12-17-2025

During the spring 2026 semester, I will not be teaching any of my normal classes, but instead I will be working on improving the Network Field of Study. I will be around, but will not have normal office hours. If you need to see me, please email me at dekohn@memphis.edu for an appointment.

5-6-2025

From: email recieved 5/6/26

On May 1, 2026, Instructure — the company that owns and operates the Canvas platform — disclosed that a recent security incident has resulted in a data breach. Instructure has now confirmed that the University of Memphis was included in that breach.

Canvas is operational and should continue to be used as normal. Final exams and grades are not affected.

UofM Canvas is accessed via Single Sign-On, meaning your UofM account password is separated from the Canvas environment and does not need to be changed.

An investigation into the incident is ongoing. While Instructure has not yet released full details of the data included in the breach, they have provided the following information:

"While we continue actively investigating, thus far, indications are that the information involved consists of certain identifying information of users at affected institutions, such as names, email addresses, and student ID numbers, as well as messages among users. At this time, we have found no evidence that passwords, dates of birth, government identifiers, or financial information were involved. If that changes, we will notify any impacted institutions."

At present, this incident is being investigated and otherwise addressed by Instructure, assisted by third-party security experts and law enforcement. They have stated the incident has been contained. UofM ITS will continue to monitor the situation and work with Instructure to determine the impact on our community.

Further information will be made available on Instructure's status page: status.instructure.com.

For more information on how this impacts the UofM, visit: memphis.edu/its/security/instructure-canvas-breach-may-2026.php.

4-27-2026

From: Email from Dr Surbrook

As we head into the final week of classes and prepare for finals, I want to offer a few small ways to help you stay fueled and encouraged during this busy time.

Popcorn will be available from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. starting today, continuing through the last day of finals. Popcorn will be located in the Dean Sweigard Engineering Student Services (EA 3rd Floor).

In addition, we will host our traditional First Day of Finals Donuts & Coffee on Friday in the Engineering Administration (EA) 2nd Floor Breezeway, from 7:45 a.m. to around 10:00 a.m.

I hope you’ll take a few moments to stop by, recharge, and connect with others in the college.

Best of luck on your finals. I am cheering you on!

5-4-2026

With the end of the semester now upon us, the Robotics club will not be meeting again until the fall.

If you are interested in joining please contact Camden Sueing (cjsueing).

5-4-2026

This year, Herff College of Engineering is making an exciting change by expanding Engineering Day to two events for the first time ever.

Herff will welcome students in grades 3-8 for a special Fall eDay on October 23, 2026, marking the first time that Herff has hosted two eDay events in one academic year. The special event follows Herff's February eDay which saw more than 700 students from across the Mid-South take part in dozens of competitions, activities and demonstrations.

Those competitions will once again be offered in October to our younger students and walk-up STEM activities will be available for all to enjoy.

Competitions at Herff's Fall 2026 eDay will include MLGW's A Blazing Race, Coding Challenge, Egg Drop, Flash Build, Transportation K'Nex Challange, Penny Boat, Spaghetti Structure and Artificial Grasping Hands.

Learn more about those competitions here.

Register your school HERE

11-8-2022

From: Commercial Appeal (Oct 9, 2022)

In the article "Want a big paycheck? These University of Memphis majors pay the most - and least" by Becca Wright it was stated that the five highest-earning bachelor's degrees offered at the UofM were:

• Mechanical engineering: $71,690
• Electrical, electronics and communications engineering: $68,655
• Computer engineering: $68,033
• Engineering technology: $64,943
• Civil engineering: $62,591

The lowest-earning bachelor's degree made $22,882.

5-8-2025

We are proud to announce this year's Tau Alpha Pi Engineering Technology Honor Society's Inductees:

Deanneshae Bland, Ronnie Nguyen, Keaton Claudio, Owen Cook, Andrew Kallaher, Rose Saeed, Olivia Ensor, Mario Arredondo, Emily Gravatt, Yeeun Ahn, Hannah Perry, Ean Lindsey, Jakayla Thomas

These students represent the upper 10% of all Engineering Technology Students.

Please join us in congratulating our latest Honorees.