Biomedical Engineering

  • Vanderbilt University

    Duvall to receive 2015 Society for Biomaterials Young Investigator Award for regenerative medicine research

    Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Craig L. Duvall has received a Society for Biomaterials 2015 Young Investigator Award for his achievements in the field of biomaterials research within 10 years of receiving his doctorate. The award will be presented at the Society’s 2015 annual meeting in Charlotte, N.C., April 15-18. Read More

    Jan. 22, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineers lead 6 of 10 ‘cool inventions’ of 2014: CTTC

    A Vanderbilt engineering professor is a lead or co-inventor of six of the 10 “cool inventions” in 2014 highlighted by the university’s Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization in this video. The CTTC selected 10 from last year’s 200 inventions… Read More

    Jan. 16, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    7 Vanderbilt engineers who found winter break was prime time for research

    Relieved undergraduates turned in their finals and jetted off for winter break a few weeks ago, leaving the halls at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering almost unnervingly empty. But there’s no break for research. Anyone in need of company could find labs full of Ph.D. candidates working practically… Read More

    Jan. 2, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Team designs potential solution for ‘India’s dangerous walk to the toilet’

    A diverse team of engineering students horrified by violent attacks on Indian women taking long trips to toilets came up with a safe alternative. Their project won first place in the School of Engineering’s Senior Design class – and it has the potential to change lives in nations where plumbing… Read More

    Dec. 19, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Professors serve on Trans-institutional Programs review council, panels

    Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos (Vanderbilt University) Four engineering professors will serve on review boards of the formally launched new $50 million Trans-institutional Programs initiative outlined in the university’s Academic Strategic Plan. Doug Adams, Daniel F. Flowers Professor of Engineering and chair of the Department of Civil and… Read More

    Nov. 14, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Entrepreneurship lecture series launches; Jumpstart Foundry CEO is inaugural speaker

    Venture capitalist Vic Gatto to speak about entrepreneurs as today’s heroes The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering announces the creation of the Chambers Family Entrepreneurial Lectureship. The semi-annual lecture series is endowed by the Chambers Medical Foundation. The intent of the lectureship is to encourage and invigorate entrepreneurial activity among… Read More

    Nov. 6, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Improving breast cancer chemo by testing tumors in a dish

    One of the tragic realities of cancer is that the drugs used to treat it are highly toxic and their effectiveness varies unpredictably from patient to patient. However, a new “tumor-in-a-dish” technology is poised to change this reality by rapidly assessing how effective specific anti-cancer cocktails will be on an… Read More

    Oct. 28, 2014

  • 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

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    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