Alumni
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Vanderbilt engineer and medtech global leader Krista Donaldson to discuss public health inequities, better products and solutions
Engineering school’s Chambers Lecture is April 4 at the Wond’ry Vanderbilt engineering alumna, designer, author and entrepreneur Krista Donaldson has addressed global health inequities through the design and scaling of disruptive medical devices that treated more 1.8M patients, mostly children and young people, in 80 countries. Now, she directs Innovation… Read MoreMar. 6, 2023
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7 Questions with Erika Wagner, BE’00, Senior Director of Emerging Space Markets for Blue Origin
To watch video footage from one of Blue Origin’s crewed space launches—six have taken place so far, carrying passengers ranging from Alan Shepard’s daughter, Laura Shepard Churchley, to a member of the YouTube sensation Dude Perfect—is like seeing science fiction unfold in real-time. One of the people responsible for… Read MoreFeb. 16, 2023
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7 Questions with Corey Thomas: President, CEO, Director of Rapid7
Corey E. Thomas Infinite possibilities drew Corey Thomas, BE ’98, to technology. Infinite curiosity fueled his interest, obsession even, with organizational behavior and the business side of technology. Rapid7, a cybersecurity tech firm based in Boston, has benefited from the combination of the two since 2008, when the founders hired… Read MoreFeb. 14, 2023
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7 Questions with Bob Higgins, President and CEO of Barge Design Solutions
As a child, Bob Higgins, BE’97, says he constantly asked his father the question: Why? While an intern with Barge Design Solutions, Higgins thought about the possibility of one day leading the design firm and pondered: Why not? Today, he is the president and CEO of Barge going on 13 years. He… Read MoreAug. 22, 2022
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Benjamin Dysart was a leader in the nation’s conservation community
Scientific adviser to federal and international agencies and former president of the National Wildlife Federation, Benjamin C. Dysart III, BE ‘61, MS ’64 in civil engineering, died July 9 in Nashville, Tennessee. Dysart, 82, was a professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at Clemson University from… Read MoreJul. 13, 2022
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Engineering school, BME department launch campaign to rename a design lab in professor’s honor
The Vanderbilt School of Engineering and the Department of Biomedical Engineering have launched an initiative to renovate and rename a biomedical engineering design lab in honor of BME professor Matthew Walker III. Matthew Walker III Walker, a professor of the practice of biomedical engineering and associate professor of radiology and… Read MoreOct. 26, 2021
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BME alumnus Ash Jayagopal named Chief Scientific Officer of Opus Genetics
Opus Genetics, a patient-focused gene therapy company developing treatments for orphan inherited retinal diseases, has announced a key appointment to its founding executive team. Ash Jayagopal has joined the company as Chief Scientific Officer. Ash Jayagopal Jayagopal, BE’03, MS’05, PhD’08, is a biomedical engineering graduate who also served as an… Read MoreOct. 21, 2021
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Kyser Miree Scholarship supporters rise to the challenge in memory of beloved alumnus
2021 marks 10th anniversary of Miree’s passing; Scholarship match deadline is Aug. 31 This spring marked the 10th anniversary of the Kyser Miree Scholarship, which was established to recognize the life and leadership of the late Kyser Miree, BE’09. In recognition of this milestone and in hopes of reaching an endowment of $1,000,000,… Read MoreJul. 14, 2021
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Vanderbilt engineering alum named Acubed CEO
Zsolt Lattmann Vanderbilt engineering alumnus Zsolt Lattmann, MS’10 and PhD’16 in electrical engineering, has been named CEO of Acubed, founded in 2015 as an innovation center of global aerospace leader Airbus. “Zsolt will bring to the CEO position his leadership experience at Acubed. His professional experience and his know-how in… Read MoreJun. 24, 2021
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Faculty, students to honor late professor Matthew Walker III in virtual memorial May 8
Matthew Walker III (Vanderbilt University) Faculty, students, administrators and friends of the School of Engineering and School of Medicine will hold a memorial to honor professor and mentor Matthew Walker III. Walker was a beloved professor and mentor who developed and taught Vanderbilt University’s biomedical engineering design curriculum… Read MoreMay. 4, 2021