The Cumberland Project

  • cumberland river and downtown Nashville

    Cumberland River floating boardwalk is one of scores of senior projects at Design Day April 21

    CAD rendering of a 1,000-foot-long boardwalk includes features such as benches, gangways, and floating vegetation. A zoomed-in section provides a detailed view. A solution is a Cumberland River floating boardwalk, the brainchild of a team of mechanical engineering students who designed two gathering platforms spanning 1,000 feet with three gangways, benches, fishing stations, a kayak launch and floating vegetation to offer ecological education. Read More

    Apr 21, 2025

  • Vanderbilt University

    It’s All Connected

    The Sustainability Project sparks a campus dialogue  about our relationship with the environment and commitment to its future (Neil Brake/Vanderbilt)       Bangladesh, in South Asia, is a flat, low-lying land situated between the melting snowcaps of the Himalayas… Read More

    Aug 1, 2011