Engineering And Technology
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“These could revolutionize the world” — Pint cracks code to cheap, small carbon nanotubes
Imagine a box you plug into the wall that cleans your toxic air and pays you cash. That's essentially what Vanderbilt University researchers produced after discovering the blueprint for turning carbon dioxide into the most valuable material ever sold – carbon nanotubes with small diameters. Read MoreMay 23, 2018
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Sztipanovits named John von Neumann Professor in Hungary
Janos Sztipanovits, a leader in cyber-physical systems research, has been named the John von Neumann Professor by Budapest University of Technology and Economics and the John von Neumann Computer Society of Hungary. Read MoreMay 23, 2018
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Vanderbilt wins NASA rocketry championship for fifth time
The Vanderbilt Student Launch team won the NASA University Student Launch Competition for an unprecedented fifth time—following up on their eighth Payload Design Award—the space agency announced Friday. Read MoreMay 11, 2018
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Getting robotic surgical tools from the lab to the operating room
Nabil Simaan’s Advanced Robotics and Mechanism Applications Laboratory at Vanderbilt leads the way in advancing several robotics technologies for medical use, including miniature robots for single small-incision, cochlear implant and minimally invasive throat surgeries. Read MoreMay 8, 2018
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Ultrasound helmet would make live images, brain-machine interface possible
Vanderbilt professor Brett Byram plans to use a grant from the National Science Foundation to utilize machine learning for the delivery of better real-time brain images, an advance decades in the making. Read MoreMay 8, 2018
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NSA Lablet at Vanderbilt to make sure America keeps moving after hacks
It’s not a question about whether cyber-physical systems connecting humans and technology are hackable—it's how to keep them running after inevitable hacks occur. The National Security Agency is giving a Vanderbilt University team and their collaborators five years and several million dollars to figure out how to make that happen. Read MoreMay 7, 2018
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Expert: Autonomous vehicles could help traffic, but not anytime soon
Engineer Dan Work says his promising research shows adding autonomous vehicles to roadways could end the stop-and-go traffic that drives commuters insane. Read MoreApr 30, 2018
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From 3-D printed bones to refueling drones, check out Design Day April 23
This year’s Senior Design Day showcase is Monday, April 23, from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Student Life Center. The event is free and open to the public. Read MoreApr 18, 2018
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VU rocket rolls and captures payload design award at NASA launch contest
The Vanderbilt rocket team collected a key award at the NASA Student Launch Challenge and followed up with a successful flight of their rocket April 8 at Bragg Farms in Toney, Alabama. Read MoreApr 11, 2018
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Engineering’s Cummings to receive 2018 FOMMS Medal
Peter Cummings, John R. Hall Professor and associate dean for research at the Vanderbilt School of Engineering, will receive the 2018 FOMMS Medal in July at the seventh triennial Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation conference, where he will deliver the FOMMS Medal Lecture. Read MoreMar 20, 2018
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Virtual reality world offers drug addicts low-risk place to just say ‘no’
Opioid addicts and others battling compulsion around drugs or alcohol are using a new high-tech, low-risk method to practice saying no—through virtual reality. Read MoreMar 19, 2018
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VU BreakThru: Undergraduates get immersive experience in new VINSE cleanroom
Last fall, TIPs funding allowed the VINSE cleanroom to support laboratories for four courses, covering a broad range of topics spanning traditional semiconductor materials processing to cutting-edge synthesis of two-dimensional materials. Cleanroom Immersion Leader Alice Leach writes about the wide range of immersion opportunities for undergraduate students. Read more about TIPs grants and other internal faculty funding programs—including University Courses, Discovery Grants and Research Scholar Grants—at the VU BreakThru blog. Read MoreFeb 28, 2018
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Spinach protein and blackberry dye give juice to biohybrid solar cells
Combining a natural dye from blackberries with photosynthetic proteins extracted from spinach leaves increases the voltage of biohybrid solar cells by a factor of 20. Read MoreFeb 23, 2018
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New recyclable resin makes wind turbines much more sustainable
New composite materials make wind energy even greener by making the turbines themselves recyclable. Read MoreFeb 15, 2018
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Duvall elected into American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows
Duvall conducts research on advanced drug delivery systems designed for regenerative medicine applications, such as tissue engineering, wound healing, vascular bypass grafts and protection of tissue from degenerative diseases. Read MoreFeb 14, 2018
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‘Smart cane’ could one day help flag gait problems, falling risks more quickly
Falling is no joke when you're a senior citizen or have other balance issues. Vanderbilt engineers are working on a 'smart cane' that could help physical therapists spot and treat problems sooner. Read MoreFeb 12, 2018
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Vanderbilt wins top prize in first round of DARPA Spectrum Collaboration Challenge
The DARPA challenge seeks to uncover efficient solutions to our increasingly connected world's equally growing appetite for bandwidth. Read MoreJan 30, 2018
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VU BreakThru: Human milk as a source of narrow spectrum antimicrobial agents
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Steven Townsend explores the role that human breast milk can play as a source of narrow spectrum antimicrobial agents in this VU BreakThru blog. Townsend brought together members of the Vanderbilt Pre-3 Initiative, a 2015 Trans-Institutional Program, to assist with his research. Read MoreJan 29, 2018
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Vanderbilt IRIS Initiative: Shaping the infrastructure of tomorrow
Learn about recent developments for the Vanderbilt Initiative for Intelligent Resilient Infrastructure Systems, a 2016 TIPs project led by associate professor of civil and environmental engineering Caglar Oskay focused on improving the nation's flood infrastructure, in this VU BreakThru blog post. Read MoreJan 18, 2018
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Astronomy professor wins $1M grant, takes multifaceted approach to keeping minorities and persons with disabilities in STEM
Keivan Stassun was named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Million-Dollar Professor for promotion of minorities in the physical sciences. Read MoreDec 13, 2017