Biomedical Engineering
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Vanderbilt engineering PhD disrupts wearables market with biosensing through metal
Fashion icon Iris Apfel, left, and Vanderbilt Engineering PhD and WiseWear founder Jerry Wilmink. (Photos courtesy of WiseWear) Put Wisewear on your wrist, and other women likely will think it’s simply a fabulous piece of jewelry. For now. After wowing 2016 Consumer Electronics Show… Read MoreJan. 30, 2016
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Research shows patient privacy, ‘big data’ can coexist
A Vanderbilt study shows that anonymization algorithms can provide privacy protection across multiple institutions as clinical data are released for research. (photo by Susan Urmy) A new study, led by investigators at Vanderbilt University, confirms that the scientific pursuit of so-called big data from hospitals and… Read MoreJan. 29, 2016
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High-tech teddy bear creator to deliver engineering entrepreneurial lecture Feb. 25
Jerry the Bear helps kids understand diabetes and self-care https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNr0ASnxQ6k Jerry the Bear helps hundreds of kids diagnosed with type 1 diabetes learn to take care of themselves. Jerry has sensors throughout his body and a screen in his belly. Kids can “feed” him different foods, squeeze his fingers to… Read MoreJan. 28, 2016
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Amy Shah receives Vanderbilt’s Lai Sulin Scholarship
Amy T. Shah, a biomedical engineering doctoral candidate, has received the 2015 Lai Sulin Scholarship. The award, given to a Vanderbilt University graduate student who conducts research in an area related to cancer, carries a $5,000 stipend and will be presented in early 2016. Amy Shah Shah’s current research with… Read MoreJan. 15, 2016
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Hall Lecture: Global health care inequities need engineering ingenuity
New approaches to engineering design are needed to solve inequities in global health care, according to a widely-acclaimed bioengineer who tackles neonatal health and cancer mortality in low-resource settings in the United States and Africa. Richards-Kortum (Rice University) Rebecca Richards-Kortum will deliver the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering’s John R. Read MoreJan. 13, 2016
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Entrepreneurs pack panel at VISE symposium, alum Tyler-Kabara wows with keynote
ViTAL founder Jenna Gorlewicz (PhD’13) fields a question from the audience at the fourth annual VISE Symposium. (Vanderbilt University/Joe Howell) The world’s smartest technology means nothing if there’s no market for it. And the best business and marketing plan is pointless if there’s not effective engineering to… Read MoreDec. 21, 2015
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Gore named fellow of National Academy of Inventors
John Gore (Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt) John Gore, director of the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Fellowship is granted to “academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit… Read MoreDec. 15, 2015
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Innovation Realization brings nationally-recognized tech transfer class to Vanderbilt
Owen Graduate School of Management Dean Eric Johnson and TI:GER Executive Director Marie Thursby, both seated, listen to Team Venostent's presentation in the Innovation Realization class. (Vanderbilt University/Heidi Hall) A Georgia Institute of Technology professor is bringing her ground-breaking, nationally recognized entrepreneurship program here, teaming Vanderbilt School… Read MoreDec. 8, 2015
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Makerspace workshop to guide school’s expansion of design facilities
Simply put, building a makerspace requires a community, some tools, and education. How it’s accomplished varies, and that’s what the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering will explore Friday, Dec. 11, in a daylong Design, Build and Test (DEBUT) Makerspace Planning Workshop. The workshop is open to the public but attendance… Read MoreNov. 30, 2015
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VISE symposium gives first look at medical technology, recap of tech unveiled this year
A symposium out of Vanderbilt University’s newest institute will provide participants a first look at medical technology coming out of our labs and a recap of tech unveiled at conferences around the world this year. The research to be presented at the Dec. 16 Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering… Read MoreNov. 16, 2015