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  • Vanderbilt University

    Army Futures Command backs soft exoskeleton development at Vanderbilt

    Taking a load off Ongoing academic-military-commercial collaboration wins first Pathfinder Project award Soldiers often carry 100 pounds or more in combat–weapon, ammunition, water, batteries, and more, plus the weight of a helmet, body armor, and other protective gear. The extra weight comes at a cost, and back injuries are a… Read More

    Oct. 18, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Landman awarded $2.6 million grant to improve Alzheimer’s patient management

    An electrical and computer engineering professor has received a $2.6 million NIH grant to improve the understanding of structural changes in the brains of people who have Alzheimer’s Disease. The goal is to identify opportunities for early intervention by developing more effective interventional strategies. Bennett Landman, who chairs the Department… Read More

    Oct. 15, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Companies with VUSE ties awarded $3.8 million in grants

    Six early-stage companies with ties to School of Engineering faculty, students and alumni have been awarded federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer grants and matching funds from Launch Tennessee totaling more than $3.8 million. Highly competitive, the SBIR and STTR programs encourage domestic small businesses to… Read More

    Oct. 13, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    New drug targets vascular inflammation, drastically improves vascular procedures’ long-term effectiveness

    By Aran Sullivan THE IDEA Cardiovascular procedures like bypass grafting and vessel stenting are some of the most common surgeries performed in the United States, but about half of them will require additional corrective measures, according to Craig Duvall, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair and undergraduate director of biomedical engineering. The… Read More

    Oct. 12, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Chang receives $1.1 million grant to investigate brain-body connections, advance understanding of how brains age

    An assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering has received a $1.1 million NIH grant to investigate brain-body connections and advance understanding of aging in normal and pathological brains. Catie Chang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, leads the research team, which will focus on developing machine learning methods… Read More

    Oct. 11, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Janey Camp selected as co-author for Fifth National Climate Assessment

    Janey Camp, research associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been selected as a contributor to the Fifth National Climate Assessment, a quadrennial report on the varied impacts and risks presented by global climate change across the country. The NCA5 is published by the U.S. Global Change Research Program,… Read More

    Oct. 11, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Paul Harrawood, Emeritus Dean of Engineering, has died

    School of Engineering Dean, Emeritus, Paul Harrawood, 93, died Oct. 3, 2021, in Lexington, Virginia. Paul Harrawood Harrawood joined the Vanderbilt engineering faculty as an associate professor of civil engineering in 1967. He served as director of the engineering science division from 1967 to 1971, and he served as acting dean… Read More

    Oct. 8, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Bell named faculty director of undergraduate data science minor

    Charreau Bell, a senior data scientist at the Vanderbilt Data Science Institute and research assistant professor of computer science, has been named the faculty director of the undergraduate data science minor. Bell’s appointment was announced today by Vanessa Beasley, vice provost for academic affairs and dean of residential… Read More

    Oct. 8, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Schrimpf receives IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Merit Award

    Ronald Schrimpf has received the 2021 IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Merit Award for contributions to the understanding of radiation effects in semiconductor devices and integrated circuits. The Merit Award is the highest technical award presented by the IEEE NPSS and the selection criteria include the importance of individual technical contributions as well as… Read More

    Oct. 5, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Bodenheimer is Editor-in-Chief of the ACM Transactions on Applied Perception

    Bobby Bodenheimer has been named Editor-in-Chief of Transactions on Applied Perception. His term as editor is Aug. 1, 2021, to July 31, 2024. The journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific publication covering interdisciplinary computer science topics relevant to psychology and perception. All journal papers incorporate both perceptual and computer science components. Read More

    Oct. 4, 2021