BESS faculty and staff were at the recent state-wide Extension conference in Chattanooga, TN. Dr. Andrea Ludwig, Celeste Scott, County Agent for Madison County and Taylor Reeder, Williamson County Agent with…
State-Wide Extension Conference
Dr. Saha Wins National Award
Dr. Debasish (Deb) Saha is awarded the 2022 Association of Agricultural Scientists of Indian Origin (AASIO) award for the Outstanding Early Career Scientist award. Dr. Saha is developing a research program…
Climate Smart Agriculture
Climate smart agriculture is a suite of practices that famers implement that will enhance the sequestration of carbon into the soil, to reverse some of the negative environmental and climate…
Study connects decomposing body’s BMI to surrounding soil microbes
Dr. Jennifer DeBruyn and Ph.D. student Allison Mason are working towards developing an answer to how differences in human bodies affects post-mortem processes. Along with their collaborators in the departments of Anthropology and…
UT is honored by ASABE
A Blue Ribbon Award for Educational Aides in the Websites category was awarded by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) to the team for the Tennessee Smart Yards…
PhD student gets award
Ravi Teja Neelipally, PhD student in Dr. Sindhu Jagadamma’s group, was selected for the 2022 Hans Jenny Soil Field Trip Award from the Soil Science Society of America. In his…
Rounak Patra Receives GATE Fellowship
PhD candidate Rounak Patra from Assistant Professor Sindhu Jagadamma’s Lab has received the highly competitive Graduate Advancement Training and Education (GATE) fellowship from University’s Science Alliance program. Through this fellowship,…
Hao Gan wins 2020 Giuseppe Pellizzi Prize!
Dr. Hao Gan has produced an excellent Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Florida under the direction of Dr. Won Suk “Daniel” Lee. When he started his PhD, Hao noticed…
Herbert/Construction Science Career Fair
There were 98 companies today at the Herbert/Construction Science Career Fair. This is a record setting number! The Fair was held on the mezzanine of the Thompson Bowling Arena. Companies were…
VA Tech wins 2021 Southeastern (SE) Collegiate Soils Contest!
The 2021 Southeastern (SE) Collegiate Soils Contest was held by The University of Tennessee, Knoxville from October 4 to 7, 2021. Teams from Clemson University, Middle Tennessee State University, North…