteve OdomFarrokh OlliaCharles OutlawJames PapageorgeDr. Wesley ParkerJames PattonWilliam PhillipsNorman PihJames Porter, Jr.Stephen ProutDaniel Puckel

Anton Bogaty, Jr.Robert BovineT. Steve BrooksJames BrownThomas BrownJoe BucknerDr. Edwin BurdetteJohn BurgessDavid CagleBilly CaldwellJohn CampbellJerry CantrellJeffrey CapiliJonathan CarpenterPaul CarterPaul CateGregory ChoatTammy CinnamonJoel CliftonBobby ClymerA. Scott CookeTimothy CovingtonCheryl CrosbyJames CrowderKami DarakshaniFred Davis, Jr.Dr. Wayne DavisVictor Defenderfer, Jr.Jerome DempseyBrian DodsonDavid DonohoWilliam DowbigginStephen DoyleMark DugganRobert DunnJames DurhamAlan EichelmanAllan EllisTimothy ElseaMarion EnloeKarel EsterhuizenLewis EvansDr. Richard EvansAllison FluittGordon FordJames FoxDonald FrazierJames FrazierDr. William FrazierMichael FurlanE. Eugene GannW. Mark GeldmeierGary GivenDr. David GoodpastureSharon HabibiEric HahnJohn HallWilliam HamiltonCraig HancheyCarl HarmonRobert HarrisKenneth HarveyDonald HassallTony HayesW. Steven HayesBilly Hazlegrove

Travis and Laura PresleyMichael and Mary PriceDaniel PuckelMichael PurnellJeffrey and Paula RabensteineWilliam and Jennifer RabyCarl Ragan IIIDr. Gary RagsdaleJoseph RajkumarGariel Randolph IIJonathan RawlstonJames and Camille ReavisJames and Gloria ReddenEdwin Reed, Jr.David and Rebecca RenfroSteven ReynoldsA. H. RiceRobert RickmanJack RiddleMarlin and Wilma RitchieCharles and Sue RobertsRobin RobertsBrittnee RobinsonMark RobinsonWilliam RomansAnthony RoweGregory and Sarah RupleMartin RyanRicky RyanJoy SagerJohn and Melynda SammonsGerald ScarbroughThomas SchuetzDr. James and Jane ScottR. Gary ScottRobert and Julia Scott IIIR. Terry SeamanBernard Sepaniak, Jr.D. Wade and Allison SextonRobert and Anne Shafer, Sr.Thomas Shank and Tonya McNeeley-ShankFred SherrodSteven Sherwood, Jr.Yanping ShiRobert and Janis ShirleyJacob ShriverDoug SibleyNicholas SimmererJoe SimmonsDavid Sims, Jr.Scott and Stacy SlabaughJames and Mary Smith IIIDr. Rosanne SmithStephen SmithTodd SmithJames SnyderJames SoutherlandRobert StacyJoshua StapletonRobert and Melissa SteffeyJohn and Jane StephensGene Stewart (Deceased)Mildred StewartJoseph StiefelDonald Stout

Karthik SubburamanColonel Karl and Lynda Sullivan, Jr.Robert and C. J. SwainBob SwannDavid SwindellRichard TallentLawrence TalleyCarson TaylorKenneth ThomasZack and Betty ThompsonWilliam and Pamela Tidwell IIIArmin TilleyDr. Leon Tolbert and Dr. Yan XuGeorge and Joyce Trail, Jr.Darrell TrimbleWilliam TroxlerFannie TurnerTeresa UnderwoodDr. Linda VandergriffJames VansandtDr. William VaughanThomas and Sue VaughnAldrea VertisonRobert WaldronDouglas WallRobert WallKate WallenGreg WarnerJoe WarrenJames WatersDavid WeatherlyJames WeatherlyCharles WeaverDrs. Samuel and Carol WeaverDr. Lisa WebbBernard and Mitzie WeberBrent WeinbergGordon WheelerDempsey and Katherine WhiteLester and Alyene WhiteRobert and Ruth WhiteStanford White, Jr.Anatia WhittenburgStephen and Catherine WhittierEdward WilliamsonJames and Sunny WilliamsonD. Denise WillisEdward WillisMarvin and Wilda WillisKenneth WilsonStevie WilsonCharles WolfeDr. Hugh Wolfe, Jr.Arthur WoodSamuel and Dr. Angela WoodW. Lewis Wood, Jr.Shane WoosleyDavid WordDr. Brian Worley and Patricia McNuttIsaac Wright, Jr.

