Engineering and Technology
Computer science student receives Symantec Graduate Fellowship
Apr. 6, 2015—Computer science graduate student Bo Li has been awarded a Symantec Research Labs Graduate Fellowship. She is one of three recipients nationwide of the prestigious fellowship.
Q&A with alumnus, ExxonMobil VP Jack P. Williams
Apr. 2, 2015—Jack P. Williams, a Vanderbilt alumnus and senior executive at ExxonMobil, discussed energy and success preceding his campus visit.
A VU Inside: Engineer uses cotton candy to build artificial blood vessels
Mar. 27, 2015—Vanderbilt University mechanical engineer Leon Bellan is creating artificial human blood vessels using cotton candy and gelatin.
Engineering dean joins nationwide pledge to train next-gen engineers
Mar. 27, 2015—Vanderbilt's School of Engineering joins the nationwide effort to equip a new generation of engineers to tackle the most pressing issues of the day.
‘College of the future’ topic of engineering lecture April 7
Mar. 27, 2015—As technological advances ‘evolutionize’ higher education, award-winning author and speaker Jeffrey Selingo imagines what the college of the future will look like.
Next-generation advanced composite materials topic of Hall Engineering Lecture
Mar. 3, 2015—A globally recognized polymer sciences researcher will deliver the John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture March 30.
Sophisticated application of magnetic force enhances laparoscopic surgery
Mar. 2, 2015—A team of Vanderbilt engineers is using magnetic force to design new and improved instruments for minimally invasive surgery.
Paralyzed by accident, grad student engineers his future with exoskeleton
Feb. 26, 2015—Andrew Ekelem, who has used a wheelchair since a college snowboarding accident, brings an invaluable perspective to the lab of mechanical engineer Michael Goldfarb.
Environmental engineer visits home to help rice farmers overcome drought
Feb. 19, 2015—Vanderbilt environmental engineering graduate student Thushara Gunda returned to her native Sri Lanka to learn how South Asian rice farmers can adapt to drought and grow the highest yields possible.
Former Ingram Barge CEO to lead Vanderbilt Center for Transportation Research
Jan. 29, 2015—Craig E. Philip, a nationally recognized leader in marine and intermodal transportation industries and former CEO of Ingram Barge Company, has been named director of the Vanderbilt Center for Transportation Research. He also is a research professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Virtual Vanderbilt Engineering and Science Building rises from your cellphone
Jan. 26, 2015—Download the interactive, high-tech rendering that shows the building’s exterior and design in 360-degree detail.
Duvall to receive 2015 Society for Biomaterials Young Investigator Award for regenerative medicine research
Jan. 22, 2015—Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Craig L. Duvall has received a Society for Biomaterials 2015 Young Investigator Award for his achievements in the field of biomaterials research within 10 years of receiving his doctorate.