Civil And Environmental Engineering

Dr. Toby Cosgrove, longtime president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic and now executive adviser to Google Cloud Healthcare, is the keynote speaker at Vanderbilt School of Engineering’s annual Healthcare Design & Construction Symposium. He will address the sold-out crowd Thursday, Aug. 8. This year’s theme is the “Intersection of Built… Read More

Vanderbilt will take stock of its resources for online education through the work of a new provost-appointed committee to ensure that the schools and colleges receive the needed support for these offerings, which advance the university’s mission of educating the whole student while encouraging lifelong learning. Douglas C. Schmidt Committee… Read More

A new working group will evaluate Vanderbilt’s digital project resources and services and make recommendations aimed at supporting the university’s current and future needs, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente announced Aug. 5. Digital services and project support enable the creation of a range of tools… Read More

Five proposals from School of Engineering faculty have been selected by the Office of the Provost for 2019 Discovery Grants, which advance new ideas and cutting-edge scholarship in the university’s core disciplines. “Discovery Grants serve as a key internal funding vehicle for fostering research that has the potential to improve lives and… Read More

Sharon Weiss (Vanderbilt University) Sharon Weiss, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering, professor of electrical engineering and physics and deputy director of the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE), will become the new director of VINSE, Provost and Vice Chancellor… Read More

The senior design team found no fatal flaws in its study of a tunnel-like cap over a section of I-65 to create more public green space. A land bridge over a section Nashville’s Interstate 65 corridor would create 14 acres of public green space, reconnect neighborhoods and put Music City… Read More

Senior Design Day 2019 in Student Life Center Ballroom. Vanderbilt University/Joe Howell Nine exceptional student design projects have been recognized as winners in the School of Engineering’s annual design competition for the 2018-2019 academic year. More than 70 teams of senior engineering students in biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering,… Read More

David A. Owens (Vanderbilt University) David A. Owens, a leading thinker on innovation and new product development and Owen Graduate School of Management faculty member, has been named the Evans Family Executive Director of the Wond’ry. Owens is a professor of the practice of… Read More

To enhance the undergraduate experience, the ESB puts science on display throughout the building, which features an open layout with large transparent glass walls. Above, a 10,000-square-foot, commercial-grade cleanroom for the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. Engineering and Science Building Vanderbilt’s Engineering and Science Building has won… Read More

Vanderbilt Commencement, May 10, 2019 Philippe Fauchet, Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering, presented awards and honors to seniors May 9 at the school’s annual Commencement Reception. Banner Bearer Ian Faucher, Philippe Fauchet, Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering, and Founder’s Medalist David K. Zhang. David K. Zhang… Read More