Engineering Student Stories

Learn more about Class of 2025 engineering student Evelyn Marx's work with the Department of Defense and one of her most fun memories of Vanderbilt. Read More

Vanderbilt is passionate about supporting and inspiring a new kind of leader. Meet three members of the Class of 2025 carving unique paths to make the world better. Read More

Eliza Hill’s eyes glisten as she recounts witnessing a 7-year-old boy named Hugh with radial dysplasia (club arms) feed himself for the first time. He was able to accomplish this life-changing goal because of a device she and a team from the School of Engineering… Read More

Meet four members of the Class of 2025 who are collaborating in powerful ways. Read More

Learn about what inspires the Class of 2025 Outstanding Senior winner and read about all the nominees. Read More

WATCH: Learn about the journey that brought Aziz Medhioub from North Africa to Nashville and the role he's playing on Vanderbilt's award-winning rocket design team. Read More

WATCH: VandyBoys catcher Jack Bulger talks about the teacher who inspired him most and how he built his own brace with what he learned at the School of Engineering. Read More

WATCH: Learn how biomedical engineering major Schyler Rowland says mentors have inspired her future in fighting diseases Read More

The Vanderbilt Fusion Project, an initiative involving 40 undergraduates from 22 majors across three schools, is seeking to build a miniature nuclear fusion reactor—and make history. Read More

Quentin Millora-Brown, a senior forward on the men’s basketball team, had his best individual season this year. A starter in 30 games, he led Vanderbilt in blocked shots and was second in rebounding. Perhaps even more importantly, he helped create the culture of succes. Off the court, Millora-Brown knows that camaraderie alone won’t solve society’s most pressing issues, such as the climate crisis—a problem he is passionate about. But he believes the same team approach in pursuit of a larger goal will make a difference. Read More

Vanderbilt Climbing Club teammates Michael Finn-Henry and Olivia Busk are taking collaboration and innovation to new heights with a breakthrough medical device—and a possible trip to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Read More

Growing up in California, where lacrosse had yet to take hold to the same extent as on the East Coast, Bri Gross discovered her athletic passion almost by accident. But the first time she picked up a lacrosse stick was far from the first time she was intrigued by how something worked. Never far from her dad’s side in his garage workshop, she was and remains an inveterate tinkerer. Read More