Biomedical Engineering

  • Vanderbilt University

    Alum Morgan headlines Engineering Day; service projects, treats, fun pack schedule

    Engineering Day activities will range from the whimsical to the creative to the academic this year, featuring a pair of Vanderbilt University alumni returning to discuss their experiences here. Morris H. Morgan III (submitted) The events will take place beginning at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, and… Read More

    Oct. 30, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    VenoStent, PinPtr edge closer to market with boost from $200K AIR-TT grants

    Akos Ledeczi and Will Hedgecock, who developed PinPtr. (John Russell/Vanderbilt University) Two innovative but very different products designed by Vanderbilt University engineers are getting a financial push onto the market, thanks to National Science Foundation Accelerating Innovation Research–Technology Translation (AIR-TT) grants of about $200,000 each. VenoStent is… Read More

    Sep. 30, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Recruiter explains packed VU engineering career day: ‘We go where the talent is’

    Students navigated bustling aisles at Thursday's Engineering & IT Industry Career Day. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) It was no mistake that undergraduates striding through Thursday’s Engineering & IT Industry Career Day looked purposeful and professional, cradling stacks of resumes and glancing at smartphones to find their destinations. The event… Read More

    Sep. 25, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Tiny flying robots form teams, cooperate—Engineering’s Hall Lecture Oct. 12

    Vijay Kumar and his students at the University of Pennsylvania build small, agile flying robots that swarm, sense each other, and form ad hoc teams that could be used for search and rescue in large-scale disasters. Penn Engineering Dean Kumar Kumar, recognized around the world for his groundbreaking work on… Read More

    Sep. 16, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Surgery and engineering initiative becomes institute

      (Vanderbilt University) VISE is keeping its acronym but changing its name. The Vanderbilt Initiative in Surgery and Engineering will become the Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering. The promotion from a three-year trial program to an established institute is the consequence of a Vanderbilt… Read More

    Sep. 10, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Chambers Lecture Oct. 7: How the Maker Movement is changing the world

    Mark Hatch says the Maker Movement is changing the world. He knows and he’ll tell you how. Mark Hatch Hatch is CEO and co-founder of TechShop, a fast-growing chain of co-working spaces where people come to build prototypes for the products they want to sell. What… Read More

    Sep. 9, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Undergrads collect accolades, experience in VUSE summer research

    Austin Hardcastle's new malaria test, unveiled at the VUSE Summer Research Program poster event. (Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University) Austin Hardcastle stood pensively next to a giant poster explaining his research, the ultimate in “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” reports, holding the malaria test he designed. Soon, the… Read More

    Sep. 9, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    9 engineering student-athletes on Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll

    Nine engineering student-athletes were named to the 2015 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll. A total of 89 Commodores were named to the list. The 2015 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2014 summer, 2014 fall and 2015 spring terms. Any student-athlete who participates in a… Read More

    Jul. 16, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Ten cross-disciplinary projects with engineering collaborators win TIPs funding

    Ten of 17 cross-disciplinary projects selected for the initial set of awards from Vanderbilt’s new Trans-Institutional Program (TIPs) initiative include 23 School of Engineering collaborators. Philippe Fauchet “These projects represent a broad range of research and teaching, and I’m happy so many engineers are working in such varied fields. Forging… Read More

    Jun. 23, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    New nanoparticle enhances success rate of coronary artery bypass grafts

      Illustration shows “nanopolyplex” delivery of a peptide into a surface leg vein prior to bypass grafting. The peptide inhibits a signaling pathway that drives proliferation of cells in the inner lining of the blood vessel, a process known as intimal hyperplasia (IH). As shown at… Read More

    Jun. 19, 2015