Dr. Peter Tsai honored with prestigious Innovator Hall of Fame Award The 2019 University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) Innovation Awards celebrated a banner year in innovation and marketplace success for university-based technologies. The Knoxville awards ceremony, held on December 4, recognized the UT researchers whose innovations better society. 2019 honorees included researchers who patented (read more)
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UT Researcher’s Nonwoven Fabrics Protect the Health of More Than a Billion People
Peter Tsai may not be a household name, but odds are you know his work. The recently retired research faculty member of Material Sciences is the architect behind the essential technology in N95 respirators. These respirators are required by OSHA when working in dusty environments to remove at least 95% of submicron particles, and recommended (read more)
Former UTRF President, Dr. David Millhorn, Awarded Multiple Honors
David Millhorn has brought visionary leadership that has enabled some of the most transformative accomplishments in the University’s history,” said UT President Joe DiPietro. “The incredible success of UT-Battelle’s management of ORNL, the multiple UT-ORNL joint institutes, our Governor’s Chairs program, and the momentum underway at Cherokee Farm Innovation Campus all are game-changers that have attracted national attention and raised the prestige of the entire statewide UT system.