Biological Engineering

UTIA Launches Fellowship to Prepare Future Animal Science Professionals

Sep 11, 2026 News Release

A woman stands smiling at a horse.

F.U.S.E. Animal Science will integrate undergraduate research, Extension and professional development

General / Human & Animal Health / AgResearch / Animal Science, Department of / Extension / UTIA / Agricultural Communication / Agricultural Education / Biological Engineering / Careers / Livestock and Forage Systems / NIFA / Reproduction / Veterinary Nutrition

University of Tennessee Team to Evaluate Whether New Biofungicides Persist in the Environment

Feb 17, 2026 News Release

strawberry plants growing in a greenhouse

USDA NIFA–funded study will contribute data for guidelines for their safe use

Farm & Food / AgResearch / Plant Sciences, Department of / Bio-based Products / Biological Engineering / Fruit and Vegetable, Commercial / Plant Production / Soil

Scott Lenaghan Receives the UT AgResearch Dean’s Grantsmanship Award

Jul 30, 2025 News Release

Scott Lenaghan

UT Institute of Agriculture Presents Top Faculty and Staff Awards for 2025

General / AgResearch / Center for Renewable Carbon / Food Science, Department of / UTIA / Awards / awards and promotions / Biological Engineering

‘Greening the Southeast’ Team Advances in NSF Regional Innovation Engines Award Program

Nov 12, 2024 News Release

Representatives of the sixty-nine partners of the Greening the Southeast Engine

Partnership, Including UT, Invited to Submit Proposal to Create Economic, Societal and Technological Opportunities for Region

Economy / Environment / AgResearch / Center for Renewable Carbon / Natural Resources, School of / UTIA / Agricultural Education / Agricultural Engineering / Awards / Bio-based Products / Bioenergy / Biological Engineering / Climate-Smart Agriculture / Community Development / Economics and Markets / Energy Conservation / Environmental Stewardship / Natural Resources

National Society Honors Row Crop Sustainability Specialist

Sep 17, 2024 News Release

Dana Porter, professor with Texas A&M and president of ASABE (2023-2024), presenting an award to Lori Duncan

Lori Duncan Receives Young Professional Award from ASABE

General / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / Extension / Agricultural Engineering / Alumni / Awards / Biological Engineering / Cotton Production / Crop Production / Crop Production Systems / Soil

Scott Lenaghan Wins Mid-Career Research Award

Aug 14, 2024 News Release

UT Institute of Agriculture Presents Top Faculty and Staff Awards for 2024

General / AgResearch / Center for Renewable Carbon / Food Science, Department of / UTIA / awards and promotions / Biological Engineering

UTIA Researchers Receive $12 Million DARPA Contract to Bioengineer Plants to Reduce Soil Contamination

Dec 18, 2023 News Release

UTIA researchers Scott Lenaghan, Neal Stewart and Jennifer DeBruyn pose for a group photo in front of a large window.

Switchgrass Will Work With Soil-Based Microbes to Report and Break Down Explosives

Environment / General / AgResearch / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / Food Science, Department of / Plant Sciences, Department of / Biological Engineering / Health and Safety

UTIA PhD Student Bioengineers Potato Plant to Detect Gamma Radiation

Nov 09, 2023 News Release

Rob Sears sits in front of his bioengineered potato plants in his lab in Knoxville, Tennessee.

New Plant Variety Serves as Natural, Affordable Radiation Sensor

Environment / Farm & Food / General / AgResearch / Food Science, Department of / Herbert College of Agriculture / Plant Sciences, Department of / Biological Engineering / Health and Safety

UT Institute of Agriculture to Host 2023 U.S. Precision Livestock Farming Conference

Mar 04, 2022 News Release

Theme: Field Implementation of Precision Livestock Farming

General / Human & Animal Health / AgResearch / Animal Science, Department of / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / Animal Production / Animal Protection / Beef / Beginning Farmer Education / Biological Engineering / Farm Animal / Livestock and Forage Systems / Precision Livestock Farming / Value-Added Agriculture / Veterinary Medicine

Biosystems Engineering Professor Named Fellow

May 25, 2021 News Release

Doug Hayes

Doug Hayes Honored by the American Oil Chemists’ Society

General / AgResearch / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / Awards / Bio-based Products / Bioenergy / Biological Engineering