Alumni

Mike Harbour (BE’75) started his career in public transit in Nashville, working for the MTA for a year after he finished his graduate studies in transportation. He’s back this week as a guest of the Nashville Chamber of Commerce, which has organized a series of discussions and panels with transit… Read More

Vanderbilt Design Team celebrating the successful flight and recovery of their rocket SEÑOR COHETE at NASA Student Launch Competition: (L-R) Kurt Lezon, Spencer Kallor, Will Pagano, Dominic Ghilardi, Peyton Fite, Daniel Schneller, Nick Galioto, Taylor Parra, Jered Trujillo, Alex Byrd, Katie Hornbeck and Xavier Williams. The Vanderbilt rocket team collected… Read More

Vanderbilt University Board of Trust Chairman Bruce R. Evans, BE’81, and his wife Bridgitt have announced they are committing $20 million to help support university initiatives focused on the undergraduate living-learning experience, as well as leadership positions in the School of Engineering. The gift also includes an unrestricted bequest for… Read More

The School of Engineering’s first African American associate dean smiled at the image smiling back at him, a portrait where he carefully cradles the engraved pewter cup he won for research into diversity issues. William Robinson, left, associate dean of the… Read More

One graduating senior will mix her interests in military service and in public policy. Another will tap into his interest in how cities worldwide address mobility problems. When they return to the states, she will look for a role that aligns political strategy and military tactics. He will seek a… Read More

Rockets naturally roll during ascent, posing great difficulty in imaging objects on the ground. Engineering students in the Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Laboratory tackled that challenge. On Saturday, April 7, at the 2018 NASA Student Launch Competition in Toney, Alabama, they will demonstrate a payload design that helps capture image targets… Read More

Vanderbilt researchers studied the wings of cicadas to aid in developing a surgical planning tool to help restore speech for people with vocal fold paralysis. A swarm of cicadas that left thousands of insect carcasses across the Vanderbilt University campus in 2011 is leading to transinstitutional research at the Vanderbilt… Read More

Dean Philippe Fauchet welcomes newest members of the school’s Academy of Distinguished Alumni and Circle of Distinguished Friends (L-R) James Conwell, Jack Williams, Dean Fauchet, David Limp and Harold Smethills. Engineering Dean Philippe Fauchet welcomed James C. Conwell, David Limp and Jack P. Williams to the Academy of Distinguished Alumni,… Read More

The School of Engineering’s graduate program is No. 37 in annual rankings by U.S. News. No other engineering school of its size was ranked higher. The 2019 graduate school rankings were released today for business, education, engineering, law, medicine and nursing schools, as well as graduate programs in the sciences. Read More

Professor Peter Cummings (left) delivered the 2018 FOMMS Medal Lecture July 19 at the FOMMS conference in Wisconsin. With Cummings, from left, are J. Ila Siepmann, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota, FOMMS 2018 Conference chair; Claire Adijman, Imperial College, London, conference co-chair; and Jeff Errington, University of Buffalo,… Read More