Vanderbilt School Of Engineering
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Vanderbilt emerita professor Charlotte Froese Fischer was a pioneer in computer science and physics
Charlotte Froese Fischer, a pioneer in the field of atomic structure calculations and an emerita research professor of computer science at Vanderbilt University, died Feb. 8, 2024. Read MoreOct 11, 2024
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NIH training program in engineering and diabetes competitively renewed for another five years
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health has renewed a five-year grant through the NIH’s flagship T32 institutional training grant program. T32 grants provide funding to support students and postdoctoral trainees working in focused areas of research that advance the NIH mission. Read MoreJul 29, 2024
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Tamara Baynham, BE’93: Finding Community, Advancing Innovation
Tamara Baynham, BE'93, an active, long-standing alumni leader across the university, including leadership roles as president of the Association of Vanderbilt Black Alumni, member of Vanderbilt Alumni Association Board and of the Engineering Board of Visitors, was inducted into the School of Engineering’s Academy of Distinguished Alumni in April. Read MoreJul 17, 2024
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Chancellor of Vellore Institute of Technology in India makes first-time visit to Vanderbilt
Chancellor G. Viswanathan from Vellore Institute of Technology in India recently visited Vanderbilt University for the first time and met with administrators and faculty in the School of Engineering. Read MoreJul 12, 2024
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WATCH: These Class of 2024 students use ‘dare to grow’ passion to help others
Meet members of the Class of 2024 with a unique passion and perspective on how to live out the Dare to Grow motto. Read MoreApr 26, 2024
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CLASS OF 2024: Schyler Rowland finds a home in the lab, collaborating to fight diseases
WATCH: Learn how biomedical engineering major Schyler Rowland says mentors have inspired her future in fighting diseases Read MoreMar 1, 2024
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Lippmann wins prestigious Chan Zuckerberg Initiative award to back research in the fight against Alzheimer’s
Ethan Lippmann, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and biomedical engineering, has won a Collaborative Pairs Pilot Project Award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) to create a more effective way for the immune system to fight against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. Read MoreFeb 28, 2024
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Researchers develop new nanoparticle to boost immune system
Vanderbilt researchers have developed a new nanoparticle that can more effectively get drugs inside of cells to boost the immune system and fight diseases like cancer. Read MoreFeb 27, 2024
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Weimer receives NSF CAREER Award to improve safety and efficacy of machine learning, AI systems
James Weimer, assistant professor of computer science and noted medical-device entrepreneur, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to improve the safety and efficacy of systems that use advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques. Read MoreFeb 7, 2024
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Daring to Grow: Dean Krish Roy builds on the School of Engineering’s strong foundation
WATCH: Hear from the new dean of Vanderbilt Engineering School, Krishnendu Roy, as he talks about what he's bringing to Vanderbilt and his vision for innovation and collaboration. Read MoreJan 11, 2024
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Nanostructured flat lens uses machine learning to ‘see’ more clearly, while using less power
A front-end lens, or meta-imager, created at Vanderbilt University can potentially replace traditional imaging optics in machine-vision applications, producing images at higher speed and using less power. Read MoreJan 5, 2024
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Hiba Baroud is named a fellow of the International Science Council
Hiba Baroud has been appointed as a fellow of the International Science Council in recognition of outstanding contributions to promoting science as a global public good. Read MoreJan 4, 2024
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Vanderbilt team leads $6.89 million DARPA grant to train cyber agents against attacks
Daniel Balasubramanian, a senior research scientist at Vanderbilt’s Institute for Software Integrated Systems, will lead a four-year $6.89 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to create realistic network environments used to train cyber agents to counter advanced and persistent cyber threats. Read MoreDec 14, 2023
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Justin Baba receives 2023 Battelle Distinguished Inventor recognition
A Vanderbilt University engineering professor affiliated with the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been named a Battelle Distinguished Inventor from ORNL. Justin Baba, associate research professor of biomedical engineering, was one of four scientists honored at the Lab’s annual Innovation Awards. Read MoreDec 12, 2023
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Vanderbilt LIVE Initiative team advances to finals of NSF challenge to improve K-12 learning outcomes
By Jenna Somers A trans-institutional team from the LIVE Initiative at Vanderbilt University has progressed to the final round of the National Science Foundation’s Visionary Interdisciplinary Teams Advancing Learning (VITAL) Prize Challenge for designing BeatBlox, a music-based framework for teaching computer science. The team, Code to Joy,… Read MoreDec 4, 2023
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Vanderbilt researchers to present findings at Nature conference on Bioengineering for Global Health
Several Vanderbilt faculty members are among an international roster of scholars presenting research at the Nature conference, “Bioengineering for Global Health,” at Vanderbilt University Nov. 13–15. Faculty members from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and editors from Nature Communications, Nature Biomedical Engineering and Nature Reviews Bioengineering led the organization of the conference. Read MoreNov 9, 2023
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Interdisciplinary team develops open-access computer programming course for high school teachers
A modular, open-access curriculum created at Vanderbilt that’s designed to expand the ability of high school teachers to use technology in learning offers an engaging introduction to advanced topics that are currently accessible only to computer science majors in college. Read MoreNov 8, 2023
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Scott Johnson, BE’87: Getting to the Point
After long careers designing power generation plants and acute care medical facilities, Scott Johnson, BE'87, made a career leap two years ago to take the top job at the nation’s largest pencil maker, Musgrave Pencil Company. Read MoreOct 17, 2023
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Olatunde Osinaike, BS’15: The Algorithm of Poetry
School of Engineering alumnus Olatunde Osinaike is one of five winners of the 2022 National Poetry Series. His debut collection, 'Tender Headed,' is being published by Akashic Press in December. He will be on campus for an alumni reading event Oct. 24, co-sponsored by the Vanderbilt Creative Writing Program and the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. He returns to Nashville Jan. 25, 2024, for a reading with The Porch, a literary nonprofit. Read MoreOct 3, 2023
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Vanderbilt biomedical researcher organizes inaugural ‘Nature’ conference on bioengineering for global health, Nov. 13–15
Nature Conferences has selected Vanderbilt University to host a conference Nov. 13–15, 2023, focused on developing innovative diagnostic, treatment and disease-monitoring platforms to improve human health around the world. Read MoreAug 24, 2023