Biomedical Engineering
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Engineering professor Audrey Bowden is recipient of Lewis Latimer Fellowship for Black innovators
Audrey K. Bowden, Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor Faculty Fellow and associate professor of biomedical engineering and electrical engineering, has received a 2022 Lewis Latimer Fellowship. The exclusive program offers only six fellowships per class and fellows are selected through a rigorous nomination process. Audrey Bowden The fellowship program is… Read MoreFeb. 23, 2022
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Laser harp combines PhD student’s love of optics and music
Mayna Nguyễn, a biomedical engineering PhD student, combines her love of optics and music in a laser harp she built and plays. Ph.D. student Mayna Nguyen recently combined a longtime hobby with her study of biomedical optics with dazzling results: a playable laser harp that embodies both her love for… Read MoreFeb. 21, 2022
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Two Vanderbilt engineering professors elected into AIMBE’s College of Fellows
Christos Constantinidis, professor of biomedical engineering, and Zhaohua Ding, research professor of electrical engineering, have been elected into the 2022 class of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows. Recipients of this honor, considered one of the highest in the biomedical engineering discipline, are chosen for… Read MoreFeb. 18, 2022
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Two engineering faculty members elected 2021 AAAS Fellows
Two Vanderbilt engineering faculty members–Sharon Weiss and Michael King–have been elected as 2021 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society. The lifetime appointment honors individuals for their efforts in advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished. Election as… Read MoreJan. 26, 2022
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Autoimmune drug shows promise in treating severe burns
A severe burn injury is not static. Within 72 hours, partial thickness burns can progress, or convert, to full thickness burns, greatly increasing the risk of infection, incapacitating scarring, and even death. Preventing the conversion is one of the most challenging aspects of treating burns, and a trans-institutional team of… Read MoreJan. 12, 2022
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Headband device suitable for use at home with young ADHD patients
A Vanderbilt biomedical engineering professor has developed a prototype headband to measure brain activity that could have widespread application in studying and ultimately treating ADHD and other neurological disorders. The device is lightweight, portable, and inexpensive to construct. Prototype components cost less than $250, compared to costs exceeding $10,000 for… Read MoreNov. 16, 2021
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NSF awards $4M to expand national high school engineering program
BME professor Stacy Klein-Gardner is e4usa co-director and co-PI The National Science Foundation has awarded partner institutions $4 million over the next three years to broaden the impact of Engineering for US All (e4usa), an NSF-funded program that makes engineering more accessible to high school students and educators. e4usa provides an… Read MoreNov. 8, 2021
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Stacy Klein-Gardner receives 2021 ASEE Lifetime Achievement Award
Stacy Klein-Gardner, adjunct professor of biomedical engineering, has received a 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pre-College Engineering Education Division of the American Society of Engineering Education. The award is given to a PCEE Division member who has provided a high standard of service in alignment with the division’s vision,… Read MoreNov. 4, 2021
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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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Two virtual seminars offered in November for students, postdocs interested in STEM public policy careers
Several Vanderbilt offices will partner to host two virtual events focused on federal science, technology, engineering and mathematics policy on Nov. 1 and 8. On Monday, Nov. 1, from 1 to 2 p.m. CT, STEM undergraduate and graduate students and postdocs considering careers in public policy are… Read MoreOct. 25, 2021