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The School of Engineering recognized faculty and staff members for their exemplary research, teaching, and professional service during the 2014-2015 academic year. At the final faculty meeting of the year Dean Philippe Fauchet announced faculty promotions, recognized emeritus professors, and he presented four annual awards during a reception following the… Read More

David Merryman's efforts have not only earned him national recognition for his research, but also the title of associate professor of biomedical engineering with tenure and another R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health. (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt University) Walk down a long hallway packed with rows of… Read More

Students in the ES 140 civil and environmental engineering module visit the Laboratory for Systems Integrity and Reliability.   Some engineering students arrive with a clear idea of their paths through college to future careers. Others know their strengths lie in math and… Read More

Awards and honors will be presented by Dean Philippe Fauchet to seniors at the School of Engineering’s annual Commencement Reception at the University Club May 7. Akash Umakantha, from West Chester, Ohio, is the recipient of the 2015 Founder’s Medal for the School of Engineering. He graduated with a bachelor… Read More

Dhiraj Prasai, a Vanderbilt Ph.D. candidate, stands by Swayambhunath Temple in Kathmandu in 2009, which was damaged in last week's earthquake. (Submitted photo) Dhiraj Prasai’s nonstop consumption of news about the Nepal earthquake started with a 2:30 a.m. Friday phone call that jolted him… Read More

  2012 graduates of the Fisk-Vanderbilt-Master’s-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program (Vanderbilt University) Increasing the number of minority students who earn a Ph.D. in science, technology, engineering and math is the aim of a new “bridge to doctorate” program being launched by a coalition of Tennessee universities and led by… Read More

  A crowd gathers in Featheringill Hall to see more than 60 engineering design projects created by teams of seniors who have devoted two semesters to solving design problems. (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt)   News from Design Day:  More awards, more space for projects, a move to Vanderbilt’s Student Life… Read More

Christina Senia (ME'16) uses the Design Studio to work on her project for a mechatronics demonstration event. (Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University) It’s the night before a mechatronics class demonstration day in April, and the Design Studio is even more packed than usual. There’s a constant whir from two… Read More

Biomedical engineering Ph.D. student is president A new campus organization devoted to increasing the number of Hispanic/Chicano and Native American undergraduate and graduate students who major in science and engineering has been chartered at Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt University’s Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science… Read More

The Board of Trust has elected graduating senior Aditya V. Karhade as Vanderbilt’s first Young Alumni Leader. He will begin serving a three-year term on the Alumni Association Board July 1, 2015, and then join the Board of Trust July 1, 2018, for a two-year term. Aditya Karhade (Photo/Bosley Jarrett)… Read More