Civil And Environmental Engineering

  • Vanderbilt University

    Civil engineering grad and tennis champ at forefront of solar energy technology on campus

      As a junior, Marie Casares set school records in single match wins (32) and combined wins (60). As a senior, she delivered the point that clinched Vanderbilt’s most recent SEC championship in April 2015. That year she helped carry the Commodores to the program’s first NCAA title, after which… Read More

    Nov. 29, 2016

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    Mood ring materials: a new way to detect damage in failing infrastructure

    “Mood ring materials” could play an important role in minimizing and mitigating damage to the nation’s failing infrastructure. The American Society of Civil Engineers has estimated that more than $3.6 trillion in investment is needed by 2020 to rehabilitate and modernize the nation’s failing infrastructure. President-elect… Read More

    Nov. 22, 2016

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    Three engineering faculty named to Vanderbilt’s new research council

      (Vanderbilt University)   Provost Susan R. Wente (Vanderbilt University) Three engineering faculty members join 15 faculty from colleges and schools named to the inaugural Vanderbilt University Research Council by Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente. The engineering faculty… Read More

    Nov. 8, 2016

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    Four engineering undergrads wow Board of Visitors with accomplishments, future plans

    From left: Ethan Look (CS'18), Xavier Williams (EE'18), Trevor Hanken (ME'17) and Jacqueline Machesky (CEE'17). (Vanderbilt University/Heidi Hall) Four students provided a highlight of the Oct. 21 Board of Visitors meeting, telling the group of advisers to the School of Engineering about their lives before Vanderbilt and… Read More

    Oct. 21, 2016

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    Scholarships available to STEM students who want to teach

    Many STEM undergraduates want to pursue teaching. The Noyce Scholarship can help in a big way. Undergraduate students majoring in science, math or engineering subjects have the opportunity to make a difference in high-needs secondary schools while earning teaching licensure and a master’s degree from… Read More

    Oct. 7, 2016

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    Engineering professors help chart campus land use future

    Participants of the symposium launching Vanderbilt's land use planning effort were asked to name values (pictured above) they hoped would guide the process. (Vanderbilt University)   Vanderbilt University’s land use plan is entering its second year with a full slate of activities and a new 19-member faculty advisory committee to… Read More

    Oct. 4, 2016

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    ‘Pre-Flight’ course for startups offered to Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff

    Think you’ve got an idea that could become the next Facebook or Google, but you’re not sure how to get it off the ground? Turning ideas into action is the aim of a new, seven-week Pre-Flight course, developed by the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, and offered… Read More

    Sep. 28, 2016

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    Vanderbilt engineering professors, students submit grade on state infrastructure report card

    Tennessee section of ASCE: Infrastructure GPA is a C Two Vanderbilt civil engineering professors helped grade Tennessee’s infrastructure, and the report card came home today. Professors Lori Troxel and Craig Philip and Vanderbilt engineering students were members of a team of professional engineers across Tennessee that assessed 10 categories of… Read More

    Sep. 27, 2016

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    Kosson appointed to working group to define university’s global strategy

    David Kosson, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering, has been appointed to a new working group charged with developing an international strategy to support and promote faculty research, scholarship and creative expression. The working group, created by Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente, comprises faculty from a… Read More

    Sep. 26, 2016

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    Senior juggles three majors, values Opportunity Vanderbilt

    Jacqueline Machesky represents just one of the nearly 9,000 students whose lives have been changed by the Opportunity Vanderbilt financial aid initiative. Oldest sister, Vanderbilt student, steel bridge builder. These are just a few of the hats that senior Jacqueline Machesky wears. During her time on campus, she’s been fascinated… Read More

    Sep. 21, 2016