Dr. Evan Main, a researcher at the University of Memphis' Herff College of Engineering, received the University of Memphis Retirees (UMAR) Dorothy Atra University-Wide Dissertation Award. 

As the new academic year settles in, students' calendars are quickly filling up with different colors boxing out times of their day for class, research and study. Jean Yves Thiemele-Marco, a 21-year-old junior in the Herff College of Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering, accomplishes all of those tasks while also devoting much of his time to the University of Memphis Track and Field team.

Dr. Sabya Mishra, Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Center for Transportation Innovations in Education and Research (C-TIER) at the University of Memphis, has received a $124,929 research award from the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) for the project, “Transit Asset Management Plan for MATA.”

The Center for Transportation Innovations, Education and Research (C-TIER) and the Tennessee Highway Safety Office co-hosted the third annual "Drive Safe" campaign at the University of Memphis on September 2. 

As West Tennessee experiences significant new industrial development, University of Memphis researchers are working to ensure that one of the region’s most important natural resources—the groundwater beneath it—is understood and protected for generations to come.

The Herff College of Engineering Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Student Chapter received the Robert Stammer Student Chapter Award for the third consecutive year.