engineering
LeVan named J. Lawrence Wilson Professor of Engineering
Mar. 11, 2004—M. Douglas LeVan has been named the J. Lawrence Wilson Professor of Engineering for the Vanderbilt School of Engineering.
Vanderbilt engineer receives national award for computer animation research
Jun. 20, 2003—Robert E. Bodenheimer, assistant professor of computer science at Vanderbilt University, has received the NSF's Faculty Early CAREER Development Award to develop a program that reinforces and tests what a student has just learned by requiring the student to teach an animated character.
MEDIA ADVISORY–Nuclear technology expert to speak at Vanderbilt
Apr. 23, 2003—Theodore (Ted) Rockwell, internationally renowned expert in nuclear engineering, will speak on “Nuclear Technology: Facts and Myths about Radioactivity” in a free public lecture at Vanderbilt University April 23. A media availability will precede the address.
Parker receives nuclear waste management lifetime achievement award
Mar. 25, 2003—Vanderbilt Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Frank L. Parker has received the 2003 Wendell D. Weart Lifetime Achievement in Nuclear Waste Management Award.
Vanderbilt seniors selected to display at national conference cancer detector they invented
Mar. 11, 2003—Two Vanderbilt biomedical engineering seniors are heading to Boston to show off the invention they helped refine and develop—a probe that uses laser light to quickly and accurately diagnose ovarian cancer.
Adams to receive Vanderbilt School of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award
Feb. 26, 2003—Howell E. Adams, Jr., retired owner and chief executive officer of The Georgia Trane Companies, has been selected to receive the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering.
Space Shuttle Experts
Feb. 20, 2003—Congressional hearings on the space shuttle disaster begin Wednesday, Feb. 12. Vanderbilt University professors can add context to your stories.---Scientific Experiments in Space---Robots in Space---Accident Analysis
Vanderbilt engineering professor wins Naval Research Award
Feb. 12, 2003—Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering L. Roy Xu has won a Young Investigator Program award from the U.S. Office of Naval Research for his research on hybrid interface mechanics and nano-composite materials.
Space Shuttle tragedy
Feb. 4, 2003—Vanderbilt professors offer comments on the space shuttle disaster--- Scientific experiments in space --- Robots in space--- Facing grief following national tragedies --- National policy implications
Vanderbilt engineering student receives Marshall Scholarship
Jan. 13, 2003—David Brogan, a Vanderbilt biomedical engineering senior who combines his studies with cross-country competition and community involvement, has been chosen to receive one of the prestigious Marshall Scholarships.
Vanderbilt to host Web services technology seminar
Aug. 27, 2002— The Vanderbilt School of Engineering and the Middle Tennessee Java Users Group will hold a one-day seminar on Web programming technology at the Vanderbilt Stadium Club on Friday, Sept. 27. The topics to be addressed are developing Web services using Java™ and developing wireless applications using Java™.
Vanderbilt professor wins SAE’s distinguished educator award
Aug. 22, 2002— Vanderbilt Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Sankaran Mahadevan has been selected by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) to receive the international 2002 Distinguished Probabilistic Methods Educator Award.