Biomedical Engineering

Using beams of light to allow amputees not only to control but also to feel the movement of prosthetic limbs is the ambitious goal of a new $5.6 million Department of Defense initiative. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is tapping the new and rapidly growing field of “neurophotonics” to… Read More

John C. Gore John C. Gore, the Hertha Ramsey Cress University Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics, has accepted an invitation to join the Committee on Molecular Imaging of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). The CMI is responsible for monitoring the evolving science and… Read More

Todd Giorgio Todd D. Giorgio, chair of the biomedical engineering department, participated a congressional briefing in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 10 in the Capitol Visitors Center. The policy seminar was sponsored by the Coalition for National Security Research (CNSR) on the topic of ‘New Perspectives on Defense Basic Research: Health/Biomedical… Read More

The Division of Sponsored Research received notification in September that the following grants in excess of $25,000 had been awarded to engineering faculty and graduate students: Mark D. Abkowitz, Civil and Environmental Engineering, has received an award in the amount of $30,000 by the Department of Transportation for “CAIT 6: … Read More

The 11th Annual Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Forum was held Wednesday, Oct. 27, in Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium in Featheringill Hall. Three engineering students placed among the top three spots in poster competition. Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE), the event is an annual forum… Read More

Adam Anderson, associate professor of biomedical engineering, and E. Duco Jansen, professor of biomedical engineering, have been elected into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows. Recipients of this honor, considered one of the highest in the biomedical engineering discipline, are chosen… Read More

Vanderbilt engineering alumni Andre Churchwell, W. Hibbett Neel Jr., and J. Roy Wauford Jr. each received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering during the School’s annual Engineering Celebration Dinner held Oct. 21 at the university’s Student Life Center. The School of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award recognizes distinguished… Read More

The Vanderbilt Career Center (VCC) hosted the Engineering and Information Technology Industry Career Day at the Student Life Center with 37 companies from across the nation in attendance on October 5. Industry Career Days serve as one of many ways to interact with potential employers. Nearly 400 undergraduate and… Read More

Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering will demonstrate a new undergraduate laboratory assignment that highlights a collaborative project between National Instruments and the biomedical engineering department today at the Biomedical Engineering Society’s (BMES) annual conference hosted by the University of Texas at Austin. The collaborative approach will allow capture of… Read More

The Division of Sponsored Research received notification in August that the following grants in excess of $25,000 had been awarded to School of Engineering faculty: Theodore A. Bapty, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has received an award in the amount of $318,834 by the Department of Defense for “Future Combat… Read More