Tag Archives: College of Engineering

Tennessee Tech faculty salaries are five percent below the market median, while staff salaries are 16 percent below the market median. That according to the results of a new salary study shared with the Board of Trustees Thursday. Trustees voted to use some $1.76 million in money held back in this year’s budget to bring all permanent university employees to ... Read More »

The Tennessee Tech Board of Trustees approved a name for its new engineering building. Chair Trudy Harper said the building will be called the Ashraf Islam Engineering Building in honor of the 1968 Tech graduate. Tech President Phil Oldham said that they wanted to honor the Houston-based engineer for both his monetary and physical contributions to the university. “He’s been ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech’s Engineering Building sits atop the list of more than $480 million in capital recommendations approved Friday by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. The recommendation goes on to the legislature as the budget process begins. The state’s removed its $49 million funding for the facility because of COVID-related budget concerns this summer. Commission Director of Facilities Paul Marshall said ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech graduate enrollment has increased some 18.3 percent over last year. According to statistics released by the university, some 1,399 students are taking graduate courses at Tennessee Tech. The largest number of graduate students are in the College Of Education with some 38 percent of graduate enrollment. The College of Business and College of Engineering round out the top ... Read More »

The State Legislature did not fund Tennessee Tech’s new College of Engineering in its new fiscal year budget. The 100,000 square foot project would be the first new building for the program in 50 years. State Senator Paul Bailey said the $55 million project among the cuts made to get a balanced budget. “That was one of the projects that ... Read More »