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  • Vanderbilt University

    Humans could run 50% faster with bicycle-inspired exoskeleton

    Runners could soon keep up with cyclists, thanks to a new invention from a team of mechanical engineers at Vanderbilt. The invention, an exoskeleton worn on the legs, would bring cycling mechanics to the human body and enable people to run nearly 1.5 times as fast — approaching top cycling… Read More

    Apr. 8, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Wikswo is member of Vanderbilt’s Public Health Advisory Task Force

    Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente has established a new Public Health Advisory Task Force to serve as a resource for the university during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the university continues to use the latest public health information from the CDC, state and local health departments and Vanderbilt University Medical Center,… Read More

    Apr. 7, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Camp elected to board of Tennessee’s transportation consortium

    Janey Camp, research associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been elected to the board of directors of TennSMART, a public-private consortium whose goal is to create a technology roadmap and strategic plan for intelligent mobility issues in Tennessee. Janey Camp Her interdisciplinary research focuses on development… Read More

    Apr. 6, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering sophomore named Goldwater Scholar for 2020

    An engineering sophomore is among the 2020 recipients of the Goldwater Scholarship—awarded to undergraduate STEM students who show exceptional promise of becoming the nation’s next generation of research leaders. He is among 396 college students across the United States who were selected as Goldwater Scholars from a field of 1,343… Read More

    Apr. 2, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    BME alumnus, Harvard professor is 2020 AIMBE Fellow

    Maurice Smith, the Gordon McKay Professor of Bioengineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been elected into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows. Smith was chosen for “his advances in using robotics and mathematical principles from control theory to… Read More

    Apr. 2, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Three biomedical engineering professors elected into AIMBE’s College of Fellows

    Biomedical engineering professors Audrey Bowden, Victoria Morgan and Matthew Walker III have been elected into the 2020 class of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows. Recipients of this honor, considered one of the highest in the biomedical engineering discipline, are chosen for exceptional… Read More

    Apr. 2, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering’s graduate program is No. 39 in ‘U.S. News’ 2021 rankings

    The School of Engineering’s graduate program is No. 39 in annual rankings by U.S. News. In a tie with Yale, the school is fifth among engineering schools of similar size appearing in the top 40. The School also was No. 39 in 2020 graduate program rankings. The school ranks… Read More

    Apr. 1, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Dean Paschal helps collect medical supplies locally to help fight pandemic

    Cheryl Noe, A&S’89, executive director of C.U.R.E. Nashville, captures volunteers in a selfie at the event. Left to right, Cynthia Paschal, senior associate dean for undergraduate education and a biomedical engineering professor, Buist Richardson, and Abdul Makembe, MA’79, Project C.U.R.E. Ambassador Board member. Cynthia Paschal, Vanderbilt senior associate dean… Read More

    Mar. 31, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Sophomore sets up volunteer grocery shopping and delivery service

    Connor Oltman, a BME sophomore, is shopping and delivering groceries to people who cannot or should not leave their homes. Connor Oltman knew he’d need activities beyond engineering classes and labs to keep him busy when he got home to Cypress, a small city in Orange County, California. Even as… Read More

    Mar. 30, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    VU engineers and VUMC doctors team up for open-source ventilator design

    As COVID-19 continues to push unprecedented challenges on medical communities, one of the most pressing threats for hospital staff across the country is a dwindling supply of ventilators. Now, an interdisciplinary team of Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty is taking on the challenge… Read More

    Mar. 28, 2020