Volkswagen Announcement at UT Research Park, Jan. 17, 2020
On Jan. 17, Volkswagen Group of America, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee announced a collaboration to create Volkswagen’s first innovation hub in North America at the UT Research Park at Cherokee Farm.
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- State, Federal and Local Elected officials, and representatives from UT, ORNL and Volkswagen
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- UT Interim President Randy Boyd
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- Dr. Nikolai Ardey, Executive Director, Volkswagen Group Innovation
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- Dr. Wolfgang Demmelbauer-Ebner, Executive Vice President and Chief Engineering Officer, Volkswagen North America
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- Dr. Oliver Schauerte, Volkswagen Group Research Head of Materials and Manufacturing Processes
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- U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee’s 3rd District
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- U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, Tennessee’s 2nd District
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- UT Knoxville Chancellor Donde Plowman
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- Left to right: Andrew Foote, Andrew Strain, UTK Chancellor Donde Plowman, UT Interim President Randy Boyd, William Henken
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- IACMI’s Sean Lee and Tessa Patton work on the composite liftgate created for Volkswagen in their lab at SERF (Science Engineering Research Facility) on the campus of UT Knoxville. December 11, 2019. Photo by Sam Thomas
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- IACMI’s Sean Lee and Tessa Patton work on the composite liftgate created for Volkswagen in their lab at SERF (Science Engineering Research Facility) on the campus of UT Knoxville. December 11, 2019. Photo by Sam Thomas
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- Volkswagen Group of America will lease space in the Innovation North building on the UT Research Park campus