Richard HendersonLt. Colonel Lynn HickmanRichard HodgdonRichard HodgeRobert HoltJohn HooverGerald HortonCarl House, Jr.Glenn HumphreyAndrew HutsellDavid HutsonDr. Earl IngramKenneth IngramD. Randall InklebargerGina InklebargerDavid JacksonN. B. Johnson, Jr.Daniel JonesJeff JonesW. Barry JonesRaja JubranDr. Timothy KeenerRonald KendallLee KliemanTodd KnuckeyOscar KrosnesDavid KuhlmanGeorge Lang, Jr.Ronald LaymanDonald LayneClarence LeeA. Odell LeinartGary LoflinJohn LongWilliam LooseHenri LorberbaumSteven LucasDonald MacLeodMalcolm MacNaught, Jr.David MarcumKenneth Markwell, Jr.Scott MarkwellRobert MaroneyDr. Mark MarshNancy MarshJames MartinAlan MayberryDavid MayfieldMichael McBrierDr. John McCallStephen McCrackenStephen McDanielEdwin McDougleRobert McGrathPhillip MicheletCharles MillerFrederick MillerMarvin MillerWilliam Miller, Jr.Kara MitchellDr. Satoru MitsutomiRobert MondayWayne Moore, Jr.William Moore Jr.Russell MooreheadHerbert Morris

Pledges Gifts, Pledges & Pledge PaymentsJohn WrightRobert YorkJohn and Laura YoungPaul Young and Jamila Smith-YoungPei YuBam ZandiGregory and Kay Zimmerman

Gifts, Pledges and Pledge Payments By DegreeListed by the first degree received, we want to recognize all College of Engineering graduates who supported this college through a new gift, a new pledge, or a pledge payment during the fiscal year 2010-11.

Aerospace EngineeringRalph AbelLt. Colonel Paul AprilDr. William Baker, Jr.Steven BrahmRay CarmichaelDr. Ho-Pen ChangMary ChristoffersonDr. Andrew DennyWilliam DickensonMatthew DofflemyerNathan Dougherty, Jr.Mick DoveEdward Dumas, Jr.Dr. Fred Gilliam, Jr.Dr. Philip HarshaRobin HuntWilliam Hunt IIISteven KiddRyan MillerThomas PerkinsGariel Randolph IIChris RoweYanping ShiJacob ShriverRussell SkogmanBob SwannCraig WattsGary WesselmannShane WoosleyDr. Steven Yaros

Biomedical EngineeringGrace CopelandRhianna HokeSheena HouseJoshua StapletonMelissa SteffeyDr. Lisa Webb

Joseph RajkumarJonathan RawlstonDr. Sharon RobinsonJoseph RomanRobert RoseAnthony RoweThomas SchuetzGregory SchultzDr. Charles ScottRobert Scott IIIStephanie SharpThomas SheltonJohn Shoemaker, Jr.Dr. Starling Shumate IIDavid Sims, Jr.Gene SmelserDr. C. Russell Smith IIIDr. Gordon SoperRobert StacyGene StickleJ. Michael StoneDonald StoutSusan StrangeRachel SvobodaC. J. SwainMark TempletonLisa ThompsonClaude Vance, Jr.Michael VaughanKate WallenJoanne WardFrank Watkins, Jr.Robert WhiteEdward WillisKenneth WilmothAmy Zieminski

Civil EngineeringDr. Ahmed Abu-RahmahClifford AckersonPaul AkinJohn AllenMark AllenScott AndrewsD. Allen AnthonyDr. Daryl ArmentroutCarl AustinThomas BachJohn BakerPaula BallDon BarberMichael BarrowDonaldson Barton, Sr.Jerry BeasonBuford BeaversRaleigh BeckhamJeremy BedfordHerman BestJerry BinkleyHarry BivensWilliam Blackmon, Jr.Douglas BlalockRobert BledsoeWilliam Bledsoe, Jr.Thomas Blose, Jr.Anthony Boals

Up to $25,000 continued Daniel MainJoseph Mallard IIIDavid MarcumPeter MarkovichScott and Cynthia MarkwellRobert MaroneyDr. Mark and Nancy MarshRoy MartinThomas MartinFred and Florence MayseNancy McBee-NevaderRay and Dorothy McCloudStephen McCrackenEdwin and Carla McDougleDr. Ronald McFaddenDr. Carl and Betty McHargueDouglas and Katrina MeadeErle MedfordCharles MelcherJohn and Paula Melton, Jr.Nathan MichalikRichard MichelMarvin and Susan MillerJeffery MintonRobert MondayRobert and Patricia Moore, Jr.Edward MorganKyle MorrisonStanley and Rebecca MosesJack and Inna Mullins, Jr.Arun NagariCarolyn NelsonHoward Nelson, Jr.Lauren NelsonVann NewellRobert NipperEdward NisbetKerry NormanRobert NuttThomas and Vivian O’BrienSteve OdomSteven OliverFarrokh OlliaTimothy and Leslie PageRobert and Dr. Lynne ParkerDr. Cecil ParksSamuel and Sara Parnell, Jr.Dr. J. Roger Parsons, Jr.Thomas ParsonsAmit PatelChristopher PattonJames and Dolores PerdueGregory PerkinsThomas PerkinsTom and Ann PerryDanny PetersJoseph PeytonJames Phillips IIH. Edwin Pierce, Jr.Joseph PochkowskiKrishna PodilaDirk PohlmannRonald and Veronica PolceClaudio and Mary PoloClarence Potter, Sr.


