Electrical Engineering And Computer Science
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Engineering researcher Catie Chang harnesses the power of computational analysis to gain new insights into how the brain works
Vanderbilt researcher Catie Chang Advances in neuroimaging over the past 25 years have ushered in nothing short of a revolution in technology for understanding the human brain. These new technologies have opened broad vistas for scientists, from being able to pinpoint regions of the brain responsible for various functions and… Read MoreOct. 27, 2022
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Vanderbilt electrical engineering professor publishes paper on merging metasurfaces with microfluidics
Nature Nanotechnology, a journal that showcases the best research in nanoscience and nanotechnology, recently published another paper by Vanderbilt University’s Justus C. Ndukaife, assistant professor of electrical engineering, on merging metasurfaces with microfluidics. Justus C. Ndukaife Ndukaife, who heads the Laboratory for Innovation in Optofluidics and Nanophotonics (LION) at… Read MoreOct. 11, 2022
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Professor Emeritus A.B. Bonds remembered for Vanderbilt service, passion for music and cars
Vanderbilt Professor Emeritus A.B. Bonds, 75, died April 10, 2022, at his home in Kingston Springs, Tennessee. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, April 23, from 5-8 p.m. at the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville. Tributes begin at 5:30 and all guests are encouraged to wear Hawaiian shirts,… Read MoreApr. 20, 2022
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Two engineering faculty members elected 2021 AAAS Fellows
Two Vanderbilt engineering faculty members–Sharon Weiss and Michael King–have been elected as 2021 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society. The lifetime appointment honors individuals for their efforts in advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished. Election as… Read MoreJan. 26, 2022
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10th annual VISE symposium features keynote on heart ‘digital twins’
The Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering hosts its 10th annual Surgery, Intervention and Engineering Symposium Wednesday, Dec. 15, at 4 p.m. CT. The event will feature a keynote lecture by Natalia Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. The event is… Read MoreNov. 29, 2021
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Headband device suitable for use at home with young ADHD patients
A Vanderbilt biomedical engineering professor has developed a prototype headband to measure brain activity that could have widespread application in studying and ultimately treating ADHD and other neurological disorders. The device is lightweight, portable, and inexpensive to construct. Prototype components cost less than $250, compared to costs exceeding $10,000 for… Read MoreNov. 16, 2021
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Novel advanced light design and fabrication process could revolutionize sensing technologies
Vanderbilt and Penn State engineers have developed a novel approach to design and fabricate thin-film infrared light sources with near-arbitrary spectral output driven by heat, along with a machine learning methodology called inverse design that reduced the optimization time for these devices from weeks or months on a multi-core computer… Read MoreOct. 21, 2021
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Companies with VUSE ties awarded $3.8 million in grants
Six early-stage companies with ties to School of Engineering faculty, students and alumni have been awarded federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer grants and matching funds from Launch Tennessee totaling more than $3.8 million. Highly competitive, the SBIR and STTR programs encourage domestic small businesses to… Read MoreOct. 13, 2021
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Bell named faculty director of undergraduate data science minor
Charreau Bell, a senior data scientist at the Vanderbilt Data Science Institute and research assistant professor of computer science, has been named the faculty director of the undergraduate data science minor. Bell’s appointment was announced today by Vanessa Beasley, vice provost for academic affairs and dean of residential… Read MoreOct. 8, 2021
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Faculty Innovator: Daniel Fabbri demonstrates academic and entrepreneurial prowess
By Marissa Shapiro Since his days growing up in Silicon Valley, Daniel Fabbri, assistant professor of biomedical informatics and computer science in the School of Medicine and School of Engineering, respectively, has always been driven to use his academic knowledge to make an impact. “I never wanted to write papers… Read MoreAug. 12, 2021