Engineering
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End of the Beginning
The Ingram Commons’ first class graduates First-year students and faculty heads of house gathered at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons in August 2008 for their first-ever class photo. The taking of a class photo each year has become an Ingram Commons tradition. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) On a bright spring day… Read MoreMay 1, 2012
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Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff share discoveries at USA Science & Engineering Festival
A group of Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff will share their research and passion for science and technology with middle and high school students at the nation’s largest science fair April 27-29 in Washington, D.C. Read MoreApr 25, 2012
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Senior design team wins $90K EPA grant for spinach-powered solar cell
At the Eighth Annual National Sustainable Design Expo, a team of Vanderbilt engineering seniors won the Marketplace Innovation Award, Student Choice Award and a $90,000 Phase II grant from the EPA for a biohybrid solar panel that substitutes expensive silicon wafers with a protein derived from spinach. Read MoreApr 25, 2012
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Senior engineering student receives Fulbright to teach in Brazil
Roteta Senior engineering student Pauline Roteta has been selected for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Brazil. Read MoreApr 24, 2012
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Computer science student named 2012 Goldwater Scholar
Curtis Northcutt, a member of the Class of 2013, has been named a 2012 Goldwater Scholar. Each year, Vanderbilt is given the opportunity to nominate up to four outstanding sophomore and junior students in the math, science and engineering fields. Competition for the award is fierce: 282 scholars were… Read MoreApr 24, 2012
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Engineering, Peabody effort lands NASA STEM outreach award
A combined team from Vanderbilt Engineering’s Aerospace Club and Peabody’s Department of Teaching and Learning won a prestigious outreach award from NASA for inspiring school students in the study of rocketry and other science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related topics. Read MoreApr 24, 2012
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Abkowitz receives Alumni Education Award
Alumnus Thomas Conner (center) and Senior Associate Dean of Engineering Art Overholser (right) present the Vanderbilt Alumni Education Award to Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Mark Abkowitz on April 2. (image courtesy of Vanderbilt Alumni Association) Mark Abkowitz, professor of civil and environmental engineering, was… Read MoreApr 20, 2012
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School of Engineering Senior Design Day April 19
(Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt engineering seniors have solved real-world design challenges for corporate sponsors during a two-semester design course. The students will share their results with clients at Senior Design Day, scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in Featheringill Hall. More than 40 projects… Read MoreApr 16, 2012
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Mechanical Engineering grad students take top honors at medical device conference
Mechanical Engineering graduate students David Comber and Massimiliano Simi have won first and second place in the Three-in-Five competition at the Design of Medical Devices Conference. Read MoreApr 13, 2012
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Galloway is president-elect of the American Society for Engineering Education
Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Dean Kenneth F. Galloway has been chosen to serve as president-elect of the American Society for Engineering Education. Read MoreApr 11, 2012
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High school students turn blackberries into solar cells
VINSE is starting new high school field trip program where they will have students create a solar cell out of blackberries and raspberries. Read MoreMar 21, 2012
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Peabody again ranked top graduate education school
For the fourth straight year, Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development is ranked No. 1 in the U.S. News & World Report poll of graduate education schools. Vanderbilt University Medical Center is ranked No. 14 among research medical centers. Read MoreMar 13, 2012
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VUCast Newscast: Teaching Through Touch
This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s weekly newscast highlighting research, experts, students, sports and everything Vanderbilt: Teaching through touch: How new technology is taking math to a new level Vandy students go inside ESPN What the mantra “no less” means to Commodore women’s basketball [vucastblurb]… Read MoreMar 2, 2012
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Kudos
Anilkumar (Vanderbilt) Amrutur Anilkumar, professor of the practice of mechanical engineering, and Sankaran Mahadevan, the John R. Murray Sr. Professor of Engineering, have been elected associate fellows of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Peter Cummings, the John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been appointed to… Read MoreMar 1, 2012
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Opinion: Time to step up local university-industry collaboration in IT
Our shared concern about growing our IT talent pool is undeniably on-target and it's no surprise that recruiting and retaining talented IT professionals in our region is harder than we'd like, writes Doug Schmidt, professor of computer science. Read MoreFeb 13, 2012
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Galloway represents Vanderbilt at the White House
Galloway was among about 40 engineering deans representing a broad spectrum of U.S. engineering programs that do well in retention. Read MoreFeb 9, 2012
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Vanderbilt applications up from all regions for fall 2012
Vanderbilt University has received a record 28,306 undergraduate applications for the fall 2012 semester, 3,658 (15 percent) more than at the same time last year. Read MoreFeb 3, 2012
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National Science Foundation: Bionic leg makes amputee faster on his feet
Two years after losing his leg in a shark attack, Craig Hutto became the test pilot for a unique and powerful new prosthetic leg being developed by mechanical engineer Michael Goldfarb and his team at Vanderbilt University. Read MoreJan 24, 2012
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VINSE engineers and researchers explore possibilities on the nanoscale
Ben Schmidt, research associate in chemical and biomolecular engineering, measures thin film thickness using VINSE’s profilometer. (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt University) There is much to celebrate, including the fact that in the past decade, VINSE has attracted more than $75 million in federal funding for nanoscience research, says… Read MoreDec 15, 2011
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New method for enhancing thermal conductivity could cool computer chips, lasers and other devices
Vanderbilt engineers have discovered a surprising new way to increase a material’s thermal conductivity that provides a new tool for managing thermal effects in computers, lasers and a number of other powered devices. Read MoreDec 14, 2011