Engineering And Technology
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Cancer-fighting T cells are smarter, stronger than experts thought
It takes a minuscule amount of force to make T cells behave in the lab as they behave in the body. That finding is a leap in cancer therapy research. Read MoreAug 14, 2017
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NIH appoints Miga to scientific review panel
The School of Engineering's Michael Miga has been appointed to serve a four-year term on the Bioengineering, Technology and Surgical Sciences Study Section of the National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review. Read MoreAug 1, 2017
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Smart underwear prevents back stress with just a tap
"Performance-boosting super suit" hidden under clothing can be activated by a double tap to save users' backs. Read MoreAug 1, 2017
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Love Circle energy park project to reach five years of continuous operation
On Aug. 1, the renewable energy pilot facility atop Nashville’s Love Circle—a joint venture between the Vanderbilt School of Engineering and Metro Water Services featuring a wind turbine and solar panels—will complete five years of continuous operation. Read MoreJul 27, 2017
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Hijacking human proteins to better deliver anti-cancer drugs
Vanderbilt University engineers find existing human protein is ideal carrier for powerful molecules that can signal tumors to self-destruct. Read MoreJul 24, 2017
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Ultrathin device harvests electricity from human motion
A new energy harvesting system developed at Vanderbilt University can generate electrical current from the full range of human motions and is thin enough to embed in clothing. Read MoreJul 21, 2017
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New tools help surgeons find liver tumors, not nick blood vessels
The liver is a particularly squishy, slippery organ, prone to shifting both deadly tumors and life-preserving blood vessels by inches between the time they’re discovered on a CT scan and when the patient is lying on an operating room table. Vanderbilt University’s Michael Miga and his team have published the potential solution. Read MoreJul 17, 2017
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Alex’s Lemonade grant allows new engineering grad student to join neuroblastoma fight
Graduate student Kyle Garland is diving into his studies with eight weeks of intense immunology research. Read MoreJul 5, 2017
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Cotton candy capillaries lead to circuit boards that dissolve when cooled
Leon Bellan made a dissolving circuit board that, so far, just turns on an LED light. Its potential applications are far more promising. Read MoreJun 26, 2017
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How six cups of ground coffee can improve nose, throat surgery
Vanderbilt engineers have designed a “granular jamming cap” filled with coffee grounds that can improve the accuracy of the sophisticated “GPS” system that surgeons use for nose and throat surgery. Read MoreJun 20, 2017
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Sensor detects shooting at elephants, helps authorities catch poachers
WIPER technology detects when a bullet flies by a protected elephant and sends an alarm with its location. Read MoreJun 7, 2017
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Better models predict weather disaster outcomes, help plan recoveries
Bayesian modeling can include hundreds of data points and present a range of potential events and options for dealing with them. Read MoreJun 2, 2017
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Web-based tool will help government realistically plan for climate change
Researchers are studying how commerce and flood control on inland waterways and the residents along them must change. Read MoreJun 2, 2017
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International exhibit unites students, faculty and staff in celebrating mapping technology
Vanderbilt's recent hosting of the "Places & Spaces: Mapping Science" exhibition proved to be not only intellectually enriching, but also socially unifying, according to several leaders across campus. Read MoreMay 22, 2017
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Novel nanotube approach earns grad student coveted spot in ORNL innovation program
An interdisciplinary materials science graduate student has been selected for a prestigious entrepreneurship program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to scale and commercialize a revolutionary method of carbon nanotube production. Read MoreMay 22, 2017
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Student rocketeers earn second place in NASA contest
For ten straight years, Vanderbilt has soared to success with innovative rocket designs and payloads, and this year is no exception. Read MoreMay 16, 2017
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Thistle Farms turns to the Wond’ry for wrist-saving, wick-installing device
Nashville nonprofit Thistle Farms teams up with The Wond'ry to design a custom wick-setting tool for eco-friendly wooden wicks. Read MoreMay 8, 2017
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TIPs NetsBlox project aims to make computer programming intuitive and understandable
Supported by TIPs funding, Engineering's Akos Ledeczi is pursuing the development of NetsBlox, a computer programming platform that could make writing programs as intuitive as writing an email. Read MoreMay 2, 2017
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Vanderbilt scientist directs new national graphene association
Zina Jarrahi Cinker, a visiting scientist in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, will serve as executive director of the newly established National Graphene Association. Read MoreMay 2, 2017
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Design Day features bulletproof vest that calls for backup, bridge for Hondurans in need
A bulletproof vest that calls for backup when injured officers can’t emerged as one of the School of Engineering’s annual Design Day’s most fascinating offerings, holding promise to move from undergraduate project to life-saving purchase. Read MoreApr 28, 2017