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MTSU's 360-degree,
wrap-around simulator provides an unequaled level of preparation for air traffic controllers
Racing alternative-fueled vehicles requires technology, skill, and luck
Jeannie Stubblefield's research on mass fatalities won first place at a Homeland Security Summit
Chemistry professor
Tibor Koritsanszky
helps scientists peer
deep inside molecules
More than 800 technology-related jobs go unfilled
in the mid-state area annually
Heather Brown, researcher and department chair, shows a piece of pervious concrete
At NASA's annual race, MTSU's lunar rover team is consistently the state's number one
Rain gardens fulfill a vital ecological role on campus
Geology students are on the crater rim of Mt. St. Helens volcano
Professor Xiaoya Zha examines the beginning of graph theory
Physics professor Daniel Erenso uses laser beams to investigate sickle cell diseases
MTSU's Naked Eye Observatory offers a unique way to study the solar system

College of Basic and Applied Sciences Chairs of Excellence

Chairs of Excellence are endowed chairs (funded by gifts to the University Foundation) dedicated to the support of a particular discipline. The chair holders may be full-time faculty members or may be individuals from the appropriate business or professional field who have been recruited to MTSU for their national reputations in their respective areas of specialization.

Currently, there are three Chairs of Excellence in the College of Basic and Applied Sciences:

Robert E. and Georgianna West Russell Chair in Manufacturing Excellence
- Vacant
John C. Miller Chair in Equine Reproductive Physiology
Mary E. Miller Chair in Equine Health
- Dr. Holly Spooner, Director

Last Updated: Mar 31, 2021