Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - UTK

09/04/2026

TCE professors are collaborating on the Myo-Bridge, a robotic device that creates a link between an amputee's residual muscles and a prosthetic hand.

09/04/2026

Yilu Liu, UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Professor for Power Grids, has won her 7th R&D 100 Award, recognized for her Pulsar-based Timing System.

Jack Dongarra, Emeritus Professor and University Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, also won an R&D 100 Award for his work with Sandia National Laboratory. Congratulations!

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09/04/2026

EECS was well represented at the ACM AI Leadership Summit this week in Atlanta. Faculty members Katie Schuman, Xiongye Xiao, and FNU Suya accompanied a large contingent of students to discuss the future of AI. EECS was one of the supporting institutions for the summit, which brought together voices from research, industry, government, education, and civil society for meaningful dialogue on the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of AI.

09/02/2026

08/27/2026

Professor Fran Li was selected as the recipient of the 2026 IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award and the IEEE PES Prize Paper Award for his contributions to probabilistic methods in market simulation, grid reliability, and resilience assessment.

Li is the first person affiliated with the University of Tennessee to be selected for the Billinton honor. Congratulations, Professor Li!

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08/24/2026

Applications are now open for Germaneering, a brand-new, short-term faculty-led study abroad program taking place January 7–17, 2027! Through Germaneering, students will combine engineering and German studies, gain an international perspective, and earn VolCore GCI credit along the way.

Applications are open now through September 4.

Learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/4xZqNQx

07/06/2026

UT’s Global Computing Laboratory, led by MathWorks Professor Michela Taufer, recently helped link an imaging beam at Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source with autonomous workflow infrastructure at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in what may be the world's first material assessment conducted in two locations at once.

By using the National Science Data Fabric (NSDF) to move real-time experimental data and AI-based recommendations, the team was able to study materials more efficiently, saving precious beam time. Full Story 🔗 https://bit.ly/4y1iOD9

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07/02/2026

Phillip Graham led his own senior design project to create "Kakudachi", an AI-enabled tablet that helps Japanese language learners master writing kanji by providing feedback on handwriting and stroke order.

Built by an EECS senior design team, Kakudachi uses a treelike tutoring architecture to help students learn increasingly complicated kanji at a sustainable pace and integrates with a large language model to generate an endless stream of practice prompts.

Also pictured is teammate Carmen Palileo (BS/CompE, ‘26).

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05/22/2026

Watch Emeritus Professor Jack Dongarra's full keynote!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1TY7sHh0bk

Award winner Jack Dongarra mapped the 50-year trajectory of — from early Cray vectors to today's 1.8 ExaFLOPs "El Capitan" at Lawrence Livermore. He argued that High-Performance Computing ( ) has evolved into the "third pillar" of , supplementing theory and experimentation.

Prof. Dongarra highlighted a critical transition: how the deductive world of physics-based modeling is seamlessly augmented by the inductive power of generative , transforming how we solve grand challenges in climate, energy, and medicine.

Watch his full keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1TY7sHh0bk

Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - UTK

05/18/2026

The Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is seeking a new Student Services Associate! This role will serve as a key point of contact for graduate students, faculty, and prospective applicants.

Interested in joining our incredible EECS team and working alongside our talented ? Apply below!

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The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, invites applications for a full-time Student Services Associate. Reporting to the Front Office Manager, this position serves as a key point of contact for graduate students, faculty, and p...