Editing Knoxville, Tennessee (section)

===Technology and research===
The [[University of Tennessee]] is classified by the Carnegie Commission as a university with "very high research activity", conducting more than $300{{spaces}}million in externally funded research annually.<ref name=battelle>[http://ut-battelle.org/about.shtml About UT-Battelle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118022248/http://ut-battelle.org/about.shtml |date=January 18, 2012 }}. Retrieved: January 14, 2012.</ref> U.T.-connected research centers with multimillion-dollar [[National Science Foundation]] grants include the Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment and Instruction in Mathematics, the [[National Institute for Computational Sciences]], the [[National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis]], and the Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks (CURENT).<ref>[http://knoxvillebookoflists.com/?djoPage=view_html&djoPid=9484 Knoxville-Area National Science Foundation Grants] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324122450/http://www.knoxvillebookoflists.com/?djoPage=view_html&djoPid=9484 |date=March 24, 2012 }}, Knoxville Book of Lists (''Knoxville News Sentinel''), 2012. Retrieved: January 14, 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://curent.utk.edu/|title=CURENT|access-date=April 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216232552/http://curent.utk.edu/|archive-date=February 16, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> U.T. and the nearby [[Oak Ridge National Laboratory]] jointly conduct numerous research projects and co-manage the [[National Transportation Research Center]].<ref name=battelle/>

The Tennessee Technology Corridor stretches across {{cvt|7000|acre}} between West Knoxville and Oak Ridge. The Corridor is home to 13 [[research and development]] firms employing nearly 2,000.<ref>Tennessee Technology Corridor Development Authority, [http://archive.knoxmpc.org/ttcda/08compplan.pdf Comprehensive Development Plan—2008 Update] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511105954/http://archive.knoxmpc.org/ttcda/08compplan.pdf |date=May 11, 2012 }}. Retrieved: January 14, 2012.</ref>