Alumni
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Uber product leader 1 of 3 engineering alumni named to 2020 Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list
Engineering alumnus Nikhil Goel, BE’13, has been selected for the 2020 Forbes “30 Under 30.” The list highlights “600 revolutionaries in 20 industries changing the course—and the face—of business and society.” In all, five Vanderbilt University alumni were named by Forbes this year; three are engineering grads, and this is… Read MoreJan. 7, 2020
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Music takes engineering major into the lab and across the country
When biomedical engineering major Brett Koolik first started learning piano as a child, he wasn’t motivated solely by his love of music. He also wanted to figure out how a piano works. The Boca Raton, Florida, native has been passionate about making music and making discoveries in… Read MoreDec. 18, 2019
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57 students complete coding, data analytics boot camps
On December 9, 57 students celebrated their completion of Vanderbilt University boot camps in coding and data analytics. The Trilogy-powered boot camps are a partnership between Vanderbilt’s Owen School of Management and its School of Engineering. The ceremony covered classes that have graduated since July: 32 students from coding and… Read MoreDec. 16, 2019
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Vanderbilt mechanical engineers earn top materials research awards
Vanderbilt mechanical engineers took home top awards at the Dec. 6 meeting of the Materials Research Society in Boston, Massachusetts. Kelsey Hatzell Mechanical engineering professor Kelsey Hatzell received the Materials Research Society Nelson “Buck” Robinson Science and Technology Award for Renewable Energy. Hatzell was selected from more than 25 candidates… Read MoreDec. 13, 2019
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Gore named to committee on worker health overseas
John Gore, director of the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, has been appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine standing committee to advise the Department of State on unexplained health effects on U.S. government employees and their families at overseas embassies. John Gore The committee was… Read MoreDec. 12, 2019
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Vanderbilt rocketeers invited to special NASA Artemis unveiling day
VADL team members talk with James Bridenstine, NASA Marshall Director Jody Singer and Mike Kincaid, associate administrator, Office of NASA STEM Engagement, at NASA’s Artemis Day in New Orleans. Front, left to right, Jon Powles, Alex Barnett, Bridenstine, Abbey Carlson, Sophia Moak and Adam Smith. Rear, Kincaid and Singer. Five… Read MoreDec. 11, 2019
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Vanderbilt chemical engineering champion, masterful teacher Karl B. Schnelle has died
Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus, Karl B. Schnelle Jr., Dec. 8, 1930-Nov. 7, 2019 A pioneer in environmental engineering and book author, a masterful teacher and mentor, Karl B. Schnelle Jr. is remembered by scores of former students and faculty colleagues as a charismatic and generous Vanderbilt engineering… Read MoreDec. 9, 2019
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A four-way switch promises greater tunability of layered materials
A scientific team from Vanderbilt University and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has made the first experimental observation of a material phase that had been predicted but never seen. The discovery breaks new ground in the study of ferroelectricity, a characteristic of certain dielectric materials used in… Read MoreNov. 19, 2019
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Webster to serve on new VURC Subcommittee for International Research and Engagement
Robert J. Webster III, Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Engineering, has been selected to serve on a Subcommittee for International Research and Engagement established by the Vanderbilt University Research Council to provide governance for the TIPs-funded GlobalVU initiative. The GlobalVU initiative aims to improve international research and… Read MoreNov. 18, 2019
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New interdisciplinary initiative recasts computers as classroom partners
A group of interdisciplinary researchers from across Vanderbilt University are leading a new effort to recast computers as integral knowledge partners across a range of subject areas, not simply as monolithic tools reserved for high-level programmers. Corey Brady (John Russell/Vanderbilt) The Computational Thinking and Learning Initiative, one of five new… Read MoreNov. 18, 2019