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  • Vanderbilt University

    Team makes breakthrough in separation science with sub-Angstrom precision

    An international research team that includes Vanderbilt engineers is the first to successfully separate two ions with very, very small size differences, a major advancement in separation science with widespread potential application. The process is first to achieve solute-solute separation with sub-Angstrom precision. An Angstrom is one hundred-millionth of a… Read More

    Apr. 24, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    University Continuity Working Group includes six from engineering school

    A new working group to focus on continuity strategies for the university will include six members of the School of Engineering.  Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente announced the launch of the University Continuity Working Group today. The group will advise university leadership by providing feedback and recommendations that… Read More

    Apr. 22, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Evans, Rothschild elected to second terms on Vanderbilt Board of Trust

    Bruce R. Evans, BE’81, chairman of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust, was elected to his second three-year term as chair at the board’s April 16, 2020, meeting. In addition, Jeffrey J. Rothschild, BA’77, MS’79, was elected to a second three-year term as vice chair. Bruce Evans Evans… Read More

    Apr. 22, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    New PhDs’ work will fuel advancements in industry, medicine, academia

    Concerns about the novel coronavirus changed much on campus this spring, including how some doctoral candidates presented their research. But dissertation defenses proceeded, some of them virtually, maintaining the vital responsibility of a major research university to evaluate the work of Ph.D. candidates before they move on to their next… Read More

    Apr. 21, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Biophotonics researchers 3D print masks that accommodate filter changing

    Protective masks made on 3D printers at Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center use window gasket material to create a face seal and strips of therapeutic bands to attach to the head. Two 3D printers at the Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center are running around-the-clock, printing protective masks rather than their usual task—prototyping components… Read More

    Apr. 14, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Five engineering students appointed to 2020 graduating student committee

    A new advisory group composed of 22 students from the Class of 2020 will provide feedback and engage in planning their postponed Commencement ceremony and related events that will now take place in May 2021. The extraordinary action of delaying this year’s Commencement events, originally scheduled for May 6–8, was… Read More

    Apr. 14, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Audrey Bowden is inaugural faculty head of Nicholas S. Zeppos College

    Audrey Bowden will be the inaugural faculty head of the Nicholas S. Zeppos College, set to open this August to sophomores, juniors and seniors. On April 13, 2020, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean of Residential Faculty Vanessa Beasley announced the appointment, which begins fall semester. “We look forward… Read More

    Apr. 13, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering alum leads DENSO’s effort to donate face shields to Tennessee hospitals

    Nurses at Summit Medical ER in Hermitage, Tennessee, after DENSO drops off 120 shields over the weekend. In mid-March, as automakers across the world slowed production of vehicles due to the coronavirus crisis, Britt Autry, BE’92, and other executives at DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc., in Maryville came together to chart… Read More

    Apr. 13, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering seniors see numerous options after 2020 graduation

    School’s online master’s programs offer alternative  Vanderbilt engineering seniors entering a job market amid a 2020 global pandemic have strong allies in the university’s career center, the school and engineering alumni. “We see that employers are choosing either a wait-and-watch stance or creating remote working options for engineering students with… Read More

    Apr. 13, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Twelve engineering students awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

    Nine engineering doctoral students have been awarded a prestigious government-funded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Three engineering undergraduate students also have received NSF fellowships NSF Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 along with a $12,000 allowance for tuition and fees for a research-based master’s or doctoral degree in… Read More

    Apr. 9, 2020