Tracking and reducing Scope 3 carbon emissions across the transportation supply chain is a daunting challenge facing the commercial trucking industry. Alex Scott, associate professor and Gerald T. Niedert professor in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, spent nearly a decade working in the transportation sector and years researching supply (read more)
Startups
UTRF Startup Uses Audio Analytics to Predict Future Gastrointestinal Impairment
Gastrointestinal impairment (GII) is acute paralysis of the GI tract beginning two to seven days after major abdominal surgery. Around 25 percent of patients develop GII due to postoperative ileus (POI), a small bowel blockage or another postoperative complication. GII puts patients at risk and leads to readmission rates exceeding 20 percent following surgery. One (read more)
UT Startup Seeks to Increase Cybersecurity Protection of Critical Infrastructure
Dr. Fan Zhang, Research Assistant Professor, along with Associate Professor Jamie Coble invented a technology designed to detect insider attacks towards critical industrial control systems (ICSs).