Graduate’s path to traumatic brain injury research was littered with roadside bombs

U.S. Army Capt. David M. Barry has found himself at the forefront of cutting-edge research for improving methods for assessing and treating traumatic brain injury [TBI], delivering research findings that contain both professional and personal components at symposiums and forums. The distinguished engineering graduate (summa cum laude, Engineering Science)  from Vanderbilt’s Army ROTC program in…

Posted May 3, 2013 in Alumni, General Engineering, News, Research, concussion, David M. Barry, neurocognitive research, traumatic brain injury, U.S. Army

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Second doctoral student secures NDSEG fellowship

Courtney Mitchell, a graduate student in chemical engineering, is the second Vanderbilt engineering student in in three weeks to be awarded a 2013 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship through the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Awarded annually to only about 200 students who intend to pursue a doctoral degree in one of…

Posted May 1, 2013 in Alumni, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, News, Research, ChBE, Courtney Mitchell, NDSEG Fellowship

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Vanderbilt wins $9.3M DARPA contract to evolve tools for military vehicle design

Vanderbilt University engineers in the Institute for Software Integrated Systems have been awarded a $9.3 million contract over two years to continue their work to mature META tools that are part of a flagship Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Adaptive Vehicle Make (AVM) program. AVM is a portfolio of programs focused on dramatically reducing the…

Posted April 30, 2013 in Alumni, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, News, Research, AVM, DARPA, ISIS, Janos Sztipanovits, META, Ted Bapty, VehicleFORGE

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New computer speeds clinical data collection

Tucked in a data center in the basement of Vanderbilt University Hospital, a new computer the size of a large armoire, called a data warehouse appliance, is delivering a new order of speed to Vanderbilt clinical scientists as they search, filter, analyze and annotate the de-identified medical records of approximately 2 million patients. That’s how…

Posted April 26, 2013 in Alumni, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, News, Research, biomedical informatics, Brad Malin, Paul Harris

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Tracking gunfire with a smartphone

You are walking down the street with a friend. A shot is fired. The two of you duck behind the nearest cover and you pull out your smartphone. A map of the neighborhood pops up on its screen with a large red arrow pointing in the direction the shot came from. A team of computer…

Posted April 25, 2013 in Alumni, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, News, Research, Akos Ledeczi, DARPA, ISIS, Ken Pence, shooter location system, smart phone

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Engineering claims 6 of 10 best-paying master’s degrees

Six of 10 best-paying master’s degrees are in engineering, according to an article published today on monster.com. A master’s in electrical engineering is no. 1, edging out a master’s in finance. In the article, Katie Bardaro, lead analyst at PayScale.com, says many of the top-paying master’s degrees are in technical fields such as engineering and…

Posted April 22, 2013 in Alumni, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, News, Research, engineering master's degrees

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Doctoral student Alexandra Leamy wins P.E.O. Scholar Award

Alexandra Leamy, a Ph.D student in chemical and biomolecular engineering, is one of 85 doctoral students nationwide selected to receive a $15,000 Scholar Award from the P.E.O. Sisterhood. She was sponsored by Chapter EV in Cincinnati, Ohio. Leamy’s research focus is type-2 diabetes and obesity, and she works with assistant professor Jamey Young in the…

Posted April 22, 2013 in Alumni, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, News, Research, Alexandra Leamy, ChBE, diabetes, doctoral student, obesity, P.E.O. Scholar Award, Young lab

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Team’s payload design tops fourth consecutive year at NASA rocket contest

A biohybrid fueled ramjet engine design paid off as a Vanderbilt rocket climbed into blue skies today over an Alabama farm near Huntsville. For the fourth year in a row the Best Payload Design award went to the Vanderbilt Aerospace Club in the 12th annual NASA University Student Launch Initiative Sunday, April 21, in a…

Posted April 21, 2013 in Alumni, Mechanical Engineering, News, Research, Aerospace Club, Amrutur Anilkumar, mechanical engineering, NASA, rocket, USLI

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Prosthetic limb advances could help victims of the Boston Marathon bombings

The tragic April 15 bombing at the Boston Marathon took the lives of three people and has left dozens of people with serious injuries, many of whom have lost limbs. Vanderbilt mechanical engineer Michael Goldfarb, an expert in the field of prosthetic devices and director of the Center for Intelligent Mechatronics, says dramatic advances in…

Posted April 19, 2013 in Alumni, Mechanical Engineering, News, Research, bionic leg, Boston Marathon, Center for Intelligent Mechatronics, Michael Goldfarb

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Students win ‘TechVenture Challenge’ with faculty idea

A strategy for commercializing a wireless electrocardiogram (ECG) has won top honors at this year’s TechVenture Challenge. Now in its third year, the Vanderbilt University initiative teaches students how to turn patented ideas developed by Vanderbilt faculty members into marketable products. The winning presentation pitched InvisionHeart, a smart health care platform and digital ECG that…

Posted April 18, 2013 in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, News, Research, biomedical engineering, commercialization, Franz Baudenbacher, InvisionHeart, TechVenture Challenge

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