The Macebearer is the highest faculty honor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and is symbolic of the faculty’s commitment of service to students, to scholarship, and to society.
Wesley Hines
Wesley Hines is a Chancellor’s Professor and the head of the Nuclear Engineering Department, where he has been for 29 years. He has also served as Interim Associate Dean for Research in the Tickle College of Engineering and as Interim Vice Chancellor for Research. Hines has authored more than 350 technical papers in the areas of artificial intelligence and advanced statistical techniques applied to process diagnostics, condition-based maintenance, and prognostics.
What does being a Volunteer mean to you? How has UT empowered you to make a difference in a way you might not have imagined elsewhere?
“Being a Volunteer means being part of a team committed to providing educational opportunity to others so that they can grow as scholars and researchers with the goal of improving their standards of living and reaching their dreams. UT has provided me with the leadership and resources to meet my career goals which has included helping others meet theirs. Having a career at this great institution that allows me to enable others, provides the greatest reward.”