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Urban design leader named newest UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair

Posted at 7:25 pm May 7, 2014
By University of Tennessee Leave a Comment

Phil Enquist

Phil Enquist

KNOXVILLE—Philip Enquist, partner in charge of urban design and planning and leader of the City Design Practice at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, has been named the 16th University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair. Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill is one of the world’s leading urban planning, architecture, and engineering firms, a press release said.

Enquist and a select research team will serve as Governor’s Chair for High Performance Energy Practices in Urban Environments and will be affiliated with and administer projects through the UT College of Architecture and Design.

The Governor’s Chair team will be a research partnership among many designers at the firm who specialize in sustainable urbanism and high-performance buildings. Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill’s City Design Practice is the world’s most highly awarded urban planning group.

The contract between ORNL, UT, and the design firm is pending, the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: architecture, Building Technologies Research and Integration Center, city design, engineering, Governor's Chair for High Performance Energy Practices in Urban Environments, Jimmy G. Cheek, Martin Keller, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Philip Enquist, planning, Scott Poole, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, University of Tennessee, University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor's Chair, UT, UT College of Architecture and Design, UT-ORNL Governor's Chair

UT names bioenergy expert as 14th UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair

Posted at 1:05 pm February 19, 2014
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Art Ragauskas

Arthur Ragauskas

KNOXVILLE—Arthur Ragauskas, an authority in bioenergy, has been named the 14th University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair.

He will serve as Governor’s Chair for Biorefining, based in UT’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering with a complementary appointment in the UT Institute of Agriculture’s Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries.

He will also serve in the Energy and Environmental Sciences Directorate, Biosciences Division, at ORNL and as a member of the U.S. Department of Energy’s BioEnergy Science Center, or BESC.

Ragauskas begins at UT on June 1. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Arthur Ragauskas, BESC, bioenergy, BioEnergy Science Center, biofuels, biomass, biomaterials, biopower, Biosciences Division, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Forestry Wildlife and Fisheries, Energy and Environmental Sciences Directorate, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech, Governor's Chair for Biorefining, Institute of Agriculture, Jimmy G. Cheek, Martin Keller, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, U.S. Department of Energy, University of Tennessee, University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor's Chair, UT, UT-ORNL Governor's Chair

UT names nuclear materials expert as 13th UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair

Posted at 2:11 pm August 28, 2013
By University of Tennessee Leave a Comment

Steve Zinkle

Steve Zinkle

KNOXVILLE—Steve Zinkle, an authority on the effect of radiation on materials in fission and fusion nuclear reactors, has been named the thirteenth University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair.

Zinkle will serve as Governor’s Chair for Nuclear Materials, based in the department of nuclear engineering at UT with a complementary appointment in materials science and engineering. He begins at UT on Oct. 1. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Science, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: E. O. Lawrence Award, Governor's Chair for Nuclear Materials, High Flux Isotope Reactor, Jimmy G. Cheek, materials, materials science, Materials Science and Technology Division, National Academy of Engineering, nuclear engineering, nuclear reactors, Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, radiation, radiation-resistant materials, scientist, Steve Zinkle, U.S. Department of Energy, University of Tennessee, University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor's Chair, UT, UT-Battelle Corporate Fellow

UT names solar nanotechnology expert, ORNL deputy as Governor’s Chair

Posted at 12:05 pm July 8, 2013
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Ramamoorthy Ramesh

Ramamoorthy Ramesh

KNOXVILLE—Ramamoorthy Ramesh, an authority in the physics of functional materials, has been named the 12th University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair. He has also been appointed as deputy director for science and technology at ORNL.

Ramesh will serve as Governor’s Chair for Nanomaterials Engineering, based in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He began on June 1. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Science, Top Stories Tagged With: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ferroelectric Random Access Memories, functional materials, Governor's Chair for Nanomaterials Engineering, Humboldt Senior Scientist Prize, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, National Academy of Engineering, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, physics, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, science, Solar Energy Technologies Program, SunShot Initiative, technology, thin film technology, Thom Mason, U.S. Department of Energy, UC Berkeley, University of California, University of Tennessee, University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor's Chair, UT

UT names advanced manufacturing expert as Governor’s Chair with ORNL

Posted at 10:33 pm May 8, 2013
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Sudarsanam Suresh Babu

Sudarsanam Suresh Babu

Sudarsanam Suresh Babu, an authority in the production, design, and performance of transforming materials into parts, has been named the 11th University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair.

Babu will serve as Governor’s Chair for Advanced Manufacturing. He begins on July 1.

Babu, a professor in the Welding Engineering Program in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University, directed a National Science Foundation Industry and University Cooperative Research center focused on materials joining for energy applications. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Science, Top Stories Tagged With: advanced manufacturing, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical, Energy and Environmental Sciences Directorate, Energy Material Program, Governor's Chair for Advanced Manufacturing, Jimmy G. Cheek, Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ohio State University, ORNL, professor, Sudarsanam Suresh Babu, University of Tennessee, University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor's Chair, UT

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