Civil And Environmental Engineering
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Pick 3: Modules give first-year students closer look engineering majors
Students in the ES 140 civil and environmental engineering module visit the Laboratory for Systems Integrity and Reliability. Some engineering students arrive with a clear idea of their paths through college to future careers. Others know their strengths lie in math and… Read MoreMay. 4, 2015
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School to bestow honors on 2015 graduating seniors
Awards and honors will be presented by Dean Philippe Fauchet to seniors at the School of Engineering’s annual Commencement Reception at the University Club May 7. Akash Umakantha, from West Chester, Ohio, is the recipient of the 2015 Founder’s Medal for the School of Engineering. He graduated with a bachelor… Read MoreMay. 1, 2015
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Design Day 2015 wows crowd; AT&T presents Innovation awards
A crowd gathers in Featheringill Hall to see more than 60 engineering design projects created by teams of seniors who have devoted two semesters to solving design problems. (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) News from Design Day: More awards, more space for projects, a move to Vanderbilt’s Student Life… Read MoreApr. 24, 2015
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Engineering student’s ‘nano-taxicab’ is best Three-Minute Thesis presentation
Kelsey Beavers Using the analogy of a nano-taxicab to describe her research on developing an improved drug delivery system, Kelsey Beavers won first place March 27 in a Three-Minute Thesis Competition for Vanderbilt graduate students, and she tied for the People’s Choice award, taking two of the three awards given… Read MoreApr. 15, 2015
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NSF research grant goes to 10 engineering graduate students
The National Science Foundation has named 10 Vanderbilt engineering graduate researchers as recipients of Graduate Research Fellowships. The program is aimed at aiding individuals who have demonstrated notable potential early in their research career. An additional goal is increasing the diversity of the science and engineering workforce. “Increasing diversity in… Read MoreApr. 13, 2015
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Artiphon one of scores of senior innovations at Design Day April 20
Artiphon, a Nashville music technology startup with its “everything instrument,” has tapped two engineering student teams to tackle engineering challenges as their senior design projects. Those teams join hundreds of Vanderbilt engineering seniors who have spent two semesters on projects. They all will demonstrate their readiness to tackle real-world engineering… Read MoreApr. 10, 2015
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Simulating success in aerospace and automotive manufacturing
The use of high-performance carbon fibers in the past 50 years has revolutionized product design and manufacturing – from airplanes and automobiles to golf clubs and skateboards. However, the barrier to expanding applications for the stalwart carbon composites and the advanced composite materials being developed now is an ‘outdated and… Read MoreMar. 31, 2015
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Engineering’s graduate program is No. 35 in ‘U.S. News’ 2016 rankings
The School of Engineering’s graduate program is No. 35 in annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report. The 2016 graduate program rankings were released today. The school, which tied with Yale University, ranks ahead of Boston University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and just behind the University of Colorado-Boulder. MIT… Read MoreMar. 10, 2015
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Glencliff High sweeps Saturday’s ASCE Nashville Bridge Building Contest
From left, Edward B. Dunning accepting for first-place winner Jesus Gutierrez Morales, second-place winner Elston Rajasombath and third-place winner Lizeth Padron Becerra, all of Glencliff High School. (Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University) No sound pierces like the first creak from a model bridge struggling under the weight of concrete… Read MoreMar. 2, 2015
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Simulations predict health of composite materials from ‘birth to death’
R. Byron Pipes to deliver Hall Engineering Lecture March 30 A globally recognized polymer sciences researcher will deliver the John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture March 30. R. Byron Pipes, Purdue University R. Byron Pipes, John Leighton Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Purdue University, will deliver a… Read MoreMar. 2, 2015