Administration
Klaus Blache
Director and Research Professor,
Tickle College of Engineering
kblache@utk.edu
865-974-9628
Kim Kallstrom
Assistant Director
kkallstr@utk.edu
865-974-9627
Karen Poland
Financial Associate
kpoland@utk.edu
865-974-9554
Dr. Belle Upadhyaya
RMC Implementation
bupadhya@utk.edu
Steve Mundy
RMC Consultant
smundy@utk.edu
Chris Moore
Communication Specialist II
bmoore52@utk.edu
865-974-3703
Amber White
Administrative Specialist
awhite60@utk.edu
865-974-9625
Chelsea Miller
Training Coordinator
cmill184@utk.edu
865-974-9679
Skipper Yocum
Implementation & Training Leader
fyocum@utk.edu
865-974-9625
R&M Projects & Lab (Students)
Ella Vormwald (Electrical Engineering)
Emma Davis (Industrial Engineering)
Associated Faculty
The Reliability and Maintainability Center interacts and collaborates with the Tickle College of Engineering Departments based on projects and needed support.
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Industrial and Systems Engineering
- Material Science and Engineering
- Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering
- Nuclear Engineering
- UT Space Institute
RME Steering Committee (Degree Programs)
- Anahita Khojandi, Associate Professor – Industrial and Systems Engineering (RME Steering Committee Chair)
- Klaus Blache, Research Professor (ISE) and Director of Maintenance and Reliability Center
- Paul Dalhaimer, Associate Professor – Chemical Engineering
- Wes Hines, Chancellor’s Professor and Head of Nuclear Engineering
- Mingzhou Jin, Professor and Head of Industrial and Systems Engineering
- Claudia Rawn, Professor – Materials Science and Engineering
- Andy Sarles, Associate Professor – Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering
- Kai Sun, Associate Professor – Electrical Engineering and Computer Science