The NSF/DOE Site Visit completed on Thursday, November, 16th in the Min Kao Building. The day completed with a student poster session highlighting graduate and undergraduate student research. The poster session also included posters from the summer programs – YSP Read more
On Tuesday, November 8th, Erin Wills demonstrated electricity activities at the ‘Science Playground’ as a part of Knox County Schools District-Learning Day for teachers (organized by stemspark). Mr. Wills demonstrated how to use home-made circuit kits in the classroom and Read more
During the SHPE Conference, Mr. Erin Wills and Mr. Camarillo met with over 200 students at the conference to discuss the opportunities at CURENT. The backgrounds of the people met were quite broad geographically, academically, and professionally. Some of the people Read more
The CURENT Open House was widely considered successful. Close to 60 undergraduate students attended with inquiries about undergraduate research and graduate studies in power systems, power electronics, and cyber-security. The majority of the faculty attended and approximately 10-15 CURENT undergraduates Read more
Collected below are the materials developed during the Summer 2016 RET program. During the four week long program, teachers developed curriculum for the courses, presented a poster of their project ideas, and presented an end-of-term presentation of their accomplishments. There Read more
The 6th Annual Family Engineering Night at Sequoyah Elementary School will be on Thursday, December 1st from 5 to 7 pm. The annual event has 7-10 hands-on activities which the parents and their children, numbering over 200 total guests, work together Read more
Now that applications are closed, CURENT welcomes our incoming teachers and students for the Research Experience for Teachers (RET) and the Young Scholars Program (YSP)! Young Scholars for 2017 Aruha Khan……………………………………L&N STEM Academy Brooklynn Benson……………………………Webb Academy Haley Fuller……………………………….. Lenoir City High Read more
Now that applications are closed, CURENT welcomes our incoming students for the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REUs)! REUs for 2017 Marissa Burge……………………………….Baylor University Elena Van Hove……………………………Purdue University Tatianne Da Silva………….Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gerais Katrina Eccles………………………….Tennessee Tech University Jeremy Till………………………………Tennessee Read more
Collected below are the materials developed during the Summer 2014 RET program. During the six week long program, teachers developed curriculum for the courses, presented a poster of their project ideas, and presented an end-of-term presentation of their accomplishments. There Read more