Ryan Underwood

Several faculty members in four different disciplines across the School of Engineering have received tenure and promotions that take effect this fall. They are: Audrey Bowden, Promoted to Professor with Tenure, Biomedical Engineering; Courtney Johnson, Promoted to Associate Professor of the Practice, Engineering Science and Management; Ipek… Read More

Professor of Mechanical Engineering Deyu Li has been awarded an inaugural National Science Foundation TRAILBLAZER Engineering Impact Award to extend Max Planck’s theory of thermal radiation from equilibrium thermal sources to a regime where non-equilibrium energy carriers can lead to significantly enhanced radiative heat dissipation. The resulting… Read More

Retired General Paul Nakasone, who was named as the founding director of the Vanderbilt Institute for National Security earlier this year, received the 2024 William Oliver Baker Award, given in honor of the former president of Bell Labs and a longtime Presidential science advisor. Nearly 700 intelligence, defense and… Read More

The founding director of Vanderbilt University’s Institute of National Defense, retired General Paul Nakasone, has been appointed to OpenAI’s Board of Directors as a member of its Safety and Security Committee. Nakasone previously served as commander of U.S. Cyber Command, director of the… Read More

A team of Vanderbilt researchers has developed a wirelessly activated device that mimics the wavelike muscular function in the esophagus and small intestine responsible for transporting food and viscous fluids for digestion. The soft-robotic prototype, which is driven by strong magnets controlled by a wearable external actuator,… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering has renamed its Division of General Engineering to the Division of Engineering Science and Management. This becomes effective immediately, following recent approval by the Office of the Provost and the Dean of the School of Engineering. The name change more accurately reflects the… Read More