For release December 1, 2006 UTSI STUDENTS, CIVIL AIR PATROL HELP IN AIAA MODEL PLANE EVENT Tennessee Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) recently sponsored a model airplane contest at Tullahoma Hands-On Science Center. The event drew competitors from second grade on past high school and volunteers from The University of […]
For release December 4, 2006 UTSI LIGHTS GIANT CHRISTMAS TREE The lobby was filled and an orange-suited “UT Santa” lent an ear to numerous children as lights for a 20-foot-tall tree were turned on for The University of Tennessee Space Institute’s “first official Christmas tree lighting” at twilight Nov. 29. Faculty, staff, students and members […]
For release December 8, 2006 AMERICANS CHALLENGED BY ‘FLAT WORLD’ UTSI PROFESSOR SAYS IN LUNCH SEMINAR Innovation, smart thinking, and a thirst for education are vital if Americans are to cope with the fast changes brought on by a “flattening of competition” throughout the world, a University of Tennessee Space Institute professor believes. “This is […]
For release December 8, 2006 UTSI GRAD WILLIAM OEFELEIN IS PILOTING SHUTTLE FLIGHT U.S. Navy Commander William A. (Bill) Oefelein, a 1998 graduate of The University of Tennessee Space Institute, is the pilot for NASA’s Shuttle Discovery’s 11-day trip to the International Space Station. NASA chose Oefelein for the astronaut program in June 1998, and […]
For release December 11, 2006 AF LAB DIRECTOR CITES WORLD NEED FOR CARBON FIBER DURING UTSI VISIT The world is running out of carbon fiber, a director from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, said during a recent visit to The University of Tennessee Space Institute. “There is a limited supply of carbon fiber in […]
For release December 12, 2006 DR. ATUL SHETH RETIRING AT SPACE INSTITUTE AFTER 22 YEARS AS PROFESSOR, RESEARCHER Dr. Atul C. Sheth of Tullahoma is ending a 22-year career as a professor of chemical engineering at The University of Tennessee Space Institute. Bringing with him an outstanding academic record that started in high school and […]