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  • Vanderbilt University

    Webster named Richard A. Schroeder Chair in Mechanical Engineering

    Robert J. Webster III, whose work has led to tools and methods for surgeries that require little or no incision, has been named the Richard A. Schroeder Chair in Mechanical Engineering. He is among Vanderbilt University’s newest endowed chair holders. In all, eight recipients were celebrated for their path-breaking… Read More

    Feb. 28, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Yale expert in advanced membrane materials to deliver Hall Lecture on March 13

    Menachem Elimelech, an internationally recognized scholar of membrane-based technologies for next-generation desalination and water purification, will deliver the John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture on March 13. Elimelech is the Roberto Goizueta Professor at the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale University. His research… Read More

    Feb. 28, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Researchers collaborate on $3.9 million NIH study of child-specific cochlear implant programming

    Dr. Rene Gifford works with patient Davy Hillis to program his cochlear implant at VUMC. (John Russell/Vanderbilt University) Researchers from the School of Engineering and Vanderbilt University Medical Center are working to improve outcomes for children with significant hearing loss by providing individualized, prescription-like programming for their cochlear implants. The… Read More

    Feb. 27, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Rosenthal to step down as VINSE director; planning for institute’s future begins

    VINSE Director Sandra Rosenthal (Vanderbilt University) By Jane Hirtle Sandra Rosenthal, Jack and Pamela Egan Professor of Chemistry, will step down as director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) on June 30 following 12 years of service. “I am so grateful to Sandy for… Read More

    Feb. 27, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Pitz is named a fellow of The Combustion Institute

    Robert W. Pitz, professor of mechanical engineering, has been named a fellow of The Combustion Institute, an international educational and scientific society. He will attend the 38th International Symposium on Combustion in July 2020 in Adelaide, Australia, where he will be recognized along with 36 other fellow honorees from around… Read More

    Feb. 26, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    New biomaterial could improve bone grafting

    A new biomaterial-based bone graft extender created by Vanderbilt and U.S. Army researchers has the potential to improve treatment of critical orthopedic conditions. While a graft using a patient’s own bone  – typically from the pelvis or femur – for re-implantation is considered the standard technique to repair, replace or… Read More

    Feb. 25, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Women of VISE engage Whitsitt Elementary students in optics and ultrasound basics

    Members of Women of VISE, including Professor Catie Chang and Sarah Goodale, a BME graduate student, take lessons on the brain, optics, ultrasound and cancer treatments in a STEM outreach day at Whitsitt Elementary School in Nashville. Gummy bears, laser pointers, slinky toys and gooey, stretchy hands illustrated basics in… Read More

    Feb. 24, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Senior creates app for orangutans with guidance from CS professor

    Ben Scheer jumps imagination-first into big projects, and he’s not afraid of a lot of trial and error. The Vanderbilt human and organizational development and economics double major has worked on dozens of entrepreneurial endeavors ranging from coding to music to virtual reality to photography, with his biggest focus being on connecting… Read More

    Feb. 24, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Study links Celebrex, heart valve calcification after earlier research declared drug safe

    A well-known, four-year study found popular arthritis drug Celebrex no more dangerous for the heart than older drugs in its same classification – commonly called NSAIDs. Now, a big-data analysis of patient records at Vanderbilt University has found a link specifically between Celebrex and heart valve calcification. W. David… Read More

    Feb. 22, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    ME senior earns prestigious fellowship from Luce Scholars Program

    Connor Morency, ME senior, will study space programs in Asia as a 2019-20 Luce Scholar. Connor Morency, a senior from Wheaton, Illinois, studying mechanical engineering, has been named to the 2019-20 class of Luce Scholars. A nationally competitive fellowship, the Luce Scholars Program was created by the Henry Luce Foundation… Read More

    Feb. 22, 2019