Herff In the News
Stay informed on news coverage that highlights Herff College of Engineering's amazing faculty, staff, students and alumni.
January 2025
University of Memphis launches Memphis Research Ecosystem Leaders Program
November 2024
Memphis Auto ID Lab Launches RFID-Shipment Tracking System
July 2024
Herff Engineering Professor, Daniel Foti researching solution to sea erosion
Herff Engineering Professor, Eddie Jacobs lands multimillion-dollar U.S. Army drone funding
Public Works Director, Robert Knecht (Alumni) reflects upon his 23-year career with the City of Memphis
June 2024
City of Memphis Public Works Director Robert Knecht retires
Herff Engineering hosts Girls Experiencing Engineering camp
University of Memphis Researchers Utilize Anvil Supercomputer to Uncover Wind Turbine Wake Dynamics
U of M to receive $1.5 million to facilitate an automated, electrified future in trucking
May 2024
Civil engineering professor, Sabya Mishra to lead the new Center for Electrified and Automated Trucking
Zack Daniel (Alumni) Hired as president at LDA Engineering
University of Memphis Spring 2024 graduation
April 2024
Burton Weil establishes University of Memphis scholarship program
March 2024
Center for Applied Earth Science and Engineering Research (CAESAR) mentioned in John Hopkins article
February 2024
STEM Building Coverage
Professor Amir Hadadzadeh featured in Memphis Flyers’ Matters of the Heart
William D. Hart (Alumni) consented to and has been elected as a new member of the Company's board of Directors of Bell Copper Corporation
Dean Okoli
January 2024
December 2023
November 2023
Herff College of Engineering's Day of Service Attracts Attention of Action News 5
>> Action News 5
October 2023
UofM Football Coach Koby Drake Balances Football and Studying For His Mechanical Engineering
Degree
>> Commercial Appeal
September 2023
Shaun Sipe, UofM Alumni, Hired at SOL Engineering Services
>> Bizjournals
March 2023
Congressman Cohen announces bioengineering grant to be directed by Dr. Gary Bowlin,
Biomedical Engineering
>> Press Release, Office of Congressman Steve Cohen's
David Russomanno, IUPUI engineering dean and former Herff professor, named UofM provost
>> Commercial Appeal
>> Memphis Business Journal
February 2023
Ashley Evans, Civil Engineering alumna, was appointed Levee Safety Endowed Chair
>>US Army Corps of Engineers
January 2023
Lt. Col. John Cole (B.S. in Engineering Technology '72) passed away at the age of
72
>> Enid News & Eagle Obituaries
Altimmune appoints Raymond Jordt (M.S. in Biomedical Engineering) chief business officer
>> Yahoo News
December 2022
Steve Woods (B.S. in Biomedical Engineering '85) passes away at the age of 59
>> Legacy
Jack M. Delong Jr. (B.S. in Civil Engineering '90) passed away at the age of 63
>> WBBJTV.com
November 2022
Kenneth Akers (M.S. in Engineering) passed away at the age of 84
>> Stewart Funeral Home site
October 2022
Herff degrees are five highest-earning bachelor's degrees offered at the University
of Memphis
>> Commercial Appeal
University of Memphis Breaks Ground on STEM Facility
>> Spaces4Learning.com
>> The Daily Helmsman
Low Mississippi River levels could lead to higher inflation, paying for more groceries
(featuring Dr. Lipinski, Civil Engineering/Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute,
interview)
>> KATC Newschannel 3 (ABC Affiliate)
September 2022
The University of Memphis and IAMPE Sign Academic Partnership Agreement
>> American Journal of Transportation
R1 momentum: University of Memphis research funds landed in August
>> Memphis Business Journals
August 2022
Master's alum Andrew Ritchie hired as senior director of Engineering & Facilities
at Genezen
>> Inside Indiana Business
Master's alum Danilo Sirias, Saginaw Valley State University professor, awarded $245K
research grant for mental health improvements
>> mLive
Will Reid, BS in Civil Engineering graduate, named chief engineer and deputy commissioner
of TDOT
>>Tennessee Department of Transportation
July 2022
Herff Names New Dean
>> Daily Memphian
>> Memphis Business Journal
Ambar Prajapati (MS) Releases Disruptive Study on AMQP Integration With NORM: The
Innovative mechanism brings together two transformative technologies in the IT space
>> Newswire
Elizabeth Burks (Civil '97) named Memphis District Engineering & Construction Chief
>> DredgeWire
>>Waterways Journal
CAESAR talks water conservation in Memphis
>>localmemphis.com
June 2022
Zach Shaw (BS) named director of maintenance for the Memphis-Shelby County Airport
Authority (MSCAA)
>> AviationPros.com
May 2022
Dr. Amber Jennings was selected one of the top 10 women who lead in biosciences by
the Memphis Business Journal. Dr. Jennings' lab at the UofM is working to develop
therapeutics to prevent and treat bacterial and fungal infections that pose a threat
to people with traumatic injuries or implants.
>> Memphis Business Journal