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The University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services provides consulting solutions to help companies improve and grow. The UT CIS philosophy is to assess the company needs and provide only services that are value added. We utilize the most experienced consultants and most recent technologies. Resources with industry experience and University professors are available through the coordination of CIS Solutions Consultants as needed.
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Recent Posts
2 Months and 50 Counties: 2019 Forums Completed
The UT CIS Economic Development team, in partnership with TNECD, has successfully completed the coordination and facilitation of fifty ThreeStar Asset-Based Planning forums in fifty counties across Tennessee. This was…
Read MoreSmall Business Innovation Research Forum Coming to Tennessee
Each year, Federal agencies spend over $1 Billion in Research and Development (R&D) through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program. Come to the SBIR/STTR Technology…
Read MoreSenior Design Projects
By Kenny Smith, Northeast TN Solutions Consultant Do you have something on your shop floor that needs attention but no one has time to work on it? How about letting a team of senior engineering students have a crack at it? We…
Read MoreCIS Wins Competitive Harwood Grant
OSHA awards grants on a competitive basis through its Susan Harwood Training Grant Program. Harwood helped develop OSHA standards to protect workers while working in the agency in the early, important years from 1980-1997. This…
Read MoreFood Manufacturing Technical Assistance Lunch & Learn
UT Center for Industrial Services (UT CIS) wants to help food manufacturers across the state identify environmental and energy savings opportunities at their facilities. Our team believes that by identifying these opportunities,…
Read MoreAssociation of Energy Engineers (AEE) Meeting
By Keith Ridley, Environmental, Health & Safety Program Manager and Danny Norman, Advanced Composites Technical Consultant The Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) met online and in person with five of our UT CIS team…
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