http://loki.ur.utk.edu/campus/spac.html (World Wide Web Directory, 06/1995)
Space Institute Research and technology transfer are part of UTSI's primary mission with priority assigned to laser applications, energy innovations, environmental concerns, propulsion and aeronautics, information processing, and computational mechanics. Dr. Gary A. Flandro occupies the Boling Chair of Excellence in Space Propulsion.
The institute is home to the Center of Excellence for Laser Applications, which is active in showcasing the value of industrial lasers in manufacturing. UTSI also operates for the U.S. Department of Energy a coal-fired flow facility for research into energy-producing processes.
An interactive TV classroom plays an important role in UTSI's engineering management program that leads to a master's degree in industrial engineering. This program, as well as the institute's aviation systems program, reaches far beyond the campus via the use of video. U.S. Navy flyers regularly earn M. S. degrees in aviation systems through off-campus studies at Patuxent River, Md., China Lake, Calif., and Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada.
Located on a 365-acre lakeside campus near Tullahoma, the Space Institute is close to the U.S. Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Center. Dr. T. Dwayne McCay is vice president in charge of the Space Institute.