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

09/14/2026

The Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is currently hiring for the following faculty positions:

🔸 Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Computer Science (2 positions)
🔸 Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering (2 positions)
🔸 Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Computer Engineering (2 positions)
🔸 Endowed Dongarra Professorship in High Performance Computing (HPC) / Director of the Innovative Computing Laboratory – Associate Professor/Professor

Interested? Learn more and apply here:

Faculty Job Board Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Computer Science (2 positions) Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering (2 positions) Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Computer Engineering (2 positions) Endowed Dongarra Professorship in High Performance Computing (HPC) / Di...

09/08/2026

Congratulations, 2026 R&D 100 Awardees!

The 2026 R&D Awards recognized 100 of the world's most significant new technologies. We're thrilled to celebrate a Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education Ph.D. student and several UT-ORNL joint researchers, faculty and mentors who contributed to this year's award-winning innovations.

Big congratulations to Oak Ridge National Laboratory for a record-setting year, earning 22 R&D 100 Awards - the most in its history.

From internationally recognized researchers to graduate students building their careers, we're incredibly proud to see these members of the UT-ORII community helping turn bold ideas into R&D 100 award-winning innovations.

Congratulations to:
Parans Paranthaman — ORNL distinguished corporate fellow and Bredesen Center professor and graduate adviser — named the 2026 R&D 100 Researcher of the Year

Yilu Liu — UT–ORNL Governor’s Chair for Power Grids and Bredesen Center faculty member — part of the award-winning Pulsar-Based Timing System team and now a six-time R&D 100 winner in seven years

Peter Fuhr, PhD — retired ORNL distinguished scientist and Bredesen Center Advisory Committee member — also part of the award-winning Pulsar-Based Timing System team

Umesh Marathe — UT–ORII assistant professor and Bredesen Center faculty member — contributed to two award-winning technologies, the Recycled Next Generation Composite Oven (ReNGCO) and Multiplexing Extrusion System (MExS)

Alex Ivanov — UT Knoxville assistant professor of nuclear engineering and Bredesen Center mentor — contributed to the award-winning Electrochemical CO2 Graphitization (ECOG) technology

William Doktycz — Bredesen Center Energy Science and Engineering PhD student — contributed to the award-winning Affordable Efficient Thermoelectric Dishwasher with Enhanced Drying

These awards are powerful examples of what UT-ORII was created to do: bring together the UT System and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to advance world-class research while preparing the next generation of our nation's top scientists and engineers.

Read more about our 2026 R&D 100 winners: https://utorii.com/congratulations-2026-rd-100-awardees/

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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

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...