Biomedical Engineering

  • Vanderbilt University

    Two engineering faculty receive NSF CAREER awards

    Two junior engineering faculty members – Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Hak-Joon Sung and Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Robert J. Webster III – have been awarded the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development grants. According to the National Science Foundation, CAREER awards support exceptionally promising college and university… Read More

    Feb. 15, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Guest speakers highlight National Engineers Week at Vanderbilt Feb. 21-25

    Engineering students at Vanderbilt University will showcase their ingenuity through a series of challenging – but fun – competitions and events celebrating the 60th anniversary of National Engineers Week Feb. 21-25. Two guest speakers are part of the week’s special events. Their presentations will be streamed live at http://news.vanderbilt.edu/ . Read More

    Feb. 15, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    “Smarter Energy, Cleaner Planet” junior engineering competition brings high school teams to VUSE

    Tennessee high school teams will meet Feb. 18 at Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering as the Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) launches its annual TEAMS competition that challenges students to use practical applications of math and science to answer engineering questions about everyday world challenges. With the 2011 theme, “Smarter… Read More

    Feb. 14, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Inaugural spring Engineering Industry Career Day facilitates connections between employers and Vanderbilt’s top talent

    The Vanderbilt Career Center (VCC) hosted an inaugural spring Engineering Industry Career Day with 36 companies in attendance on February 3 from 10am-2pm. Industry Career Days serve as one of many ways to interact with potential employers. Nearly 90% of those in attendance were undergraduate and graduate School of… Read More

    Feb. 10, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    John Gore elected to National Academy of Engineering

    John C. Gore, Hertha Ramsey Cress University Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences at Vanderbilt University and professor of biomedical engineering, has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering for his contributions to the development and applications of magnetic resonance and other imaging techniques in medicine. Read More

    Feb. 9, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Two engineering professors honored by AAAS scientific society

    John Gore and John Wikswo are among seven Vanderbilt University faculty members elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed upon them by their AAAS peers. They are among 503 AAAS members from around the country who achieved this honor because of their… Read More

    Jan. 13, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    VUIIS to host NCI’s Cancer Imaging Camp in 2012 & 2013

    The Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS) has been selected to host the Cancer Imaging Camp, run by program staff of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI), in 2012 and 2013. The Cancer Research Imaging Camp workshop is a special weeklong intensive course on in… Read More

    Nov. 19, 2010

  • Vanderbilt University

    New initiative to develop a system that controls prosthetic limbs naturally

    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

    Nov. 18, 2010

  • Vanderbilt University

    Gore joins Radiological Society’s Committee on Molecular Imaging

    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

    Nov. 16, 2010

  • Vanderbilt University

    Giorgio participates in Capitol policy seminar on biomedical research sponsored by DoD

    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

    Nov. 15, 2010