Professor Kevin Bai received an Excellence in Research and Creative Achievement award at the University of Tennessee Academic Honors Banquet.

TCE students Samuel Barbour and Jai Mehta have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships for the 2026-27 academic year.

Justin Henley was named a Torchbearer, UT’s highest undergraduate student honor—in recognition of his leadership, service, and Volunteer spirit.

Ahmedullah Aziz was selected to receive the 2026 Outstanding Mid-Career Teaching Award from the American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section

Michela Taufer has been named the MathWorks Professor. The MathWorks Professorship in Scientific Computing was endowed at UT by MathWorks, Inc.

EECS Professor Hua “Kevin’ Bai has been elected as a National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow for his exceptional achievements as an inventor.

PhD students Danny Scott and Imran Fahad traveled to Finland to receive the EPIC Lab’s ACM Distinguished Paper Award at UbiComp/ISWC 2025.

UT has been awarded a $1M grant from the NSF to prepare Tennessee’s high school students and teachers for careers in the rapidly growing semiconductor industry

Ahmedullah Aziz has been named one of MIT’s 35 Innovators Under 35 in the Asia Pacific region for his transformative work with superconducting electronics.

Dongarra Professor Michela Taufer was named to the HPCwire 35 Legends Class of 2025 based on her contributions to the High Performance Computing community.