Michael Goldfarb

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    Spirit of Innovation

    The Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization is taking Vanderbilt researchers’ inventions to new heights An array of instruments and gadgets found in the Olin Hall laboratory of Professor of Mechanical Engineering Michael Goldfarb. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) Use the term “inventor,” and what pops to mind? The wild-haired Dr. Emmett… Read More

    Feb 1, 2012

  • Craig Hutto and Michael Goldfarb

    National Science Foundation: Bionic leg makes amputee faster on his feet

    Two years after losing his leg in a shark attack, Craig Hutto became the test pilot for a unique and powerful new prosthetic leg being developed by mechanical engineer Michael Goldfarb and his team at Vanderbilt University. Read More

    Jan 24, 2012

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    Top 20 news stories of 2011

    Bionics, time travel, Bono and, of course, cicadas are just some of the exciting stories that marked 2011 at Vanderbilt. Below are the year’s top 20 Vanderbilt news stories, in order of the number of views they each received on the Vanderbilt News Network. Read More

    Dec 29, 2011

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    VUCast: Shark Attack to Bionic Breakthrough

    This Week on VUCast: A shark attack victim inspires a bionic breakthrough; why political prices are going up; and making a cappella cool. [vucastblurb]    … Read More

    Oct 21, 2011

  • Scene 2011 Innovations

    Nashville innovations

    Last week when the Nashville Scene’s annual Innovations Issue hit the newsstands, three of its ten “forward-thinking ideas that are pushing Nashville – and the world – into the future” came from Vanderbilt. The three campus projects that impressed the Scene editors were: Digging for Drugs:… Read More

    Aug 23, 2011

  • Craig Hutto and Michael Goldfarb

    New ‘bionic’ leg gives amputees a natural gait

    A new lower-limb prosthetic uses the latest advances in computer, sensor, electric motor and battery technology to give it bionic capabilities. Read More

    Aug 17, 2011

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    August issue of ‘Vanderbilt View’ online now

    Hear the inspiring story of a young man who survived a shark attack and went on to assist Vanderbilt researchers in developing a prosthetic leg. Read More

    Jul 29, 2011

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    May grants announced by Division of Sponsored Research

    The Division of Sponsored Research received notification in May that the following grants in excess of $25,000 had been awarded. Read More

    Jul 11, 2011

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    April grants announced by Division of Sponsored Research

    The Division of Sponsored Research received notification in April that the following grants in excess of $25,000 had been awarded: Theodore A. Bapty, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has received an award in the amount of $311,047 by the Department of Defense for “Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE).” Abhishek… Read More

    May 25, 2011

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    Sponsored Research awards for February 2011

    Professor Gautam Biswas, professor of computer science and computer engineering (John Russell / Vanderbilt) The Division of Sponsored Research received notification in February that the following grants in excess of $25,000 had been awarded: Theodore A. Bapty, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has received an award in the amount of… Read More

    Mar 25, 2011