5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (668+ words) In July, Teknovation reported that a regional team, including the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), was selected as a National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional Innovation Engine, which could bring up to $160 million in NSF grant funding to the University over…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (334+ words) ATHENA makes Knoxville one of 20 nodes in a new national network of "self-driving" laboratories. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has received $20 million from the National Science Foundation to establish ATHENA, a materials-research facility that will run experiments with limited human…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (675+ words) After finishing his Ph.D. at UT in December 2024, Eric Heikkenen launched NXT MFG and landed a spot in ORNL's competitive Innovation Crossroads program. The industrial supply chain has gaps that domestic casting and forging can’t fill alone. Workforce shortages make…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago   (196+ words) The three will develop, test and validate advanced analytics tools for electric distribution systems. The goal is to move new algorithms from prototype to field in mere months. Chattanooga has become known as Tennessee’s quantum hub, but Middle Tennessee is…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (406+ words) Participating student founders with the UT Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation underwent a 10-week crashcourse in entrepreneurship, guided by mentors and industry experts from across Knoxville’s startup ecosystem. After ten weeks with their heads in the financial books, building…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (895+ words) The newly announced Catalyst Capital angel group seeks to create a $1 million fund, with an anticipated investment range from $25,000 to $250,000 into regional companies making an economic impact. Inside the long hallways of the East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Research Corporation…...