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  • Vanderbilt University

    Biomedical engineering, computer science programs rise in 2014 grad school rankings

    Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering graduate program is ranked No. 36 by U.S. News & World Report. The 2014 engineering graduate program rankings were released today. U.S. News surveyed 199 schools granting doctoral degrees in engineering. The school ranks ahead of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Boston University (both… Read More

    Mar. 12, 2013

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    High Fidelity: Cochlear implant users report dramatically better hearing with new Vanderbilt process

    Imagine suddenly being able to hear the words and tone of the person across the table from you in a crowded restaurant when once you only heard overwhelming noise. Or speaking on the telephone with confidence because what you hear is now crisp and clear. Longtime cochlear implant users are… Read More

    Mar. 8, 2013

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    NASA picks Vanderbilt CubeSat for future launch

    NASA has selected a miniature satellite designed by a team led by electrical engineering professor Robert Reed to fly as an auxiliary payload aboard rockets planned to launch in 2014, 2015 and 2016. The Vanderbilt project – RadFxSat (radiation effects satellite project) – is a partnership between the university’s Institute… Read More

    Mar. 1, 2013

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    Galloway receives Distinguished Service Award from Tennessee engineering society

    Kenneth F. Galloway, former dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, has been honored with a Distinguished Service Award by the Nashville Chapter of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers. Galloway accepted the award plaque this evening at the 2013 Middle Tennessee All Engineers Banquet at Sheraton Music City… Read More

    Feb. 22, 2013

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    Business leaders, Vanderbilt dean to join Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni

    Vanderbilt engineering alumni G. Edmond Clark, Steve M. Hays, and Knowles Arthur Overholser will be inducted into the School of Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni at the March 21 Engineering Celebration Dinner. The School of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award recognizes distinguished achievement, significant service and excellent character. “The newest members… Read More

    Feb. 21, 2013

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    USAF to honor two top engineering students at Vanderbilt-Georgia game

    Two engineering seniors will be recognized at center court at the Vanderbilt men’s basketball game with Georgia Feb. 27 and receive oversized checks representing a $500 United States Air Force scholarship for each. Lantz on Memorial Gym's Jumbotron Electrical engineering senior John Lantz and computer engineering senior Nikhil Goel are… Read More

    Feb. 19, 2013

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    Fauchet attends public policy colloquium, visits Capitol lawmakers

    While the nation buzzed in anticipation of the State of The Union address Feb. 12, engineering deans from across the country came to Washington D.C. for the annual American Society of Engineering Education public policy colloquium Feb. 12-13. Dean Philippe Fauchet attended the annual ASEE public policy colloquium and met… Read More

    Feb. 15, 2013

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    Vanderbilt researchers, students part of inaugural SEC symposium on renewable energy

    Engineering students (L-R) Francene Corradetti, Justin Langford, Ryan Thompson, Dexter Watkins and Brock Smethills discuss their design of a biohybrid-fueled ramjet engine with Provost Richard McCarty at Vanderbilt's SEC showcase booth. Two Vanderbilt professors were chosen among energy experts from the Southeastern Conference’s 14 universities, industry and government to address… Read More

    Feb. 13, 2013

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    Geeks and Nerds Corp. earns a US Chamber small business award

    Geeks and Nerds (GaN) Corporation started by Jonn Kim (Ph.D.’99) has been chosen as one of 100 award winners representing the best in American small business. GaN Corporation, whose headquarters is in Huntsville, Ala., will receive a 2013 Blue Ribbon Small Business of the Year Award from the… Read More

    Feb. 12, 2013

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    Robert Bayuzick, chemical engineer who had experiments on space shuttle, dies

    Robert Bayuzick, who had experiments conducted on three separate flights of the space shuttle Columbia while he was a professor of chemical engineering and director of materials science at Vanderbilt University, died Feb. 8, 2013, in Nashville. He was 75. Robert Bayuzick Bayuzick’s research was directed toward materials processing under… Read More

    Feb. 11, 2013