Sandra Affare

Dr. Sandra C. Affare is a faculty member in the Engineering Management and Technology Department within the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. A UTC alumna, she returned to the university as an educator in 2018 after more than two decades of professional experience in engineering, project management, and research. Dr. Affare spent 21 years in corporate engineering roles, primarily with the Tennessee Valley Authority, where her work focused on power systems, power quality, technology evaluation, and applied research. Her early engineering experience included work related to the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, and her career later expanded to include research and technical assignments supporting both TVA and the U.S. Army. She earned a Ph.D. in Engineering/Industrial Management from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 2016, following graduate research experience at the UT Space Institute. Her academic interests include engineering ma