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    Tracking gunfire with a smartphone

    Vanderbilt computer scientists have developed a smartphone-based system for identifying the location where gunshots are fired. (Courtesy of ISIS) 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… Read More

    Apr. 25, 2013

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    New Owen School dean is an engineer

    M. Eric Johnson won’t start his new job as dean of Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management until July 1, but he’s already working on some ideas for the school and considering what he wants to accomplish during his tenure, Businessweek reported in a April 23 article. First, he plans… Read More

    Apr. 24, 2013

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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… Read More

    Apr. 22, 2013

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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. Alex Leamy Leamy’s research focus is type-2 diabetes and obesity, and she… Read More

    Apr. 22, 2013

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    Fisher named faculty director of new residential College Hall

    As Moore and Warren Colleges takes shape at the corner of West End and 21st avenues, Vanderbilt University Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Richard McCarty has named two award-winning faculty members to lead the new residential colleges that are part of the College Halls at Vanderbilt system. Read More

    Apr. 22, 2013

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

    L-R, A. Voss, B. Dimmig, J. Langford, J. Lee, D. Watkins, B. Smethills, F. Corradetti, R. Thompson, F. Folz, and M. Mitchell with the Vanderbilt Rocket ‘Hello Good Bio’ that flew the bio-hybrid fueled ramjet engine today at the NASA competition. A biohybrid fueled ramjet engine design paid off as… Read More

    Apr. 21, 2013

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    Commencement faculty seminar, School reception May 9

    Weiss Sharon Weiss is one of four Vanderbilt faculty members who will discuss their research in seminars open to graduates, families and guests as part of the university’s Commencement Week activities May 8-10. Weiss is an associate professor of electrical engineering and her research is primarily focused on the interaction… Read More

    Apr. 19, 2013

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    Prosthetic limb advances could help victims of the Boston Marathon bombings

    Vanderbilt lower-leg prosthesis is the first artificial leg with powered knee and ankle joints. (Center for Intelligent Mechatronics) 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… Read More

    Apr. 19, 2013

  • Students win ‘TechVenture Challenge’ with faculty idea

    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… Read More

    Apr. 18, 2013

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    CS professor Doug Schmidt appointed RTI board member

    Real-Time Innovations, a real-time infrastructure software company in Sunnyvale, Calif., today announced in a company press release the appointment of Douglas C. Schmidt, a pioneer in the middleware industry, to the company’s board of directors. Doug Schmidt Schmidt is a professor of computer science, associate chair of the computer science… Read More

    Apr. 18, 2013