University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute

Accelerating Innovation

Aligning the expertise and infrastructure of the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the UT-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute is a hub for world-class discovery and innovation, interdisciplinary graduate education, and talent development.

Dai Tran demonstrates an automated quality control system for prefabricated construction to BTRIC Strategic Advisory Board members during a laboratory tour.

Doctoral Programs

The UT-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute’s Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education unites UT and ORNL resources and capabilities for its three doctoral degrees at UT Knoxville: Data Science and Engineering, Energy Science and Engineering and Genome Science and Technology.

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Governor’s Chairs

The Governor’s Chairs program provides joint appointments at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory for some of the nation’s top scientists, transforming such fields as clean manufacturing, energy production, environmental systems and computing technologies.

Funded by the state of Tennessee and ORNL, the program attracts top researchers to broaden and enhance the unique research partnership that exists among UT, the state’s preeminent public university system, and ORNL, the nation’s largest multiprogram laboratory.

The Governor’s Chair program is managed by the UT-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute (UT-ORII) in coordination with ORNL and UT.