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Department of Biology

Aquaculture Genomics and the Biology of Sex Determination

Genomic and bioinformatics research is revealing how economically important traits, reproductive isolation, and sex determination are regulated in aquaculture species.

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Department of Biology

Revealing Hidden Biodiversity in Cumberland Plateau Caves

Environmental DNA and traditional cave surveys are helping researchers document vulnerable animal communities hidden beneath the Cumberland Plateau.

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Department of Earth Sciences

Reconstructing Geologic History with Digital Outcrop Models

UAV imagery and high-performance computing are helping researchers transform large geological exposures into detailed three-dimensional digital models.

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Department of Biology

Understanding Mallard Movement and Wintering Ecology

Researchers are using large wildlife datasets to study mallard movement, habitat connectivity, and hunter success in western Tennessee.

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Department of Chemistry

Building the Instruments and Software That Reveal How Molecules Work

The Gurusinghe Lab designs custom scientific instruments, open-source software, and an open molecular database—all built by Tennessee Tech students.

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UAV-based field imaging is used to collect high-resolution images for weed identification, mapping, and precision agricultural decision-making.

Agricultural Engineering and Technology, School of Agriculture

Precision Agriculture and Intelligent Sensing

UAV-based field imaging is used to collect high-resolution images for weed identification, mapping, and precision agricultural decision-making.

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Department of Chemical Engineering

Modeling Catalysts for Sustainable Energy

Multiscale modeling and high-performance computing are helping researchers investigate catalysts for sustainable hydrogen production and ammonia-based energy systems.

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Line chart of model F1 scores across eligibility levels for Twitch and Last.fm networks with five percent root nodes. Scores remain near 85 to 95 percent through 55 percent eligibility; at 85 percent eligibility, Last.fm remains near 85 percent while Twitch falls to approximately 62 to 65 percent.

Department of Computer Science

Making Online Polls More Trustworthy with AI

Graph neural networks analyze peer-to-peer dissemination patterns to identify ineligible participation without examining the content of individual poll responses.

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Department of Computer Science

Teaching Vision–Language AI to See with Fewer Tokens

A compact, self-supervised token summarizer could help vision–language AI systems process images with substantially less computational overhead.

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Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

Modeling Particulate Emissions from Residential Wood Heaters

Computer simulations of fluid flow and particle transport are helping researchers improve how particulate emissions from residential wood heaters are measured.

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Research Spotlight

Aquaculture Genomics and the Biology of Sex Determination

Revealing Hidden Biodiversity in Cumberland Plateau Caves

Reconstructing Geologic History with Digital Outcrop Models

Understanding Mallard Movement and Wintering Ecology

Building the Instruments and Software That Reveal How Molecules Work

Precision Agriculture and Intelligent Sensing

Modeling Catalysts for Sustainable Energy

Making Online Polls More Trustworthy with AI

Teaching Vision–Language AI to See with Fewer Tokens

Modeling Particulate Emissions from Residential Wood Heaters

Consultation and Training

High Performance Computing

High Speed Networking Services