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UT-ORII Research Symposium
April 15 & 16
UT Student Union
The University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute (UT-ORII) is expanding funding opportunities for university faculty members and graduate students engaging in UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) collaborative research. UT-ORII awards UT-ORNL joint research funding through UT-ORII seed grants and Science Alliance programs. The UT-ORII Research Symposium features the collaborative research efforts of grant-awarded teams and graduate students.
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Daily Schedules
Monday April 15
8:15 | Welcome | 262 C |
8:30 – 12:50 | Presentations: Clean Manufacturing & Advanced Materials | 262 C |
12:50 – 2:50 | Posters: Transportation, Biomedical, and General Session | 262 AB |
2:50 – 4:05 | Presentations: Circular Bioeconomy & Decarbonization | 262 C |
Tuesday April 16
9:15 | Welcome | 262 C |
9:20 – 12:05 | Presentations: Transportation | 262 C |
12:05 – 2:10 | Posters: Clean Manufacturing & Advanced Materials, Circular Bioeconomy & Decarbonization | 272 B |
2:10 – 3:50 | Presentations: General Session | 262 C |
The symposium will include presentations led by each team’s UT faculty member/principal investigator. Research teams include both UT and ORNL collaborators who received funding from UT-ORII and/or Science Alliance grants. The teams’ research focuses on advancing UT-ORII’s convergent research initiatives and other areas of national importance.
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Student poster presentations highlight the meritorious and collaborative research conducted by graduate students funded through the Graduate Advancement, Training and Education (GATE) program and faculty-led UT-ORII grants.