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University of Tennessee

CTL-E-4342 · School · university · 1794-present

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Public research university (Knoxville, Tennessee); Mark Dean earned his B.S. in electrical engineering there in 1979 and later returned as the John Fisher Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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