is a recognized Center of Excellence in the State of Tennessee
has over 30 full-time faculty
provides office space and conference travel funds to graduate students
provides four years of assistantship funding to masters/doctoral students
fosters involvement in research during their first year while developing individual
research projects with their primary mentor and other faculty
has extensive collaborative research opportunities including the Institute of Intelligent
Systems housed at the FedEx Institute of Technology (on campus); St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital; University of Tennessee Health Sciences in Memphis; Memphis City Schools