Chambers Family Entrepreneurial Lecture
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Global leader in medical technology to discuss public health inequities, better products at Engineering lecture April 4
Krista Donaldson, BS’95, who directs Innovation to Impact at Stanford University’s Byers Center for Biodesign where her work focuses on ensuring design tools and processes are broadly applicable across global markets, will deliver the School of Engineering’s 2023 Chambers Family Entrepreneurial Lecture on Tuesday, April 4, at 4:15 p.m. at the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, in the Engineering and Science Building. Read MoreMar 24, 2023
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Successful startup co-founders to deliver Chambers Entrepreneurship Lecture Nov. 8
Vanderbilt alumni Matt Tant and Joe Christopher, who co-founded the health care technology staffing firm HCTech and would go on to launch Brentwood, Tennessee-based Relode, will deliver the School of Engineering’s Chambers Family Entrepreneurship Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 8. Read MoreNov 1, 2018
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Venture capitalist Bruce Evans shares entrepreneurial fundraising advice at Engineering’s Chambers Lecture
School of Engineering alumnus Bruce Evans discussed his journey from Vanderbilt to the venture capital industry and offered some fundraising advice during the Spring 2018 Chambers Lecture. Read MoreMar 1, 2018
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Howard to deliver Engineering’s Chambers Lecture Sept. 25
As one of the nation’s most recognized female roboticists, Ayanna Howard has designed SnoMote robots to study the impact of global warming on Antarctic ice shelves and created artificial intelligence-powered STEM apps to teach children with autism how to play Angry Birds. She will deliver the School of Engineering’s Chambers Family Entrepreneurship Lecture on Monday, Sept. 25, in Featheringill Hall. Read MoreSep 17, 2017
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Engineering’s Chambers Lecture is April 4: Smart jewelry to the rescue
Ph.D.-turned-entrepreneur Jerry Wilmink — founder and CEO of WiseWear Corp., a digital health company that develops wearable technology products for fitness and medical applications — will deliver the School of Engineering's Chambers Family Entrepreneurship Lecture on April 4. Read MoreMar 17, 2017
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Creator of high-tech teddy bear to deliver engineering lecture Feb. 25
Jerry the Bear, an interactive teddy bear, helps hundreds of kids diagnosed with type 1 diabetes learn to take care of themselves. Jerry’s co-creator, Hannah Chung, will deliver the School of Engineering’s Chambers Family Entrepreneurial Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 25. Read MoreFeb 2, 2016
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BOOM! How the Maker Movement is changing the world
Mark Hatch, CEO and co-founder of TechShop, a fast-growing chain of co-working spaces where people come to build prototypes for the products they want to sell, is giving a free public lecture on the Maker Revolution. Read MoreOct 2, 2015
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‘Maker movement’ topic of Engineering’s Chambers Lecture Oct. 7
Mark Hatch, CEO and co-founder of TechShop and author of "Maker Movement Manifesto," will deliver the School of Engineering’s Chambers Family Entrepreneurial Lectureship on Oct. 7 in Featheringill Hall. Read MoreOct 1, 2015
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Five questions with entrepreneur Jonn Kim, to give engineering lecture March 16
Jonn Kim, founder and CEO of Geeks and Nerds Corporation in Huntsville, Alabama, will deliver the School of Engineering’s spring 2015 Chambers Family Entrepreneurial Lecture March 16. Read MoreMar 11, 2015
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Engineering launches Chambers Family Entrepreneurial Lectureship
The lectureship is designed to encourage and invigorate entrepreneurial activity among engineering students and throughout the university. Read MoreNov 6, 2014