Engineering
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How to make electric vehicles that actually reduce carbon
Scientists from Vanderbilt and George Washington universities have worked out a way to make electric vehicles that not only are carbon neutral but carbon negative. Read MoreMar 2, 2016
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Glencliff High sweeps ASCE bridge competition in 7 of last 8 years
Glencliff High School has won the American Society of Civil Engineers bridge-building competition for the seventh time in the last eight years, with Glencliff students taking first, second and third places in the contest held at Vanderbilt's Laboratory for Systems Integrity and Reliability for the second consecutive year. Read MoreMar 1, 2016
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Media advisory: Local students put their bridge-building skill to the test
The American Society of Civil Engineers' Music City Bridge Building Competition is being held Saturday, Feb. 27 at Vanderbilt University's Laboratory for Systems Integrity and Reliability. Read MoreFeb 24, 2016
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LeBoeuf called to active duty as Army University’s vice provost of academic affairs
Brig. Gen. Eugene J. LeBoeuf, a civil engineering professor at Vanderbilt, has been called to active duty in the U.S. Army to serve as vice provost of academic affairs for Army University and deputy commanding general for reserve affairs for the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center. Read MoreFeb 11, 2016
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Cotton candy machines may hold key for making artificial organs
Vanderbilt engineers have modified a cotton candy machine to create complex microfluidic networks that mimic the capillary system in living tissue and have demonstrated that these networks can keep cells alive and functioning in an artificial three-dimensional matrix. Read MoreFeb 8, 2016
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Anilkumar named Faculty Advisor of the Year by Institute of Aeronautics
Amrutur Anilkumar, professor of the practice of aerospace and mechanical engineering, has been named the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 2016 Faculty Advisor of the Year. Read MoreFeb 5, 2016
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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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Vanderbilt on team to develop advanced nuclear reactors to reduce carbon emissions
Vanderbilt University is part of a new public-private partnership that has been awarded up to $40 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to explore, develop and demonstrate advanced nuclear reactor technologies to help America meet its goals for carbon emission reduction. Read MoreJan 27, 2016
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Resolving the food-energy-water trilemma
A computer model has been developed that provides new insights into the food-energy-water nexus and can help resource managers around the world do a better job of weighing food and energy tradeoffs when water is scarce. Read MoreJan 25, 2016
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Fourteen faculty members selected as 2016 Chancellor Faculty Fellows
Fourteen outstanding faculty members from across the university have been named to the 2016 class of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. The class comprises highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty from the humanities, social sciences, life and physical sciences, and clinical sciences, as well as business, education and engineering. Read MoreJan 21, 2016
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Hall Lecture to address how engineering can tackle global health care inequities
New approaches to engineering design are needed to solve inequities in global health care, according to a widely acclaimed bioengineer who tackles neonatal health and cancer mortality in low-resource settings in the United States and Africa. Rebecca Richards-Kortum will deliver the Hall Engineering Lecture on Monday, Jan. 25. Read MoreJan 19, 2016
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Robinson named associate dean of the School of Engineering
William H. Robinson, a rising academic leader and diversity advocate, has been named an associate dean of the School of Engineering. He will work with Dean Philippe Fauchet to provide leadership in advancing the school’s inclusive, diverse and equitable academic culture. Read MoreJan 11, 2016
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Harnessing the power of computers to create a sustainable future
Harnessing the power of computers to help create an economically, environmentally and socially sustainable future – that is the purpose of a major new grant issued by the National Science Foundation. Read MoreJan 8, 2016
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VUCast: Who looks like a leader to you?
In the latest VUCast: Find out why gender matters when you envision a president, leader or CEO; see what Vanderbilt blasted into space and what it's doing now; and learn how the price of cigarettes is saving babies' lives. Read MoreDec 17, 2015
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Grad student’s side project keeps incarcerated parents connected with their kids
Zachary Diggins, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, has developed a new website that will help children of inmates enjoy storytime, digitally, with Mom or Dad. Read MoreDec 7, 2015
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Makerspace workshop to guide engineering school’s expansion of design facilities
Vanderbilt's School of Engineering will explore how to build a makerspace during a daylong planning workshop on Friday, Dec. 11. The event is open to the public but attendance is limited. Read MoreDec 2, 2015
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Vanderbilt School of Engineering, partners awarded $3.5 million from ARPA-E for transformational energy technology
A new $3.5 million award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy will support Vanderbilt University School of Engineering researchers' and their partners' efforts to create software that can control the Smart Grid – a decentralized power system that is more efficient, sustainable and reliable than America’s current electrical power delivery. Read MoreNov 25, 2015
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Vandy’s three-time national rocketry champs are off to a strong start defending their title
A student team hosted by the Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Lab is off to a strong start defending its national rocketry title in the 2015-16 NASA University Student Launch Challenge competing against a field of 39 other university teams. Read MoreNov 20, 2015
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Doctoral student’s company provides researchers with ‘X-ray’ on cellular processes
Researchers in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries long have used cells as mini-factories to produce fuels, medication and other products. A new company out of Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, MetaMap BioWorks, seeks to open a window on those processes. Read MoreNov 12, 2015
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Quantum dots made from fool’s gold boost battery performance
Vanderbilt engineers have discovered that adding quantum dots made from fool's gold to the electrodes of standard lithium batteries can substantially boost their performance. Read MoreNov 11, 2015