The University of Tennessee Research Foundation is honored to partner with Uday Vaidya, a prolific researcher, industry leader, and advisor. He is priceless,” said UTRF President Maha Krishnamurthy. “One of our most prolific innovators. His contributions towards his students’ success, along with impactful contributions in the field of advanced composites, make him invaluable to UTRF (read more)
UT Knoxville
From Theory to Practice: Students Transform Decades-Old IP into Sound Dental Solution
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation celebrates and supports entrepreneurship across the UT System. One way UTRF does this is by working with students in the two-semester Senior Design course with UT Knoxville’s Tickle College of Engineering together with innovators at UT Health Science Center. UTRF has been sponsoring such projects over the past five (read more)
Knoxville startup ThermaMatrix developing cost-effective, non-destructive solutions for manufacturers
Ryan Spencer, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of ThermaMatrix, has known he wanted to engineer since high school. His old truck had broken down, and instead of taking it to the auto repair shop and spending thousands of dollars he did not have as a teenager, he decided to buy the parts and fix the (read more)