Electrical Engineering And Computer Science

  • Vanderbilt University

    App prototype combines neural network, photos, burn patient info

    A 2019 Senior Design Project to aid in evaluating the severity of burn injuries won the Thomas G. Arnold Prize, given annually by the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Eric Yeats, CompE, joined BME majors Jacob Ayers, Hannah Kang, Dominique Szymkiewicz, Nora Ward and Thomas Yates, all BE ’19 graduates, on… Read More

    Jul. 9, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    ISDE training helps Harris Corp. strengthen its engineers’ design skills

    Faculty members and researchers in Vanderbilt University’s Institute for Space and Defense Electronics provided training for about 20 Space and Intelligent Systems engineers June 26-27, 2019, thanks to an agreement between Harris Corporation and the university. Training on single event effects, or SEEs, was held at the Harris Technology Center… Read More

    Jul. 1, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Weiss to lead VINSE starting July 1

    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

    Jun. 27, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Ceremony June 25 to recognize ESB, Eskind Library LEED Gold status

    This 250,000-square-foot structure is home to both the Engineering and Science Building, which includes laboratories, classrooms and a state-of-the-art clean room, and Vanderbilt’s Innovation Pavilion, which includes the Wond’ry and its makerspace. (Daniel DuBois/Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt will be recognized for its sustainable building efforts on Tuesday, June 25, when… Read More

    Jun. 20, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Nine engineering design projects earn awards for seniors

    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

    Jun. 18, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    VU engages Lewis-Burke to connect faculty with federal sponsors

    Vanderbilt University has engaged Lewis-Burke Associates LLC, a specialty consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., to afford faculty more opportunities for enhancing their research and scholarship. Through this engagement, Lewis-Burke will collaborate directly with faculty, provide advice on funding trends, identify new opportunities, discuss strategies to overcome… Read More

    Jun. 14, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Data Science Institute welcomes first cohort of undergraduate summer research fellows

    The Data Science Institute Summer Research Program aims to engage students who are interested in data science-related research with Vanderbilt faculty. (Vanderbilt University) The Vanderbilt Data Science Institute welcomed its first cohort of undergraduate summer research fellows in early June. The Data Science Institute… Read More

    Jun. 13, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    iPhone plus nanoscale porous silicon equals cheap, simple home diagnostics

    The simplest home medical tests might look like a deck of various silicon chips coated in special film, one that could detect drugs in the blood, another for proteins in the urine indicating infection, another for bacteria in water and the like. Add the bodily fluid you want to test,… Read More

    Jun. 12, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    New leadership announced for the Wond’ry

    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

    Jun. 7, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt Engineering and Science Building wins international S-Lab Award

    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

    Jun. 3, 2019