WCQS article: Just over 25 million dollars will go to the North Carolina Forest Service for wildfire response expenses and timber restoration. Arson is suspected in most of the fires. A Macon County man has been charged with setting several in the Nantahala Forest near Franklin. In Tennessee, two teens were charged in connection with the (read more)
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UTRF Innovation Driver Award Overview
The Innovation Driver Award was created in 2016 to recognize faculty inventors who are relatively new working with UTRF, meaning they have submitted their first invention disclosure within the last three years but have demonstrated an enthusiasm, an excitement and a drive to take those inventions and ideas to the commercial market. Winners are chosen by (read more)
UT’s Penumadu Helps Develop Breakthrough Adhesive
Tennessee Today article: The UT Research Foundation and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering recently submitted a patent application on behalf of Fred N. Peebles Professor Dayakar Penumadu for a new type of adhesive. Called a “smart joint” system, the technology has a number of key features and applications and is characterized by being (read more)