CEE - Key Persons


Adrian Gonzalez

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate
  • Technical Manager

Andy Baker

Job Titles:
  • Technical Manager

Angel Palomino

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
Biography AngelPalominojoinedtheCivilandEnvironmentalEngineeringfacultyattheUniversityofTennesseeinJanuary2012.Previously,PalominowasafacultymemberatthePennsylvaniaStateUniversity,wheresheheldtheHartzCareerDevelopmentProfessorship. ShereceivedherPhDfromtheGeorgiaInstituteofTechnology,afterwhichsheremainedforoneyearasapost-doctoralfellowintheParticulateMediaResearchLaboratory.Duringhergraduatestudies,PalominowashonoredwiththeGeorgiaTechPresident'sFellowshipaswellastheNationalScienceFoundationGraduateFellowship. Herspecialtiesinteachingandresearcharemicro-scalesoilmechanics,clayparticlesurfacemodification,beneficialusesofcoalcombustionproducts,engineeredsoilmaterials,andunderstandingtheinfluenceofgeogridsinpavementstructures.

Angela Long

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Administrative Specialist I
  • Staff
AdministrativeAssistantAngelaLongprovidesacademicsupportforthefaculty,supportsgraduateschoolprograms,assistsstudentsasneeded,andmuchmore.

Anna Herring

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
Biography AnnaHerringjoinedtheDepartmentofCivilandEnvironmentalEngineeringfacultyinAugust2022,followingseveralyearsattheAustralianNationalUniversitywheresheconductedresearchasapostdocandAustralianResearchCouncil"Discovery"EarlyCareerfellow.Herresearchenablesefficientdesignandoptimizationoftechnologiestofightclimatechange:preventinggreenhousegasbuildupintheatmospherebystoringcarbondioxideinpermeableundergroundgeologicformations,andinusefulsolidmineralforms. Herring'sresearchislargelyexperimentalandisbasedonhighly-resolvedvisualizationoffluid(gas,liquid,andsupercriticalphase)flowswithinporousmedia.Sheappliesstate-of-the-artmicrotomographytechniquestoobservecomplicated3Dsolidarchitectureandflowpatterns,onamicro-scalebasis,inotherwiseopaquesamples;andsheusesimageprocessingandmathematicaltopologytoquantifyfluid-solidstructuresandinteractions.Sheproducedthefirstexperimentalevidencethatmicro-scalefluidtopologydictatesreservoir-scaleflowandtransportparametersusedbyengineers.Shealsoinvestigateshowtransportoffluidsthroughsamplescancausechemicalreactions,alteringsolidsurfacechemistryandtransformingsolidstructuresovertime;andshelooksathowthesereactivetransportmechanismscanbemanipulatedtooptimizeflowprocessesindifferentnaturalanddesignedscenarios.Herresearchspanstemporalandspatialscales,chemistryandphysics,andfundamentalscienceandappliedengineeringtopics.

Beth Crisco-Kestner

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Candace Brakewood

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
CandaceBrakewoodjoinedthefacultyinAugust2017afterservingonthefacultyattheCityCollegeofNewYorkforthreeyears.SheholdsaPhDinCivilEngineeringfromGeorgiaTechanddualMSdegreesfromMITinTransportationandTechnologyPolicy.Herresearchfocuseson"smart"transportationsystemsandaimstousenewinformationandcommunicationtechnologiestoimproveurbantransportationnetworks.In2016,shewasnamedaRisingStarfellowbytheTransportationResearchBoardandwasselectedforMassTransitMagazine's"Top40under40"list.

Charles R. Walker

Job Titles:
  • Professor
ProfessorCharlesR.WalkernameddepartmentheadfollowingtheaccidentaldeathofAmbrose.

Chi Epsilon

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Advisor / Chair Department Curriculum Committee / Chair Department Assessment Committee

Chris D. Cox

Job Titles:
  • Department Head
  • Department Head and Robert M. Condra Professor
  • Member at UT
  • Registered Professional Engineer
CoxhasbeentherecipientofnumerousawardsduringhistenureatUT,includingtheAllenandHoshallFacultyAward,theCollegeofEngineeringResearchFellowAward,theChancellor'sTeachingAward,andtheCollegeofEngineeringOutstandingAdvisingAward. Biography ChrisCoxhasbeenafacultymemberatUTsince1991,teachingandconductingresearchintheareaofEnvironmentalEngineering.HepreviouslyservedastheDirectoroftheUT'sInstituteforaSecureandSustainableEnvironment(2011-2015)andasAssociateDepartmentHead(2008-2015). HeisanadjunctprofessorintheDepartmentofChemicalandBiomolecularEngineering.CoxisaregisteredprofessionalengineerintheStateofTennessee.

Christopher Cherry

Job Titles:
  • Associate Department Head of Undergraduate Studies and Professor / Research
  • UT Professor
UTProfessorChrisCherrydiscussedanewclassofvehiclesthesizeofgolfcartsandwhytheywillhaveaproblemgaininguseintheUS.

Daryl Armentrout

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Dori Miller

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Business Manager

Edward S. Fabian

Job Titles:
  • Department Head

Gregory D. Reed

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
  • Department Head
  • Interim Head

Jeffrey S. Paris

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

JeNai Davis

Job Titles:
  • Advisor I

Jeremy Mobley

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor
  • Staff
AcademicAdvisorJeremyMobleywasrecentlywelcomedintotheCommissionforLGBTPeopleontheUniversityofTennessee'scampus.

Jonathan Turnmire

Job Titles:
  • Information Technology Specialist

Karen J. McKeehan

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Larry Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Design Technician

Lindsi Whitaker

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Specialist II

Lisa Smith

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Specialist I

Mobley Wins

Job Titles:
  • Outstanding New Advisor Award
CEEstudentadvisorJeremyMobleyreceivedtheOutstandingNewAdvisorAwardfromtheTennesseeAcademicAdvisingAssociation(TennACADA),anorganization[…]

Nathan W. Dougherty

NathanW.Doughertyappointedasprofessorofcivilengineering.

Randy Ferguson

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Randy Gibson - Chief Strategy Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Strategy Officer

Randy Inklebarger

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Russell McCoig

Job Titles:
  • Civil Engineering Student
CivilEngineeringstudentRussellMcCoigshareshisthoughtsandexperiencesaboutco-opsthatheparticipatedinthroughEngineeringProfessionalPractice.

Sharon Hale

Job Titles:
  • Academic Support Coordinator

Stephen King

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Steve Borden

Job Titles:
  • Director / Assistance Chief Engineer Region 1

Tennessee Valley Authority

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Timothy Truster

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • University of Tennessee As an Assistant Professor of Civil
TimothyTrusterjoinedtheUniversityofTennesseeasanAssistantProfessorofCivilandEnvironmentalEngineeringinfall2013.DuringhisgraduatestudiesattheUniversityofIllinois,hewastherecipientofaNationalScienceFoundationGraduateResearchFellowshipandabestposterawardfromtheUnitedStatesAssociationforComputationalMechanics.Truster'sareaofspecializationisStructureswithanemphasisonthedevelopmentofcomputationaltechniquesforthemodelingofadvancedmaterials.HeisaregisteredprofessionalengineerintheStateofTennessee.

Victor C. Tyler

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

William L. Grecco

Job Titles:
  • Department Head

Z. John

Job Titles:
  • Professor
JohnMajoinedthefacultyoftheDepartmentofCivilandEnvironmentalEngineeringattheUniversityofTennesseeinAugust2005.HereceivedhisPhDfromtheUniversityofNebraska,Lincolnin1998.HeisaregisteredprofessionalengineerinNebraska.