Researcher Stories
Explore how Tennessee Tech researchers are using advanced computing, data, software, and RCD support to advance their work.
Aquaculture Genomics and the Biology of Sex Determination
Dr. John Liu, Dr. Dongya Gao, Tong Chen
Department of Biology
Genomic and bioinformatics research is revealing how economically important traits, reproductive isolation, and sex determination are regulated in aquaculture species.
Building the Instruments and Software That Reveal How Molecules Work
Dr. Ranil Gurusinghe
Department of Chemistry
The Gurusinghe Lab designs custom scientific instruments, open-source software, and an open molecular database—all built by Tennessee Tech students.
Making Online Polls More Trustworthy with AI
Amr Akmal Abouelmagd
Department of Computer Science
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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Modeling Catalysts for Sustainable Energy
Dr. Ali Estejab and Yulieth Mercado Sosa
Department of Chemical Engineering
Multiscale modeling and high-performance computing are helping researchers investigate catalysts for sustainable hydrogen production and ammonia-based energy systems.
Modeling Particulate Emissions from Residential Wood Heaters
Dr. Austin Andrews, Leander Tenbarge, Benjamin Landsberg, Samuel Ellis
Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Computer simulations of fluid flow and particle transport are helping researchers improve how particulate emissions from residential wood heaters are measured.
Precision Agriculture and Intelligent Sensing
Dr Abdul Momin
Agricultural Engineering and Technology, School of Agriculture
UAV-based field imaging is used to collect high-resolution images for weed identification, mapping, and precision agricultural decision-making.
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Reconstructing Geologic History with Digital Outcrop Models
Dr. Gourab Bhattacharya, Philip Roberson, Gabe Babbit, Asher Seiling
Department of Earth Sciences
UAV imagery and high-performance computing are helping researchers transform large geological exposures into detailed three-dimensional digital models.
Revealing Hidden Biodiversity in Cumberland Plateau Caves
Zoe Wills
Department of Biology
Environmental DNA and traditional cave surveys are helping researchers document vulnerable animal communities hidden beneath the Cumberland Plateau.
Teaching Vision–Language AI to See with Fewer Tokens
Mahmoud Attallah
Department of Computer Science
A compact, self-supervised token summarizer could help vision–language AI systems process images with substantially less computational overhead.
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Tracking the Effects of Invasive Aquatic Plants with eDNA
John-Kaarli Rentof
Department of Biology
Environmental DNA is helping researchers understand how invasive aquatic plants affect fish, macroinvertebrate, and plant communities in Tennessee River reservoirs.
Understanding Mallard Movement and Wintering Ecology
Dr. Bradley Cohen and Cory Highway
Department of Biology
Researchers are using large wildlife datasets to study mallard movement, habitat connectivity, and hunter success in western Tennessee.
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