Biomedical Engineering

The treatment of many diseases and serious health conditions has changed dramatically over the past two decades due to the availability of new interventional medical devices designed to improve health or alter the course of disease. The explosive growth of coronary intervention procedures has been fueled by new devices such… Read More

The Vanderbilt Initiative in Surgery and Engineering (ViSE) and the Department of Surgery Research Collaborative will host the first Vanderbilt Surgery and Engineering Symposium from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, in Light Hall, Room 202. Reed Omary Reed Omary, professor and chair of… Read More

A newly formed Technology Entrepreneurship Task Force in the Vanderbilt School of Engineering aims to connect tech-savvy undergraduates who have entrepreneurial ambitions to local companies and business leaders to better integrate the school into the Nashville community and to help stimulate private-sector innovation and growth in the Middle Tennessee region. Read More

Todd D. Giorgio has been named a 2012 Distinguished Bioengineering Alumnus by the department of bioengineering at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Giorgio earned a doctorate in chemical engineering from Rice in 1986. The department’s alumni awards honor excellence in research, teaching, service or significant contributions to academia, society or… Read More

Today’s manufacturing companies face a significant challenge as they work to balance the demands of the marketplace for better performing products against the need to bring new products to market faster, cheaper and with greater reliability than ever before. This month’s issue of Wired magazine features an article addressing this… Read More

VUSEgear, an online store for Vanderbilt University School of Engineering (VUSE) merchandise, launches today with a grand opening discount of 20 percent savings on all items through Nov. 1. The effort to offer an online store began months ago and is a response to alumni requests for more engineering… Read More

Research seminars, poster presentations part of Oct. 24 event The director of a nanosciences institute in Dresden, Germany, is the keynote speaker at the 13th Annual Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Forum Oct. 24 at Vanderbilt University. The Forum and NanoDay! activities are sponsored by the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale… Read More

In an effort to respond to students’ rapidly growing interest in nanoscale technology, a new 15-hour interdisciplinary minor in nanoscience and nanotechnology is being offered by the School of Engineering and the College of Arts and Science. Directors are Paul E. Laibinis, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Sandra… Read More

The School of Engineering hosted a Dean’s Hour event for parents and families of undergraduate engineering students visiting for Family Weekend at Adams Atrium in Featheringill Hall 3-4 pm, Oct. 12.  About 150 guests socialized with engineering leaders, faculty and staff members while soaking up the School’s atmosphere. Families at… Read More

The number of job seekers and students searching for internships hit a record high at 540 during today’s Engineering and Information Technology Career Day in the Student Life Center ballrooms. Job seekers fill one of three ballrooms at the fall Industry Career Day. “This is the highest… Read More