Stories of Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship in the Southeast

UT is the inaugural participant in the new initiative.

In Breanna Hale's first full year as Executive Director, she accomplished big goals for new programming and events.

The University of Kentucky is leading the effort that also involves several Tennessee organizations.

Housed at the UT Space Institute, it will join only a handful of wind tunnels in the world that can mimic the conditions of hypersonic flight.

The winners will be revealed at the 16th annual event on February 27 at the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Both of the awards comes from the National Science Foundation's Upstate New York Energy Storage Engine.