Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering

School of Engineering graduate student Lara Jazmin has been selected to attend the 63rd Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, this summer. The Lindau Meeting brings together graduate students and junior researchers with Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry, and physiology and medicine for a weeklong series… Read More

Karen K. Gleason, the Alexander and I. Michael Kasser Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the 2013 Tis Lahiri Memorial Seminar at Vanderbilt University. The seminar is sponsored by the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and will be held Monday, April 15, at… 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 Senior Design Day 2013, an annual School of Engineering event, Friday, April 19, 3-5 p.m. in Featheringill Hall. Corporate sponsors this year include Camgian… Read More

Aspiring Vanderbilt entreprenuers – professional students, graduate students, post-docs, faculty and staff – can test their ideas at Entrepreneur Boot Camp April 10, 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Cool Springs Life Sciences Center. The inaugural boot camp is designed for Vanderbilt participants who will meet legal experts,… Read More

Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering graduate program is ranked No. 36 by U.S. News & World Report. The 2014 engineering graduate program rankings were released today. U.S. News surveyed 199 schools granting doctoral degrees in engineering. The school ranks ahead of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Boston University (both… Read More

Vanderbilt engineering alumni G. Edmond Clark, Steve M. Hays, and Knowles Arthur Overholser will be inducted into the School of Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni at the March 21 Engineering Celebration Dinner. The School of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award recognizes distinguished achievement, significant service and excellent character. “The newest members… Read More

Vanderbilt University, in conjunction with The University of Memphis, will sponsor Biomaterials Day at the University Club of Nashville March 15, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. This one day symposium will enhance networking between academic, industrial and government sectors and will increase student exposure to exciting biomaterials research. Regional… Read More

First-year through Ph.D. students attended today’s Engineering and Information Technology Industry Career Day in the Student Life Center ballrooms. Job seekers and students searching for internships networked with nearly 40 companies from across the nation. The fair is hosted by the Center for Student Professional Development (formerly… Read More

Robert Bayuzick, who had experiments conducted on three separate flights of the space shuttle Columbia while he was a professor of chemical engineering and director of materials science at Vanderbilt University, died Feb. 8, 2013, in Nashville. He was 75. Robert Bayuzick Bayuzick’s research was directed toward materials processing under… Read More

How can you squeeze electricity from a blackberry? A group of Siegel High students will be among those able to answer the question after making solar cells out of blackberry juice and measuring the electrical power produced as part of an educational outreach program sponsored by the Vanderbilt Institute of… Read More