Randall CarverWilliam CasadayBruce ChamberlinGeorge ChambersTammy ChangChi ChenDr. Chang ChengJerry ChisenhallBradford ClaySteven ClevengerDan CobbJohn ColeZackary ColeStephen ColemanCarl Coley, Jr.Richard CollierDonald CombsJoshua CombsDr. J. Alvin ConnellyCalvin ConreyFred CooperSteven CordellJohn CrabtreeJames CulpJames CumbyD. Mark CunninghamEdward Davidson, Jr.Samuel DeLayBilly DewittJohn DickersonJohn DingsD. P. DoddMichael DoddSammy DoddsDr. Zhong DuTheodore DunnavilleGiles DyeJames Eckel, Jr.Gary EdmondsScott EisenhartMike EvansDr. William EversoleAlan FennemaJ. Wiley Finney, Jr.William FisherEdward FlanaganBilly FosterGrady Fox, Jr.Charles Fridlin IVOneal FullwoodRonald GammonMichael GayJames GeigerRobert Gibson, Jr.George GilbertDavid GilesM. Juanice GillespieDr. Shaun GleasonRobert GoanPhillip GoffMahesh GopalanLarry GreeneBilly GrimmChristopher GrobickiJohn GrubbDr. Mark Hale

Gene CochranJohn Cocke, Jr.Tammy ConwayJoseph Cook, Jr.William CoryCharles CrabtreeRae CronmillerChris CrossJeffery DavisF. Clark DialDr. Robert DorseySpruell Driver, Jr.Norman ElkinsMichael EvansDennis FallsGeorge FoehringerAnn FossumDonna FrederickJeffrey FriedmanWalter Fuller IIIHenry Geiger IIIGrant GilbertDennis GoundColton GriffinThomas GriffithTammy HambyGeorge HarperDonna HastyHenry Henderson, Jr.Janice HensleyRobert HensleyBruce HintonColonel Robert Hite, Jr.J. P. HoefertShun HolderChad HollidayDennis HoughR. Edgar HousleyDavid HuberThomas Hudson, Jr.James HutsonXuan JiaHugh JohnsonAndrew JonesSammy KeeseckerW. Dwight KesselPaul KirkpatrickConsuela KnoxRobert KringJames Levan IIILawanda LongDenise LowrieHubert Lytz, Jr.Richard MarshNancy McBee-NevaderW. Kevin McElmurrayMichelle McNuttHerbert MeyerRobert Moore, Jr.Rebecca MosesInna MullinsHoward Nelson, Jr.Edward NisbetKerry NormanOluwamuyade OdusanyaLaura O’Shaughnessy

John HalliwellThomas HallmarkRon HaralsonN. Jay HarrisFrancis HartmannHenry HastingsDouglas HaysRoy Heifner, Jr.Robert HickeyDr. Charles HickmanAnthony HillWilliam HillJames HobbsGeoffrey HoffLeo HollandDr. Michael HoltcampJames HookerCharles Howell IIIDavid HowellJames HuddlestonJerry HuntKenneth HurtRyan JarrettJames JenkinsAlbert Johnson, Jr.Charles JohnsonDr. George JohnsonLarry JohnsonWendell JohnsonVann JohnstonCurtis JonesRichard JonesTimothy JulianDr. James Kalshoven, Jr.Jerry KempleJeramie KeysMark KingRay KingThomas KingMarvin KirbyPhani KurugantiCharmaine KylesCarl LargeRussell LatimerJohn LauJames LawhonCharles LawsonDewey LedfordBilly LewterSteven LingarJames LongJohn LordRichard LoweJohn LowranceRodney LoydDavid MacintireBen MajalianJoseph Mallard IIIFred MayseRay McCloudKent McCuneBobby MillsJeffery MintonBill MooreJeffery MooreEdward Morgan

Robert SamsDr. Thomas ShannonLinda SmithDr. Paul StumbLaura TaylorDr. Ned TreatDr. William VaughanDr. Charles ViningLinda VittetoeKaren WatsonPatricia WeaverBrent WeinbergDr. Kwai Wong

Engineering ManagementJoe Exum, Sr.

