Technical Tours
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE
Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2023
Maximum Capacity: 100
Restrictions: Attendees must wear their conference badges on the tour.
Description
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT), is a top research-oriented State university with programs in many areas of science and engineering. It now operates Oak Ridge National Laboratory in partnership with Battelle. Its major research programs in technical areas include materials science and engineering, computational sciences and robotics, plant science, biofuels, microbiology, and environmental science. Tours will provide an overview of the research going on at UT, with potential locations to include the following:
- UT Biosystems Initiative/TN Biofuels Laboratory – Overview of the Tennessee Biofuels Program and switchgrass fuel conversion process
- Mechanical Testing Laboratory – Mechanical behaviors and processing of high-temperature materials
- Electro-optical Spectroscopy Laboratory – Nanophase optoelectronic and spintronic polymer materials and devices
- Robotics Laboratory – Robots and controlling sensors
- Civil Engineering Laboratory – Cohesive and frictional materials, 3D mechanical properties, stress mapping, and composites
Schedule
2 p.m.—Depart Convention Center
2:30 p.m.—Tour of Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science at the UT Agriculture Campus (UT Biofuels Initiative/Bioprocessing)
3:30 p.m.—Depart UT Agriculture Campus
4 p.m.—Tour of Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Distributed Intelligence Laboratory/Robotics)
5 p.m.—Depart UT Campus
5:30 p.m.—Arrive at Convention Center
Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2023
Restrictions: Attendees must wear their conference badges on the tour.
Description
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT), is a top research-oriented State university with programs in many areas of science and engineering. It now operates Oak Ridge National Laboratory in partnership with Battelle. Its major research programs in technical areas include materials science and engineering, computational sciences and robotics, plant science, biofuels, microbiology, and environmental science. Tours will provide an overview of the research going on at UT, with potential locations to include the following:
- UT Biosystems Initiative/TN Biofuels Laboratory – Overview of the Tennessee Biofuels Program and switchgrass fuel conversion process
- Mechanical Testing Laboratory – Mechanical behaviors and processing of high-temperature materials
- Electro-optical Spectroscopy Laboratory – Nanophase optoelectronic and spintronic polymer materials and devices
- Robotics Laboratory – Robots and controlling sensors
- Civil Engineering Laboratory – Cohesive and frictional materials, 3D mechanical properties, stress mapping, and composites
Schedule
2 p.m.—Depart Convention Center
2:30 p.m.—Concurrent Tours in the Science and Education Research Facility (SERF):
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering – Mechanical Testing Laboratory and Electro-optical Spectroscopy Laboratory
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering – Civil Engineering Laboratory
5 p.m.—Arrive at Convention Center