Alumni

  • Construction Management

    How much more development can Nashville sustain?

    Gubernatorial candidate Karl Dean joins top builders, architects, and brokers at annual Construction Management Symposium Nashville has been on a roll, but Music City faces significant challenges to additional development, including high land prices, limited mass transit, increased traffic congestion, and a shortage of affordable housing for renters as well… Read More

    Mar. 9, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Berkeley expert on nanoscale science, metamaterials to deliver Hall Lecture March 27

    One of the most innovative engineers in the field of nanoscale science says metamaterials – artificial nanostructures with electromagnetic properties not found in nature – offer future prospects for high-resolution optical microscopes and superfast optical computers. The technology has broad implications for fields such as nanoscale photonics, electronics manufacturing and… Read More

    Mar. 8, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Gubernatorial candidate Karl Dean; developers gather to predict future of Nashville’s commercial, residential markets

    Former Nashville mayor Karl Dean (submitted photo) A gathering of some of Nashville’s biggest names in development, construction and real estate sells out every year because it’s known for accurate market forecasts by the people banking on those. Hosted by Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, the 8th Annual… Read More

    Mar. 7, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Getting to the root of STEM challenges: Vanderbilt’s Women in STEM day is March 21

    Author who shed light on ‘hidden’ women in science to headline event Rachel Swaby wrote a book about 52 women who persisted despite obstacles to become scientists that changed history because the author wanted better profiles of women in science, technology, engineering and math professions. Rachel Swaby “If we all… Read More

    Mar. 3, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Five students earn awards at SPIE Medical Imaging Conference

    Five Vanderbilt students across computer science, electrical engineering, and biomedical engineering were selected for scientific awards out of almost 450 papers presented at the SPIE Medical Imaging 2017 Conference in mid-February. Twenty-five students from five laboratories affiliated with the Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering (VISE) attended the conference. Read More

    Mar. 2, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Organ-on-a-chip mimics heart’s biomechanical properties

    John Wikswo with image of the I-Wire heart-on-a-chip device projected behind him. (Joe Howell / Vanderbilt) The human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times in an average lifetime. Now scientists at Vanderbilt University have created a three-dimensional organ-on-a-chip that can mimic the heart’s amazing biomechanical properties. Read More

    Feb. 23, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Student team develops mobile app for Legal Aid

    Written by Vanderbilt University junior Economics major Sasha Pines The introduction of project-based University Courses at The Wond’ry will completely revolutionize the way we learn at Vanderbilt, as experiential learning is simply the best model for job training. Technology projects are inherently interdisciplinary, requiring clear communication and… Read More

    Feb. 21, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    David Owens second guest on ‘The Zeppos Report’

    A leading thinker on innovation and creativity who was the first faculty member to teach at the Wond’ry sits down for a wide-ranging discussion with Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos on the second episode of The Zeppos… Read More

    Feb. 20, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Alien particles from outer space are wreaking low-grade havoc on personal electronic devices

    You may not realize it but alien subatomic particles raining down from outer space are wreaking low-grade havoc on your smartphones, computers and other personal electronic devices. When your computer crashes and you get the dreaded blue screen or your smartphone freezes and you have to go through the time-consuming… Read More

    Feb. 17, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    New AAU energy research webpage features VU engineering research

    Cary Pint, right, Andrew Westover and Nitin Muralidharan, who is holding the prototype junkyard battery they created in his left hand. He and Westover are holding bottles of the common household chemicals used in the process. (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt researchers who “MacGyvered” metal junkyard scraps and common household… Read More

    Feb. 8, 2017