Environmental EngineeringArup BandyopadhyayNandita BandyopadhyayLisa BeardThomas DavisJames DowningSusan EisenstadtEric FlowersKaren GrubbsTimothy HaleWilliam HickamJoseph HoldenJoseph JohnsonKenneth JonesChristopher KorynskiLeslie LittleKe LiuTeresa PerryJeffrey RoseRicky RyanJoy SagerA. Leon SmothersJ. Reed Stanley, Jr.William TroxlerMichael Young

Industrial EngineeringAllen AbernathyThomas AdkissonAnthony AndrewsJames ArgoSusan ArmstrongJohn AtchleyDorothy AveraRalph Baldock, Jr.Christopher BallJames BaxterR. D. BeckKrishan BediJody BegleyAlan BroadwaterKaty BrownleyThomas BryceCarl ButtsWoody ByarsBarry CainR. Jack CampbellJames CavalarisTodd Clevenger

Ronald MorrisMarva MorrowWilliam MullinsHoward MyersWilliam MyersRoy Mynatt, Jr.Arun NagariThomas NanneyLauren NelsonRobert NipperRobert NuttAmit PatelChristopher PattonClarence Patty, Jr.Evelyn PattyJames PerdueTom PerryH. Edwin Pierce, Jr.David PoeMark PowellJeffrey RabensteineDr. Gary RagsdaleAnna RalphJames Randolph, Jr.James RansdellJohn RasburyJames ReavisEdwin Reed, Jr.James ReedDr. Edward ReedyDavid RegenoldHang RegenoldSteven ReynoldsA. H. RiceJoseph Rives IIIBen RobertsCharles RobertsBrittnee RobinsonRaymond RochatMedford RockstrohWilliam RomansMichael RomerNikita RotastHarold RunyanGregory RupleRobert ScarbroughRalph SchurigErnest SeagleWilliam Seneker, Jr.Bernard Sepaniak, Jr.Alfred Sewell, Jr.Thomas ShankBerry Shelton IIIRobert ShirleyThomas SikosDr. Curtis Siller, Jr.Joe SimmonsLarry SmithJames SnyderKevin SnyderRobert St. ClairLarry StargelRalf StarkeDavid SteckelJohn StevensonGene Stewart (Deceased)

Joe Stitt, Jr.Bruce StoneBryan StoneJames StoneDavid SuColonel Karl Sullivan, Jr.Michael SwiatkowskiRichard TallentLawrence TalleyCharles TarrantDavid TaylorFall Taylor, Jr.Joshua TaylorG. Kevin ThompsonNicholas ThompsonZack ThompsonThomas ThorpeDr. Yan XuMark TolsonWilliam TowersJoyce Trail, Jr.Kathy TrundleWilliam TruranDonald Turner, Jr.Granvel Underwood, Sr.Fred Van AkenJohn Van Hooser, Jr.James VaughnDr. Christopher WalkerWalter WalkerRobert WallWilliam Wall, Jr.William WardeGreg WarnerJames WatersHoward WatsonDavid WeatherlyJames WeatherlyJames WeatherlyL. Elwood WestGordon WheelerRoger WhetselJames WhiteJames WhittenBurton WilderRobert WilliamsMarvin WillisJohn WilsonDr. Hugh Wolfe, Jr.Samuel WoodW. Lewis Wood, Jr.Walter WorkIsaac Wright, Jr.Shaofan XuChung YingJames YongueDonald YoungJohn YoungPaul YoungPei Yu

Engineering AdministrationJames Campbell, Jr.Thomas CayceM. Dewayne DavisGeorge Flew

T. Neal BarnesKaryl BartlettHerschel Belew, Jr.Ted BellSamuel BettisRichard BibleWilliam BivensHarold BrakebillReginald BrandonDr. Frank BrugnerOscar BrumfielRobert BurtonThomas ButlerAllen CalcoteGeorge CampbellJames Cartledge, Jr.Lawrence CarvagnoJames CavenderHoward and Debra ChambersTom ClepperJohn ClinardJoseph Cofer, Jr.Bob ColeJohn Colvin, Jr.Dr. James ConklinThomas CooperRaymond CopelandJames CorumJohn CoxPaul Crabtree Jr.Martin CrawfordRobert CrawfordBennett CroswellPhilip CruceHugh DanceJames DayJanice DennyWilliam DevaultDr. Franklin DodgeJames DotyRaymond DotyMichael DoyleSteven DozierMargaret DrakeRaymond DuboseRobert DunnamWilliam EarnestJim EddinsJames EleyJeffrey EnglandRobert EwartRonald FalkmannJohn FarquharsonThomas FieldClaude Fisher IIGeorge Flippen, Jr. (Deceased)Dave FosterRobert FosterPaul FournierCharles Foust, Jr.Michael FrassrandKevin FrittsJames FroulaMark FulkersonEdward GalbavyJoseph Gambill

