Engineering and Technology
Pint named to ’20 Under 40′ by American Society for Engineering Education
Sep. 23, 2014—Cary Pint, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Nanomaterials and Energy Devices Laboratory at Vanderbilt University, was named to the American Society for Engineering Education’s Top 20 Under 40 last week.
BME doctoral student receives Department of Defense fellowship
Sep. 23, 2014—Oscar Ayala, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt, has been awarded a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. The NDSEG Fellowship is sponsored and funded by the Department of Defense.
Duvall receives NSF Early Career award
Aug. 29, 2014—Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Craig L. Duvall has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development grant.
Alzheimer’s researcher from NC State to deliver Hall Lecture
Aug. 29, 2014—A North Carolina State University professor specializing in Alzheimer’s Disease research will present the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering’s Hall Lecture.
After Fukushima, Vanderbilt researchers study radiation’s effects on robots
Aug. 29, 2014—Three teams of Vanderbilt University researchers – electrical, mechanical and computer engineers – recently won national recognition for their research into the effects of radiation on the robots deployed inside Fukushima's damaged nuclear plants.
Mahadevan-Jansen elected chair of Gordon Research Conference
Aug. 22, 2014—Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Orrin H. Ingram Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been elected chair of the Gordon Research Conference in Lasers in Medicine and Biology.
Three researchers receive EAGER awards
Aug. 22, 2014—Three Vanderbilt researchers have received an award designed to better understand how complex behaviors emerge from brain activity.
Super-sized lab has energized grand opening
Aug. 18, 2014—More than 150 people showed up Aug. 14 for the grand opening of the School of Engineering’s new Laboratory for Systems Integrity and Reliability.
Projects to aid diabetics, couch potatoes and bicycle riders completed in summer internship program
Aug. 6, 2014—In their final presentations, ISIS summer interns described the projects they completed in the seven-week program.
Fox News: Professor touts faster, cheaper way to test for explosives
Jul. 31, 2014—Sharon Weiss has modified white gold leaf paper so that its surface provides signal amplification of 100 million times – so that a laser and detector to identify the chemical molecules of whatever it has been applied to.
Metro students make bicycle models with high-tech tools
Jun. 18, 2014—Thirteen Nashville public high school students are spending their summer mornings on the Vanderbilt campus building bicycle models using software tools developed to revolutionize the manufacturing of military vehicles.
Two Vanderbilt projects showcased at SmartAmerica Challenge EXPO
Jun. 12, 2014—Two Vanderbilt engineers participated in the SmartAmerica Challenge EXPO in Washington D.C.