Recent News

The University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute recently awarded six grants to UT faculty members leading research to advance UT-ORII’s circular bioeconomy systems and radiopharmaceutical therapies convergent research initiatives. UT-ORII’s CRIs are emerging areas of strength for both UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  Each of the selected research efforts will receive about $75,000.   Circular… Read More >

UT-ORII’s Science Alliance announced its latest Support for Affiliated Research Teams (StART) grant recipients. Each STaRT research project will receive around $100,000 in funding. Yingwen Cheng – Fast-Charging Aqueous Na-ion Batteries Ria Corder – Materials Formulation Via Melt Rheology for Reactive Extrusion and Advanced Manufacturing of Bio-Based Polymer Composites Hanno Weitering – Materials for Interfacing… Read More >

UT-ORII, the UT Institute of Agriculture’s 4-H youth program and the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education are partnering in a yearlong pilot to bring fun, interactive STEM lessons to sixth graders in four counties across the state. 4-H agents are rolling out activities in artificial intelligence, kinetic energy, circuit design, invasive species, renewable… Read More >

We are excited to celebrate Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s 14 R&D 100 Research awards and all the ORNL and UT team members who were part of this year’s winning ORNL teams.  Amongst these winners are UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Yilu Liu and several UT-ORNL joint faculty, including at least 12 who serve as Bredesen Center faculty… Read More >