Gifts, Pledges & Pledge Payments Gifts, Pledges & Pledge PaymentsKenneth WilsonStevie WilsonBrad WinklerDan WitcherDavid WohlscheidCharles WolfeCharles WyattRichard YarbroughRobert Yost

Computer EngineeringAdam Fraprie

Computer ScienceJames Davidson

Electrical EngineeringJames AbshireAlton and Jane AdamsBrooke AdamsRobert AdkinsonGeorge AlspaughDavid AndertonRalph AtchleyMark AtkinRufus AultAshley AyeJon BakerJoseph BaldwinK. Michelle BaldwinDavid BamfordDennis BarberRobin BarksdaleThomas BartonKenneth Baxter (Deceased)Ralph BegunZane BellJ. Keith BennettDr. Timothy BigelowDr. David and Jacqueline BinkleyGerald BishopKaren BlalockStephen BlazierDr. Rui BoDr. Robert Bodenheimer, Sr.Thomas BolanderRobert BourneErnest BowlesJeffery BowmanWilliam BoydDonald BradleyMarc BrasherJack BrickeyDanny BridgesDeborah BrownJulian Bryant, Jr.Christopher BurnetteHorace BurnetteHoward BurrisVincent BurzeseThomas ByerleyGregory ByramW. Frederick Carden, Jr.Kenneth CardwellRonnie Carlton

Ronald GreenRonald and Sally GreenJames LittlejohnJames McSpadden IIIDarrell TrimbleJames WestMary Young

Engineering Mechanics & SciencePatricia HarmonRichard HurstLesley Morris

Engineering PhysicsRichard DurfeeDr. H. McD HobgoodRoy Hull, Jr.James JarrattRex LewisJohn MorganRichard MorrisJoseph PochkowskiRalph SimpsonJoseph StiefelDr. David ThompsonTeresa UnderwoodDr. Linda VandergriffJames VansandtArthur WoodDr. Kenneth Wright, Jr.

Engineering ScienceRoy BayneCrystal BenderJulie BlairDr. Joseph BouletGary ChamberlainSusan CloseDr. Gene ColwellMarcia CyrDr. Julie DampTracy DavisGeorge DillardE. Ann DraperKimberly GreeneAmy GurtisJennifer HallColonel Henry Hartsfield, Jr.Richard HoltTerrence HullDr. Karen JacksonAbdallah JubranDr. Eldredge KennedyDr. Larry KoffmanDavid KreiderPeter MarkovichDr. Don MidgettDr. Tony MinTerry OlberdingTimothy PageDr. Edison PicklesmierKenneth ReedRichard Remeta, Jr.Dr. Janet RobertsonJohn Salvage

Michael O’ShaughnessyRichard ParkerRandall PasquaAshok PatelRobert PistoleDirk PohlmannL. Allen Pollitt IIIClaudio PoloJulie PorterT. Michael RayJerry RepassErnest RicheyRobert RobardsDavid SandidgeGerald ScarbroughDr. Michael SchwandtSandra SerkownekTony ShipleyLindsey ShreveJason ShuppertDoug SibleyGregory SipfRichard SneadCharles SnodgrassDavid SoukupDr. Joseph Stainback IVJohn StephensBrooke StoryKathy StroopMark StuckerKarthik SubburamanJohn Talone, Jr.Jack ThompsonLois ThrelkeldSpike TickleJohn Tickle, Sr.Dawn UtleyJeffery UtleyFred Van ZandtC. Philip WehmanThomas West, Jr.Dr. Jerry WestbrookJames WhismanDr. Richard WiesehuegelThomas WoodEric Zeanah

Materials Science & EngineeringPasquale FerrariDr. Fengxiao LiuDr. Mark MorrisonDr. Anoop SamantChristopher Threlkeld

Mechanical EngineeringPerry AbbottStephan AbbottStephen AbernathyCharles AbnerEdwin AllenJoe AndersonClint AndrewsMary AndrewsDavid BabbOlin Babb, Jr.


Richard and Anne CoxJames DaFoeLina Dagenais-SmithArthur DandreaWilliam DannerRobert DaviesDayton Foundation Depository, Inc.DENSO Manufacturing TN, Inc.DENSO North America FoundationDominion PowerJames Dorris, Jr.Dow Chemical Company FoundationEast Tennessee Chapter of ASHRAEEast Tennessee FoundationEastman Chemical CompanyEaton CorporationMary EdsonTom and Elaine EdwardsVirginia ElliottMay El-MessidiDr. Ahmed EltomEPRIErnst & Young LLP FoundationEstate of John FisherEstate of Loretta ScottGertrudes EulerExxonMobil CorporationExxonMobil FoundationJames FinchumEstate of Richard FinnerEstate of Janice FisherFMC Technologies FoundationFlorence FowlerConcord United Methodist ChurchRonald FussellWillard and Jane Gaby, Jr.Garmin International, Inc.GenCorp Foundation, Inc.General Electric FoundationRuth GentJohn GertsenGibson Family Foundation, Inc.Gleason Research AssociatesDr. Ralph and Connie GonzalezMarion Goodpasture (Deceased)Google, Inc.Dr. Dragoslav Grbovic and Dr. Jelena Pjesivac-GrbovicArvella GreenwellDavid GuoLeona GwinnDavid HaleHarley-Davidson Motor Company USA

