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)
Chris Lemmon (RME Grad Student)
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