Alumni
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Caldwell, Hatzell are inaugural Flowers Family Faculty Fellows in Engineering
Mechanical engineering professors Joshua Caldwell and Kelsey Hatzell are inaugural recipients of Flowers Family faculty awards. Caldwell is the Flowers Family Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow in Engineering. Hatzell is the Flowers Family Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Engineering. The awards target professors who have shown a strong evidence of scientific accomplishment early… Read MoreApr. 27, 2020
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Master’s in Data Science program application deadline extended for 2020 VU graduates to May 15
Vanderbilt’s Data Science Institute is accepting applications from graduating Vanderbilt students for its master’s program in data science through Friday, May 15. Given the challenges brought on by the global COVID-19 pandemic, now is good time to explore a postgraduate career in data science. Despite the current… Read MoreApr. 27, 2020
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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 MoreApr. 22, 2020
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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 MoreApr. 22, 2020
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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 MoreApr. 14, 2020
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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 MoreApr. 13, 2020
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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 MoreApr. 13, 2020
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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 MoreApr. 13, 2020
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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 MoreApr. 9, 2020
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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 MoreApr. 7, 2020