Robert HartWilliam and Jean HatcherDr. David and Betty HendersonHewlett Packard CompanyEmily HinmanDr. Bin HuDr. Joe and Cynthia HuntJanet HunterKenneth HuntsmanAdlai and Rachel HurtIBM International FoundationII-VI FoundationInstitute of Industrial EngineersInstitute of Transportation EngineersSara JacobusJohn Deere FoundationJohnson & Johnson Family of CompaniesJohnson Controls FoundationJewell JohnsonJones Family FoundationJoel JonesCharles Joyce, Jr.Barbara JulianJames JulianSellamuthu KanagarajDr. Bamin KhomamiJane KieningerDr. Kenneth KihmKimberly-Clark FoundationGwen KingKLA Tencor CorporationK. Drake and Eileen KnappKnoxville Christian Community FoundationK-Y AssociatesDr. John and Anne LandesDr. Mary LeffellLevi Strauss & CompanyLincoln Financial Group Foundation, Inc.Sean LinesLockheed Martin CorporationDon LopezKaren LoweDaw LuPatrick LynnNorman MaDr. Mohamed MahfouzSue MartinMath Works, Inc.Dr. Archie and Harriet MathewsBarbara McClanahanDr. Ronald McFaddenDr. Carl and Betty McHargueDouglas and Katrina MeadeMedtronic FoundationCarl MegeheeCharles MelcherTina MeloMemphis Light Gas Water Division

B & W Y-12 Technical Services, L.L.C.Richard and Barbara BaileySharon BaileyDr. A. J. and Mary BakerRobert BakerRoy Bales, Jr.William BalesBall CorporationPeter and Barbara BarileM. Y. BaumhauerBechtel Group FoundationRoger BeckhamDr. Richard and Linda BennettClyde BerryBio-Logic USA, LLCWilliam and Marla Black IIIBoeing CompanyStephanie BoothDr. Donald and Karen BouldinBP Foundation, Inc.Charles BradleyBridgestone/Firestone AmericasEstate of Rinehart BrightBristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc.Britton Bridge, LLCJarrod BrownJohn BryantTim BryantRobert and Dorothy BrysonDr. David BurdetteDr. Hillary BurdetteDr. Jonathan BurdetteKevin BurdetteM. Allison BurdetteClaude Buttram, Jr. (Deceased)Lucille ButtramCadre5Ruth CampbellCardinal Health FoundationCarlisle Tire & Wheel CompanyDonna CarterCEMEX, Inc.Charles Blalock & Sons, Inc.Charles SchwabAlex ChenChevron FoundationJohn ChiaraMatthew ChunCisco Systems, Inc.Clayton Bank and TrustClayton Family FoundationRhonda ClendenonClorox Company FoundationDr. Richard ColditzColumbus McKinnon CorporationJeffrey and Ember ConstantinArthur CookCraig CookDr. Chris Cox

Merck & Co., Inc. FoundationMeridiumMicrosoft CorporationMid South Paving MaintenanceMidwest ISOMiles Research, Inc.Harry and Suzanne Miller, Jr.Milligan Engineering, P.C.Luella MillsMotiva Enterprises, L.L.C.Motorola FoundationMyricom, Inc.Thomas and Betty Neal, Jr.Carolyn NelsonNextEra Energy Foundation Inc.Northrop Grumman FoundationNOVA Technical Services LtdNovamente, LLCVirginia O’BrienPAC Materials Energy, Inc.Dr. Dharnidhar ParikhRobert and Dr. Lynne ParkerDr. J. Roger Parsons, Jr.Thomas ParsonsPascagoula Bar Pilots Association., LLCLouise PasquaBrett PasternakPiedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc.Pine Research Instrumentation, Inc.Estate of Charles Postelle, Jr.Clarence Potter, Sr.Julia PowellRichard PowersProteus, Inc.Jill RalphThomas Ramke, Jr.Raymond James & AssociatesRaytheon CompanyRobert RickmanHelen RinkerValeria RobersonRockwell Collins, Inc.Betty RohrbaughRoss Bryan Associates, Inc.S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Schneider Electric/Square D FoundationEstate of George Schoolfield IISchwab Charitable FundR. Gary ScottRoberta ScullDouglas SeptRobert and Elizabeth ShannonShaw Industries Group, Inc.Shell Oil Company FoundationRosaline Slater (Deceased)Smith & Nephew, Inc.Stephen SmithSouthern Company

