Biomedical Engineering

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt students travel to Washington, D.C., for science policy event

    The event’s panels addressed policy and advocacy processes, as well as career-oriented topics. Twenty-six Vanderbilt students explored the opportunities and challenges of setting policy on federal issues and advocacy related to science, technology, engineering and math during a two-day immersion event in Washington, D.C. The Oct. 16-17… Read More

    Oct. 27, 2014

  • Coffee ring diagnostic graphic

    Coffee-ring diagnostic offers hope in poorest regions

    The ring that an evaporating drop of coffee leaves on the counter might be the solution to saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Ray Mernaugh, left, Rick Haselton and David Wright (Susan Urmy / Vanderbilt) Research accelerating at Vanderbilt offers new hope in diagnostics for malaria and other diseases. The… Read More

    Oct. 24, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Fluid power industry, academic leaders pack panel discussion on advances

    An afternoon panel at LASIR for the Fluid Power Innovation & Research Conference. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) If America wants to keep its edge in fluid power, its engineers must find ways to add even more value to manufacturing components, work across disciplines and make everything smaller. Fortunately, engineering… Read More

    Oct. 14, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Summer STEM institute, day-long VU experience readies girls for careers

    Lily Quach, left, and Marvara Jhala, center, get help with an electrocardiogram from graduate student Jaime Tierney. Eighteen girls hovered around laboratory work stations in Stevenson Center on Monday, electrodes stuck over their hearts, staring at monitors tracking their vital signs. “It says I’m alive,” quipped Lily… Read More

    Oct. 14, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering undergrads, biomedical tour wow Board of Visitors crowd

    Biomedical engineering graduate student Kristin Poole demonstrates her work for a Board of Visitors tour. A packed agenda for a panel of Vanderbilt University School of Engineering advisers included several presentations from professors, small-group strategy sessions and a tour of biomedical engineering labs. But perhaps… Read More

    Oct. 10, 2014

  • PayScale 2014-2015 survey

    Survey says Vanderbilt ranks No. 8 in highest-earning engineering graduates

    Vanderbilt University’s School of Engineering ranks No. 8 on a list of schools that produce the highest-earning engineering graduates, according to a new report from the salary website PayScale.com. Vanderbilt engineering graduates’ early career salary is listed as $64,400, while graduates typically go on to… Read More

    Oct. 8, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Two notable educators join Vanderbilt Engineering School’s Board of Visitors

    Jim Conwell Two notable educators – Jim Conwell and Jay Walsh – will join the School of Engineering’s Board of Visitors at its fall meeting on campus Friday, Oct. 10. The 35-member board is comprised of distinguished alumni and friends of the school who… Read More

    Sep. 30, 2014

  • Will Grissom

    Will Grissom makes problem-solving nerds look cool

    Will Grissom is an assistant professor in biomedical engineering, radiology, and electrical engineering. This video was produced by Vanderbilt Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization. “I live for the problems we get to solve,” says Will Grissom, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, radiology and electrical engineering. The problems Grissom… Read More

    Sep. 25, 2014

  • Oscar Ayala

    BME doctoral student receives NDSEG Fellowship

    Oscar Ayala, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt University, has been awarded a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship. The NDSEG Fellowship is sponsored and funded by the Department of Defense. Ayala’s fellowship is awarded through the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Oscar Ayala Awarded… Read More

    Sep. 19, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt Engineering leaps four spots on U.S. News annual rankings

    The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering took a four-spot leap in the annual U.S. News and World Report undergraduate school rankings, grabbing No. 31 in a five-way tie – its best position ever. Vanderbilt University overall came in at No. 16 after maintaining its No. 17 spot for five years,… Read More

    Sep. 9, 2014