Engineering And Technology

Two Vanderbilt engineering faculty members have been elected as 2021 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for their efforts in advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished. Read More

Vanderbilt, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the University of Virginia and international collaborators merge breakthrough experiments and theory of nanomaterial behavior to usher in the next wave of technology. Est. reading time: 3.5 mins. Read More

Miguel Moravec, a Vanderbilt Ph.D. student in civil and environmental engineering, recently helped introduce a group of community college students from Washington to a wide range of NSF-funded research at sea, including geoscience, oceanography and engineering, through the STEMSEAS program. Read More

Project WISE is developing a tool that can measure teachers’ implementation of evidence-based behavior management practices in general and special education classrooms. Typically, researchers and school administrators will use systematic direct observation (SDO) to collect data on teacher practices; however, this can be resource-intensive and requires rigorous observer training. Read More

A team of Vanderbilt undergraduate engineering students took the second spot in a national Jump Into STEM challenge to develop holistic solutions that improve the resilience of the built environment. Read More

Gunshot detection technology developed by Vanderbilt engineers and commercialized by a longtime research partner recently helped lead to an arrest in a fatal shooting in Las Vegas. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers examine how to rapidly characterize the biological impact of genetic editing on bacteria for energy production, drug discovery and more. Est. reading time: 2.5 mins. Read More

A Vanderbilt engineering professor is leading part of an international initiative to create advanced artificial intelligence programs that will enable machines to learn progressively over a lifetime and share those experiences with each other. Researchers hope the technology will allow machines to reuse information, adapt quickly to new conditions and collaborate by sharing information. Read More

A paper by Piran R. Kidambi, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, Pavan Chaturvedi, postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Nicole Moehring, a doctoral student in Interdisciplinary Material Science explores the scope to scale up the sizes of atomically thin membranes and their potential use in applications relating to energy, microscopy, and electronics is published in the journal Science. Read More

Learn about artificial intelligence and how developing a “digital twin” for the heart has improved human health during the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering annual symposium on Dec. 15. Read More

Stacy Klein-Gardner, adjunct professor of the practice of biomedical engineering, has received a 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pre-College Engineering Education Division of the American Society of Engineering Education. Read More

The National Science Foundation has awarded partner institutions $4 million over the next three years to broaden the impact of Engineering for US All, an NSF-funded program that makes engineering more accessible to high school students and educators. Stacy Klein-Gardner serves as co-director and co-PI for e4usa. Read More

Nabil Simaan, professor of mechanical engineering, has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a distinction awarded to ASME members who have made significant engineering achievements. Read More

The Institute for Space and Defense Electronics at Vanderbilt University has been selected as a Center of Excellence in Radiation Effects by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Air Force Research Lab. The $5 million, five-year program will be led by Vanderbilt in partnership with Ohio State and the University of California at Santa Barbara. Read More

Yilu Liu, who led the effort to create the North American Power Grid Frequency Monitoring Network and is known for her research on electric power systems and smart grids, will deliver the School of Engineering’s fall 2021 John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture on Monday, Nov. 8, at 4 p.m. CT. Read More

Vanderbilt and Penn State engineers have developed a novel approach to design and fabricate thin-film infrared light sources with near-arbitrary spectral output driven by heat, along with a machine learning methodology called inverse design that reduced the optimization time for these devices from weeks or months on a multi-core computer… Read More

Catie Chang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has received a $1.1 million NIH grant to investigate brain-body connections and advance understanding of aging in normal and pathological brains. Read More

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Bennett Landman has received a $2.6 million NIH grant to improve the understanding of structural changes in the brains of people who have Alzheimer’s disease. Read More

Therapeutic MK2i-NP blocks both inflammation and an unhealthy conversion of cells in blood vessels after cardiovascular procedures, reducing the need for further interventions—cutting costs and reducing risks. Est. reading time: 2.5 minutes. Read More

Janey Camp, research associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been selected as a contributor to the Fifth National Climate Assessment, a quadrennial report on the varied impacts and risks presented by global climate change across the country. Read More