Deborah Crawford, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, vice chancellor for research, talks with Hallerin Hilton Hill about the type of research UT is focused on, the importance of external research partnerships, and the critical role research is playing in growing and developing Tennessee's innovation economy. 

This interview is part of a series featuring UT faculty experts and originally aired on the H3 Radio Show on NewsTalk 98.7, WOKI-FM. The episode is reproduced here with permission.

Deborah Crawford Interview With Hallerin Hilton Hill

Amy Elias, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Chancellor's Professor and director of the UT Humanities Center, talks with Hallerin Hilton Hill about the importance of the humanities and dialogue for a high-functioning society as well as its importance for students of STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math) to ensure technology can work in a human world.  

This interview is part of a series featuring UT faculty experts and originally aired on the H3 Radio Show on NewsTalk 98.7, WOKI-FM. The episode is reproduced here with permission.

Amy Elias Interview With Hallerin Hilton Hill

Kevin Heaslip, director of the University of Tennessee’s Center for Transportation Research, talks with Hallerin Hilton Hill about the key to unlocking fully autonomous vehicles and why the state of Tennessee is primed to become a leader in mobility and transportation technology.

This interview is part of a series featuring UT faculty experts and originally aired on the H3 Radio Show on NewsTalk 98.7, WOKI-FM. The episode is reproduced here with permission.

Kevin Heaslip Interview With Hallerin Hilton Hill

Tony Schmitz, professor and director of the University of Tennessee’s Machine Tool Research Center, spoke with Hallerin Hilton Hill about America’s Cutting Edge and Southeastern Advanced Machine Tools Network, two new programs funded by the US Department of Defense to support advanced manufacturing research, education, and workforce development.

During the interview Schmitz also explained hybrid manufacturing, which combines additive and subtractive manufacturing to give researchers more flexibility and control, and the link between advanced materials and advanced manufacturing.

This interview is part of a series featuring UT faculty experts and originally aired on the H3 Radio Show on NewsTalk 98.7, WOKI-FM. The episode is reproduced here with permission.

Tony Schmitz Interview with Hallerin Hilton Hill

Deborah Reed is the director of the new Tennessee Reading Research Center, a partnership between the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the Tennessee Department of Education created to advance the literacy skills of children in the state.

The center is one part of a statewide initiative to ensure Tennessee school districts, teachers, and families have the tools and resources to help students read on grade level by third grade. Reed discusses the center’s goals and her work in the early days of its creation with Hallerin Hilton Hill in this interview, which is  part of a series featuring UT faculty experts and originally aired on the H3 Radio Show on NewsTalk 98.7, WOKI-FM. The episode is reproduced here with permission.

Deborah Reed Interview With Hallerin Hilton Hill

In this interview with Hallerin Hilton Hill, Dayakar Penumadu, UT’s Fred N. Peebles Professor and IAMM Chair of Excellence, speaks about composite materials and their role in future automobile technology and solving the country’s aging infrastructure.

Penumadu highlights the recent installation of a glass fiber composite smart bridge installed in Morgan County, Tennessee, a recent breakthrough by a  collaborative research team from UT and Eastman that improves flaw detection in rubber, and the Volkswagen Innovation Hub at UT’s Institute for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing.

This interview is part of a series featuring UT faculty experts and originally aired on the H3 Radio Show on NewsTalk 98.7, WOKI-FM. The episode is reproduced here with permission.

Dayakar Penumadu Interview With Hallerin Hilton Hill

In this interview with Hallerin Hilton Hill, Distinguished Professor John Sorochan explains his research on mitigating the impact stressors like drought, shade, and traffic have on turfgrass. He also shares his insights on the turf challenges involved in hosting the World Cup.

The interview is part of a series featuring UT faculty experts and originally aired on the H3 Radio Show on NewsTalk 98.7, WOKI-FM. The episode is reproduced here with permission.

John Sorochan Interview With Hallerin Hilton Hill

Hilary Havens, associate professor of English at the University of Tennessee, explains how she uses digital paleography, a process she developed and published, to uncover deleted text within a handwritten manuscript of Frances Burney's Cecilia (1782).

Photo courtesy of the Berg Collection, New York Public Library.

Digital Paleography Uncovers Deleted Text, Author Censorship

Nicole Eggers, assistant professor of history at the University of Tennessee, discusses her research documenting the oral history of a religious movement known as Kitawala, which has been influential in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since the early 20th century.

Capturing Oral Histories in the Congo

Suzie Allard, Chancellor's Professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee, discusses her role in developing an innovative team-taught graduate course focused on energy storage devices, which was funded by the Department of Energy, and examined the intersection of humanities, data science, and engineering.

Incorporating Humanities into STEM: A Look at One Energy Storage Class

Joshua Ortiz Baco, assistant professor and digital scholarship librarian of the Scholars' Collaborative at the University of Tennessee, discusses digital humanities research, the Humanities Center, and how faculty and students are engaging in this emerging field.

Cover photo courtesy of Eric Walter Butler on Unsplash.

Advancing Digital Humanities Research

Nicholas Coles, social psychology PhD student at the University of Tennessee, explains the relationship between smiling more and feeling happier.

Smiling Can Make Us Feel Happier

Stephanie Drumheller-Horton, professor of paleontology at the University of Tennessee, explains the death roll, a maneuver crocodiles make to turn their pray into edible-size bites.

The Terrifying Death Roll

Gestational Diabetes as a Predictor for Childhood Obesity

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