In order to promote positive safety culture in UT labs, the Lab Safety Committee is continuing the Lab Safety Culture Awards Subcommittee. The theme for the second category of awards of 2025 was spring cleaning and making sustainable lab housekeeping changes. Quarter 2 awards were distributed in June 2025:
1st place: Tayfun Ertop – Assistant Professor in MABE &
Daniel Ritchie – Research Assistant in MABE
2nd place: Sarah Mobley – Teaching Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering
3rd place: Ame Houston – Administrative Associate in BCMB
Congratulations, winners!
New lab safety culture award categories will be announced quarterly. Submissions are open to everyone involved in research or working in a lab, shop, or maker space at UT. Announcements of new awards are sent through the Lab Safety ListServ, found on flyers around campus, and communicated during events. Please email ehs_labsafety@utk.edu to request to be added to the Lab Safety ListServ if you are not already enrolled.