Services, Inc.Andrew SpickardKarl SteinbergerJohn and Marian StewartMildred StewartDonald StinnettJ. Michael StoneEvangelos and Donna StoyasSandra StringfellowTechnical Society of KnoxvilleTelcordia Technolgies FoundationTennessee Road Builders AssociationTexas Gas Transmission, L.L.C.Texas Instruments FoundationThe Capital Group Companies, Inc.The Procter & Gamble FundJamie ThomasKenneth ThomasTennessee Road Builders Association Ladies AuxiliaryTRMCA Scholarship FoundationDouglas TuckerFannie TurnerTyler Construction EngineersUnited Technologies CorporationURS CorporationUT-Battelle L.L.C.Anonymous Donors UTKCheryl VaughnJames and Connie VavalidesVMWare, Inc.Thomas and Dr. Noranna WarnerWells Fargo FoundationErwin and Mary WhiteTerry WhittWimberly Sales CompanyCecelia WinfreyDr. Ray Witmer, Jr.Estate of Blossom WoodsE. Prentys and Thelma Word, Jr.Xiaopeng ZhaoMarcia Zisman

Listing all names correctly is very important to us because you, our donors, are important to us. We have scrutinized these lists to ensure accuracy, but if we have made an error please contact the Engineering Development Office at 865-974-2779 or [email protected] so we can make the correction.

Hubert Gangl, Jr.Jerry GastonWilliam Gent (Deceased)Joseph GibbsJ. Byron Glass, Sr.John GoddardDennis GowanTiffany GrantDr. Ronald GravesCharles GrayRebecca GreeneWilliam Haggerty, Jr.Andrew HalcombDr. William HamelJerry HardimanTravelius HarrisJulie HarseJames Haun, Sr.Michael HedgeEvan HendricksNorris Hendrix, Jr.Joe HensonJames HiegelJimmy HixGene HolthoferDr. John Hopkins, Jr.David HueserThomas InnesThomas IrwinMaurice JacksonNicholas JacksonDr. Bradley JaredR. B. JohnsonSamuel JohnsonJohn JohnstonNathan KeeseckerEarl KennedyDr. Michael KennedyDavid KeplerDr. Satish KetkarArnold KriegerAlex LaneP. Wayne LauderbackStephen LawsonLewis LittleBill LloydRaymond LundLing LuoWilliam LyndonMark Lynn, Jr.Richard MaasSteve MallardMichael MarshRoy MartinAngela MasonDavid MaxwellMark McAllisterOaklie McConnell, Jr.T. Stewart McCorkleGeorge McNutt, Jr.Walker MeachamMark MedleyJohn Melton, Jr.Nathan MichalikRichard MichelLeslie Miller, Jr.

Walter MillerJack MondayKyle MorrisonWilliam MorrowStanley MosesJohn Murphy, Jr.William MurphyChristopher NealLouis NewtonCovert PerkinsGregory PerkinsDanny PetersJames Phillips IIKrishna PodilaRonald PolceMichael PriceMichael PurnellWilliam RabyCarl Ragan IIIWilliam RasnickJames RayJames ReddenRosemary ReevesJack RiddleDonald RileyDaniel RoederRichard RosenbergBobby SammonsElbert Sanders, Jr.R. Terry SeamanD. Wade SextonDavid SherrodNicholas SimmererLarry SimsScott SlabaughBen SmithDavid SmithWayne StephensDr. William StoneRichard StrouseMichael SuttonDavid SwindellEverett SwingleCarson TaylorJames Tevepaugh, Jr.L. Clay ThomasMichael ThompsonRonald ThorntonWilliam Tidwell IIIArmin TilleyJohn VanlandinghamThomas VaughnAldrea VertisonMark Von NiedaThomas WardRobert WarrenWallace WeathersbyCharles WeaverDavid WhiteDempsey WhiteLester WhiteJohn WilliamsEdward WilliamsonD. Denise WillisRodney WoodDavid Word

Gifts, Pledges & Pledge Payments Other Friends of the CollegeThomas MagetteLarry MastersGeorge MeriwetherDr. John MetzgerDr. Thomas MillerDr. Cecil ParksDr. C. Leon PartainLester PriceGuy RaganDavid RenfroMark RobinsonJames RooneyHoward RosserDr. Charles SlaterJames Smith IIIDr. Edward Straker, Sr.Matthew StroopPeter StuderRicky SummittDr. Cecil Thomas, Jr.Bernard WeberDuane WhiteAnatia WhittenburgDavid WilliamsDr. Brian WorleyDr. Woo Yoon

Polymer EngineeringMark BooneDr. David CoffinLawrence HoodChristopher LewisDr. Rosanne SmithDr. Jianguo ZhouDr. Kenneth Zieminski

Other Friends of the CollegeIncluded here are other friends who supported this college through a new gift, a new pledge, or a pledge payment during the fiscal year 2010-11.

