Engineering
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Mobile pollution sensors to be developed at Vanderbilt using Microsoft grant
Vanderbilt engineers have won an award from Microsoft Corp. to develop a real-time, online, detailed and accurate picture of air quality in large metropolitan areas like Nashville. The mobile air quality monitoring system will make it possible to monitor air quality more accurately than the current system of fixed stations performing low-resolution sampling by including car-mounted sensors that measure, process and report emission levels. Read MoreApr 9, 2007
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Student engineers work hard at play during E-Week
In a series of challenging but fun competitions, the engineering students at Vanderbilt University will display their ingenuity and inventiveness to celebrate National Engineers Week February 19-24. Read MoreFeb 19, 2007
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Vanderbilt engineer wins NSF award for innovative Internet system
Professor Yi Cui has gotten recognition - and funding - for his novel idea that could give YouTube a run for its money. Read MoreFeb 15, 2007
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Vanderbilt Engineering in Science Watch Top Ten
Vanderbilt University School of Engineering is ranked in the top ten universities nationally as measured by the impact that their publications have had on the field. Read MoreJan 29, 2007
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Vanderbilt research targets chemical and biological weapon detection
Vanderbilt University researchers, in conjunction with colleagues at several other institutions, are working on a project that promises significant improvement in the control of proteins for a number of uses, including the detection of chemical and biological weapons. Read MoreJan 26, 2007
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Software innovator Tuinenga joins Vanderbilt Space and Defense Institute
Electronic industry entrepreneur Paul Tuinenga has joined Vanderbilt University as principal staff engineer and program manager for software development for the Institute for Space and Defense Electronics. Read MoreJan 23, 2007
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Raindrop research improves understanding of water erosion
There is a dark side to even the humble raindrop. A single drop is harmless, but when billions of raindrops from a cloudburst fall on bare soil they strike like billions of tiny hammers, dislodging tons of soil per acre which is carried away by surface runoff. Read MoreJan 19, 2007
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Yahoo! executive to lecture on Internet search engines
A scientist with Yahoo! will lecture on the workings of Internet search engines at Vanderbilt University in January.Jan O. Pedersen, chief scientist for search and marketplace with Yahoo!, will speak at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 11, in Room 4327 of the Stevenson Center on the Vanderbilt campus. A reception will precede the lecture at 3:30 p.m. in Room 6333 of the Stevenson Center. Read MoreDec 21, 2006
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National nuclear waste to be tackled by Vanderbilt-led multi-university team
Nuclear power might be "green power," but only if nuclear waste can be managed properly. Read MoreDec 7, 2006
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Vanderbilt Engineering to lead FAA helicopter reliability project
All it took to rip the roof off Aloha Airlines Flight 243 in 1988 was the gradual corrosion around rivet holes that had, over time, created tiny cracks in the Boeing 737‘s fuselage that suddenly combined with fatal results. Read MoreNov 28, 2006
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Akers, Cassetty receive Vanderbilt School of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Awards
William B. Akers and Fred J. Cassetty Jr. received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering during the Engineering Celebration Dinner held at Loews Vanderbilt Hotel Thursday, Oct. 19. Read MoreOct 27, 2006
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Hurricane Katrina one year later: Have we learned any lessons?
Hundreds of lives could have been saved from Hurricane Katrina's rampage in Louisiana if the powers-that-be had followed their own crisis plans, believed the hurricane experts and communicated to residents in graphic terms the devastation that was coming their way. Read MoreAug 22, 2006
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Vanderbilt graduate and professional programs maintain strong showing in latest U.S. News & World Report rankings
Vanderbilt's Peabody College of education and human development was ranked 5th in the nation for the second consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report in its annual ranking of the leading graduate and professional schools. Peabody's Special Education program was ranked first in the nation for the fourth straight year, and, overall, the school saw seven of its programs ranked in the top 10. Read MoreMar 31, 2006
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External funding for research at Vanderbilt continues five-year surge
Last year, the amount of external funding that Vanderbilt University researchers received from peer-reviewed contracts and grants increased by 15 percent to reach an all-time high of $444 million. Read MoreMar 30, 2006
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Podcast: Artificial intelligence and machine learning; Now and the future
Doug Fisher, associate professor of computer science and computer engineering at Vanderbilt University, talks about the state of the art in artificial intelligence and robotics in this interview by Adelyn Jones of WRLT FM radio in Nashville. The interview was aired Sunday, March 19, and was co-produced by Dan Buckley. Music by John Scofield. (Used with permission from Tuned In Broadcasting and John Scofield.) Read MoreMar 24, 2006
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Duke University’s Henry Petroski to speak at Vanderbilt
Henry Petroski, the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University, will speak on "The Paradox of Design: Success through Failure" on Wednesday, April 12, at Vanderbilt University in the final presentation of the 2005-06 Chancellor's Lecture Series. Read MoreMar 23, 2006
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Vanderbilt experts available to discuss math and science education and research
Educators and researchers have reacted with both enthusiasm and skepticism to President Bush's State of the Union call to improve America's competitiveness in math and science. Vanderbilt education and science experts are available to discuss what it will take to stop the United States' slide towards scientific and mathematic irrelevancy on the global stage. Read MoreFeb 27, 2006
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Vanderbilt engineering receives National Science Foundation “CAREER” Award for nano-fiber concrete research
"Cast in concrete" is not all it's cracked up to be. Concrete structures from bridges to condominium complexes are susceptible to cracks, corrosion and other forces of natural and man-made chemical assault and degradation. Aging structures can be repaired, but at significant cost. Read MoreDec 7, 2005
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Simulations by Vanderbilt researchers suggest possible impact of buckyballs on DNA
Soccer-ball-shaped "buckyballs" are the most famous players on the nanoscale field, presenting tantalizing prospects of revolutionizing medicine and the computer industry. Since their discovery in 1985, engineers and scientists have been exploring the properties of these molecules for a wide range of applications and innovations. Read MoreDec 5, 2005
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MEDIA ADVISORY – Biomedical pioneer to speak on tissue engineering and drug-delivery innovations
Credited with launching the fields of sustained drug delivery and tissue engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Institute Professor Robert S. Langer will give the John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture at Vanderbilt at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11. Read MoreNov 7, 2005