School Of Engineering

Nabil Simaan, professor of mechanical engineering, has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a distinction awarded to ASME members who have made significant engineering achievements. Read More

The Vanderbilt School of Engineering and the Department of Biomedical Engineering have launched an initiative to renovate and rename a biomedical engineering design lab in honor of BME professor Matthew Walker III, who died unexpectedly in April 2021. Read More

Yilu Liu, who led the effort to create the North American Power Grid Frequency Monitoring Network and is known for her research on electric power systems and smart grids, will deliver the School of Engineering’s fall 2021 John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture on Monday, Nov. 8, at 4 p.m. CT. Read More

Therapeutic MK2i-NP blocks both inflammation and an unhealthy conversion of cells in blood vessels after cardiovascular procedures, reducing the need for further interventions—cutting costs and reducing risks. Est. reading time: 2.5 minutes. Read More

Janey Camp, research associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been selected as a contributor to the Fifth National Climate Assessment, a quadrennial report on the varied impacts and risks presented by global climate change across the country. Read More

Computational game theorist and researcher Eugene Vorobeychik deploys game theory to help the Vanderbilt men’s golf team clinch the 2021 SEC Men’s Golf Championship. Read More

Using robotics to help individuals walk seemed like something out of a science fiction film until Michael Goldfarb and members of his lab made it a reality. Read More

Two outstanding women scholars in the same School of Engineering department have been elected president of prestigious national academic societies. Anita Mahadevan-Jansen is president-elect of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and Cynthia Reinhart-King is president-elect of the Biomedical Engineering Society, the professional home for biomedical engineering and bioengineering. Read More

Under the leadership of Keivan Stassun, founding director of the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation, the center has been recognized for its innovations in engineering research related to autism and the value of neurodiversity in the workplace. Read More

A team of engineers led by Dan Work, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, has developed an assistive technology to help drivers maintain "the two-second rule," taught in driver’s ed classes across the country, to smooth out traffic jams and improve safety. Read More

Dan Work, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is leading the technical element in collaboration with Vanderbilt, the Tennessee Department of Transportation and transportation consulting firm Gresham Smith to build the smartest roadway in the world along a six-mile stretch of Tennessee's Interstate 24. Read More

Affecting athletes, military and 25 percent of Americans over 45, Craig Duvall and his team build nanoparticles targeted to mitigate osteoarthritis. Est. reading time: 3.5 mins. Read More

Army Futures Command recently awarded Vanderbilt a one-year, $1.2 million investment to support collaborations between researchers and soldiers to innovate research-based technologies with a path to commercialization and prompt acquisition of products by the Army. Read More

Meet the new faculty head of Hank Ingram House, Eric Barth, professor of mechanical engineering. Read More

The School of Engineering has created two new departments from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science to encourage innovation, accommodate enrollment growth and focus on areas of strategic excellence. Read More

Professor and entrepreneur finds startup success with Vanderbilt’s spirit of collaboration and innovation. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers discover that protein-coated nanoparticles kill more than half of cancer cells in the blood of patients with advanced chemo-resistant colon cancer. Est. reading time: 2.5 mins. Read More

Vanderbilt University engineering and education faculty are part of a new $20 million research institute funded by the National Science Foundation that aims to create artificial intelligence tools to advance human learning and education. Read More

General Motors' announcement that it would phase out combustion engines—the heart of its cars and trucks for more than 100 years—and move to an all-electric fleet by 2035 could have monumental implications for the global auto industry and broad efforts to combat climate change. The success of the initiative will depend on Vanderbilt alumni who hold key positions in the company. Read More

Two graduate students from Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering and one from the School of Medicine Basic Sciences recently addressed legislators in Washington, D.C., virtually, sharing stories about the important role funding from the National Science Foundation has played in their research and training. Read More