Triangle Community FoundationA. T. & T. Inc. FoundationABB Inc.Automatic Data Processing, Inc.ADTRAN, Inc.Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Advanced Technology Services, Inc.Alcoa FoundationAlcoa Inc.American Society of Civil Engineers, Knoxville BranchAmsted Industries FoundationDede AndersenEmily ArbuckleMabel AricoAtmos Energy Corporation

John WrightDerrick YarbroughDr. Lynn YorkRobert YorkBam ZandiGregory ZimmermanJames Zimmerman

Metallurgical EngineeringReverand Thomas L. Arledge, Jr.Nancy ColeScott DenleyDavid EdmondsDr. R. Gerald GillilandRonald GunkelKerry HenryDavid HobsonDr. H. Joseph KleinArnold LitmanConnor MatthewsHerb McCoy, Jr.Dr. David McElroyDr. Richard PawelMarlin RitchieDr. James ScottDr. Charles SessionsDr. Joe SpruiellStephenson Thomas IVDrs. Samuel WeaverDr. David Welch

Nuclear EngineeringBenjamin BeasleyRobert BoringLarry BoydDr. M. Patricia BrackinG. Edward BruceDr. Melvin BucknerDaniel ChaseDr. Wayne ColemanMichael CornPhillip CuppLarry DeWittAndrew Dunlop, Jr.Raymond DunnGordon FeeElwood GiftJames Gilmer IIIWilbur GoodwinSherrell GreeneWilliam HalleyR. Michael HarringtonRobert HintonDr. Jennifer HoffDavid HoltMichael HowardDr. Alan IcenhourLaura JacksonAlvin JenkinsBrian JobeNorman Johansen IIIKenneth Keith, Jr.Richard KoryntaDr. Richard LillieRaymond Lindsey, Jr.

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Senior AdministrationDr. Wayne Davis, Dean of EngineeringDr. Bill Dunne, Associate Dean for Research & TechnologyDr. Masood Parang, Associate Dean for Academic & Student Affairs

Departments Chemical & Biomolecular ............ 974-2421 Civil & Environmental ................. 974-2503 Electrical & Computer Science .... 974-3461 Industrial & Information .............. 974-3333 Materials Science ...................... 974-5336 Mechanical, Aerospace & Biomedical ................................ 974-5117 Nuclear .................................... 974-2525

Administration & Programs Communications ....................... 974-0533

Calendar

Contact InformationDean’s Office ........................... 974-5321 Development ............................ 974-2779 Engineering Advising Services ..... 974-4008 Engineering Diversity Programs ... 974-1956 Engineering Fundamentals .......... 974-9810 Engineering Professional Practice . 974-5323 Engineering Research ................. 974-8360 Engineering Student Affairs ........ 974-2454 Finance & Admin. Affairs ........... 974-5279

Research Centers Materials Processing .................. 974-0816 Maintenance & Reliability ........... 974-9625 Scintillation Materials ................. 974-0267 Transportation Research ............. 974-5255 Intelligent Systems and Machine Learning .................... 974-5803 CURENT ................................... 974-9720 Innovative Computing Laboratory .............................. 974-8295

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Fall 2011Fall Break ................................Sept 29-30 1st Session Ends ..............................Oct 7 2nd Session Begins ........................Oct 10Thanksgiving ........................... Nov 25-26Classes End .................................. Nov 29Exams ..................................Dec 1-2, 5-8 Graduate Hooding ........................... Dec 8Commencement .............................. Dec 9Offical Graduation Date .................... Dec 9

Spring 2012Classes Begin ................................Jan 11MLK Holiday ..................................Jan 161st Session Ends ............................Feb 292nd Session Begins .......................... Mar 1Spring Break .............................Mar 19-23Spring Recess ............................... April 6Classes End ................................ April 27Exams ................................ May 1-4, 7-8Commencement ........................ May 9-11

Engineer’s Day October 27th, 2011Engineers Day has been a UT College of Engineering tradition for nearly 100 years. Each October, undergraduate engineering classes are dismissed for one day to allow university students and faculty to spend time interacting with hundreds of potential engineering students from high schools across the region.

Engineers Day features four competitions for visiting students. Results for last year’s Quiz Bowl, Egg Drop Competition and ASCE High School Balsa Wood Bridge Competition can be found on the Competitions page.

If you would like more information on this event contact the Engineering Student Affairs office at (865) 974-2454.

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