OpenFieldTennessee Tech · Cookeville, Tennessee, United States
Tennessee Tech University (TTU) is the state's flagship public technological university, situated in Cookeville amidst the Upper Cumberland region. Renowned for its Carnegie R2 research standing, Tennessee Tech excels in engineering, cybersecurity, smart manufacturing, and environmental water resources.
TTU features the College of Engineering, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the College of Agriculture and Human Ecology. Three state-funded Centers of Excellence—the Cybersecurity Education, Research and Outreach Center (CEROC), the Center for Energy Systems Research (CESR), and the Center for Manufacturing Research (CMR)—anchor its high-impact research.
Undergraduate admission requires high school diploma with minimum 2.50 GPA and 17 ACT (or test-optional holistic review). Graduate admissions require an accredited bachelor's degree with a 2.75+ GPA for master's programs and 3.0+ for doctoral degrees, alongside transcripts, GRE scores (departmental waivers available), and recommendation letters.
Specialized doctoral engineering concentration in industrial control system security, hardware reverse engineering, smart power grid cybersecurity, and machine learning defense.
Hands-on graduate curriculum covering additive manufacturing of titanium alloys, autonomous industrial robotics, laser processing, and computational fluid mechanics.
Rigorous master's program exploring deep neural network design, high-performance distributed computing, cloud microservices, and big data pipeline engineering.
Interdisciplinary program examining watershed hydrological modeling, aquatic macroinvertebrate toxicology, subterranean karst hydrogeology, and riverine ecosystem conservation.
ABET-accredited engineering program training undergraduates in chemical reactor design, transport phenomena, electrochemical battery storage, and polymer thermodynamics.
Prestigious federal cybersecurity fellowship providing complete tuition and generous stipends in exchange for post-graduation service in federal cybersecurity agencies.
President & Professor of Chemistry
Office of the President
Dr. Philip Oldham has served as president of Tennessee Tech since 2012, an analytical chemist whose tenure spearheaded the construction of the Ashraf Islam Engi...
View researcher profile ↗Professor Emerita of Computer Science & Founder of WiCyS
Department of Computer Science & CEROC
Dr. Siraj is an internationally celebrated cybersecurity educator who founded Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) and established Tennessee Tech's CEROC as a Nationa...
View researcher profile ↗Director of Center for Energy Systems Research & Professor of Electrical Engineering
Center for Energy Systems Research (CESR)
Dr. Mahajan directs the Center for Energy Systems Research, investigating high-voltage pulse power, dielectric breakdown of insulating polymers, and smart micro...
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