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Innovator Profile

Tony Schmitz

Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering (MABE), Tickle College of Engineering, UT Knoxville

Dr. Schmitz received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Florida in 1999. He serves as joint faculty with the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and his research interests include manufacturing, machining, vibrations, and measurement and uncertainty analysis.​

Available Technologies

  • Flexure-Based Torque and Thrust Drilling Hall-Effect Dynamometer​
    Researchers at the University of Tennessee have developed a flexure-based torque and thrust drilling dynamometer making use of Hall-effect sensors for ... (read more)

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