Engineering And Technology

The Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering is at the forefront of nurturing the next generation of nanotechnology enthusiasts and professionals in Middle Tennessee through its outreach initiatives, including the VINSE High School Field Trip Program, which includes unique hands-on experiences like crafting solar cells from blackberry juice. This month, VINSE hosted its 200th field trip. Read More

WATCH: Today’s fight against infectious diseases is being waged in the computer lab as much as the wet lab. Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, Vanderbilt researchers and students like School of Engineering undergraduate Karen Pu are expanding the power of computer modeling to identify mutating viruses—and potentially improve vaccines. Read More

Robert Webster and Charleson Bell will lead regional Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub to propel inclusive innovation and catalyze a medical innovation economy. Read More

Trans-institutional project connects Vanderbilt experts in drug delivery, stem cell engineering, biomanufacturing and cell biology to advance biomanufacturing of nanoparticles that can deliver precisely targeted drugs to the site of a disease. Read More

New Generative AI Seed Grant, sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Innovation, to promote research in large language models like ChatGPT, will offer faculty up to $20,000 in funding for innovative projects. Applications are open until Nov. 8; an interdisciplinary board will review submissions and provide funding recommendations by fall 2023’s end. Read More

Mechanical engineering Professor Nilanjan Sarkar, Frist Center Director Keivan Stassun and collaborators receive $1M to develop an integrated AI and behavioral science-based driving training system to improve transportation independence for neurodiverse individuals. Read More

The Wond’ry’s Jaclyn Mothupi and School of Engineering’s Janey Camp contribute to Metro Nashville climate adaptation and resilience plan that prioritizes all Nashvillians. Read More

Current kidney dialysis patients endure treatment three times a week for four hours. A new discovery generated by a Vanderbilt-VUMC team may shift how dialysis patients receive care. Read More

Chemical and biomedical engineer and cancer researcher Marjan Rafat has received the Young Innovator Award from the Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering division of the Biomedical Engineering Society. The CMBE Young Innovator Award is a distinguished honor for young faculty in the biomolecular engineering field. Read More

Take your AI skills to the next level with Vanderbilt's latest free ChatGPT online course taught by Jules White, associate dean for strategic learning programs and professor of computer science. Read More

Zeno Power, a startup initiated through the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, is one of 11 American companies to receive funding from NASA to develop technologies that could support long-term exploration on the Moon and in space for the benefit of all. Read More

Justus Ndukaife and Chuchuan Hong have developed a way to more quickly, and precisely, trap nanoscale objects such as potentially cancerous extracellular vesicles using a cutting-edge plasmonic nanotweezer. Read More

Vanderbilt's Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization named Richard Caprioli, C. David Weaver, Susan Eagle, and Franz Baudenbacher 2023 Master Innovators. The yearly recognition program acknowledges Vanderbilt’s top innovators and entrepreneurs for their contributions to the creation, development, and commercialization of intellectual property. Read More

Nature Conferences has selected Vanderbilt University to host a conference Nov. 13–15, 2023, focused on developing innovative diagnostic, treatment and disease-monitoring platforms to improve human health around the world. Read More

Justus Ndukaife, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been awarded the 2023 Kaminow Outstanding Early Career Professional Prize for his commitment to teaching, mentoring, and community service. Read More

A team of biomedical researchers from 16 top engineering programs in the nation, which includes Vanderbilt's Audrey Bowden, has developed a set of processes that helps eliminate traditional barriers to historically excluded groups pursuing academic careers in biomedical engineering. Read More

The Seeding Success Grant at Vanderbilt University has helped propel ADVISER, an innovative software platform created by David Hyde, assistant professor of computer science, to earning National Science Foundation funding. ADVISER is designed to democratize access to high-end cloud computing, and the new NSF grant applies it to climate change research. Read More

Vanderbilt engineering professor Justus Ndukaife is leading innovative research that more effectively traps nanosized extracellular vesicles and particles to analyze their roles in cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases. Read More

Piran Kidambi has received a 2023 Young Investigator Award from the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Nicole Moehring, a graduate student in Kidambi’s research group, has won a Graduate Student Research Award in the Membrane Area of the AIChE’s Separations Division. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers are part of an alliance supported by the National Science Foundation that seeks to build on the use of artificial intelligence in medical imaging in Middle Tennessee. Read More