Civil And Environmental Engineering

Camgian Microsystems Corporation and the School of Engineering have collaborated to prototype a new Internet of Things (IoT) energy intelligence system for the facility management market through the engineering school’s senior design program. Effectively capturing and processing usage data from large buildings can provide facility managers with a powerful tool… Read More

Engineering seniors have spent two semesters tackling design challenges from actual clients with real design needs. The results of their design projects will be featured at Design Day 2014, an annual School of Engineering event, Monday, April 21, 4-6 p.m. in Featheringill Hall. Corporate sponsors… Read More

Twelve current engineering graduate students have received graduate research fellowships from the National Science Foundation, which announced April 1 the 2014 class of fellows. They are Thomas Werfel, Joseph Thomas Sharick and Abigail M. Searfoss, biomedical engineering; Joseph Weinstein-Webb and William Robert Erwin, chemical engineering; Addisu Zerihun Taddese, Michael Allen… Read More

Move-in day was a spectacle that attracted local media and others to the School of Engineering’s new Laboratory for Systems Integrity and Reliability in Metro Center, located along the Cumberland River near downtown Nashville. The 20,000 square-foot high-bay facility – measuring 27 feet from floor to ceiling – now houses… Read More

March 26, 2014 CNN.com: Ten visionary women School of Engineering alumna Kimberly Bryant used her experience at Vanderbilt to develop a computer science curriculum specifically aimed at girls of color. March 20, 2014 History Today: The new drones club A Vanderbilt University team has developed mapping… Read More

Billy Joe Adcock In his four years at Vanderbilt, Bill Adcock (then Billy Joe) accumulated several “firsts” as a Commodore athlete. Not only was Adcock Vanderbilt’s first basketball scholarship recipient, he also became Vanderbilt’s all-time leading scorer and first member of the 1000-point club with 1,190 points (1946-1950). Adcock currently… Read More

The School of Engineering’s graduate program improved two positions to No. 34 in annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report. The 2015 graduate program rankings were released today. The school, which tied with Yale University and the University of Colorado-Boulder, ranks ahead of Rensselaer Polytechnic University and the University… Read More

Vanderbilt engineering students who worked on Team Music City’s submission hear the news that Harmony House will compete in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2015. Team Music City, an interdisciplinary group from Vanderbilt University, Middle Tennessee State University and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville, has… Read More

Select image to view photos from the event Nearly 350 first-year through Ph.D. students attended the Engineering and Information Technology Industry Career Day in the Student Life Center ballrooms Feb 11. Job seekers and students searching for internships networked with 43 companies from across the nation. The fair is… Read More

Vanderbilt University has received a competitive award from Penn State to  host an National Science Foundation–supported workshop to establish a new outreach program that will train students to become ambassadors in engineering education for area middle- and high-school students. The money will be used by the university’s… Read More