Electrical Engineering And Computer Science

  • Vanderbilt University

    Galloway receives international Gagarin Award for contributions to radiation effects research

    Kenneth F. Galloway received the 2016 Yuri Gagarin Award at the 2016 RADECS conference in Bremen, Germany. Galloway is a Distinguished Professor of Engineering, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and former dean of the Vanderbilt School of Engineering. Kenneth F. Galloway The Radiation Effects in Components and… Read More

    Oct. 26, 2016

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    Four engineering undergrads wow Board of Visitors with accomplishments, future plans

    From left: Ethan Look (CS'18), Xavier Williams (EE'18), Trevor Hanken (ME'17) and Jacqueline Machesky (CEE'17). (Vanderbilt University/Heidi Hall) Four students provided a highlight of the Oct. 21 Board of Visitors meeting, telling the group of advisers to the School of Engineering about their lives before Vanderbilt and… Read More

    Oct. 21, 2016

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    Biswas is elected inaugural fellow of prognostics society

    A Vanderbilt engineering professor whose research focus is intelligent systems has been elected as an inaugural fellow of the Prognostics and Health Management Society. Gautam Biswas Gautam Biswas, a professor of computer science and computer engineering, and senior research scientist in Vanderbilt’s Institute for Software Integrated Systems, received the honor… Read More

    Oct. 14, 2016

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    No Vanderbilt Robotics team? Six sophomores step up, invite all majors

    Vanderbilt Robotics leadership, clockwise from far left: Secretary Cameron Loviska (Math and Econ, '19), Treasurer Jacob Lundy (CS'19), Senior Coordinator Lin Liu (ME'19), Event Coordinator Harrison Yan (ME'19), President Furichous Jones IV (ChemE'19), Vice President Andrew Greenberg (ME'19). (Vanderbilt University/Heidi Hall) Engineering students who like motorsports can… Read More

    Oct. 12, 2016

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    Scholarships available to STEM students who want to teach

    Many STEM undergraduates want to pursue teaching. The Noyce Scholarship can help in a big way. Undergraduate students majoring in science, math or engineering subjects have the opportunity to make a difference in high-needs secondary schools while earning teaching licensure and a master’s degree from… Read More

    Oct. 7, 2016

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    School of Engineering recruits biomedical engineering chair, new faculty members

    The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering announces the appointment of senior faculty to the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and four junior faculty members representing biomedical, mechanical and computer science and computer engineering departments. Michael R. King will join Vanderbilt as professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Cynthia… Read More

    Oct. 3, 2016

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    ‘Pre-Flight’ course for startups offered to Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff

    Think you’ve got an idea that could become the next Facebook or Google, but you’re not sure how to get it off the ground? Turning ideas into action is the aim of a new, seven-week Pre-Flight course, developed by the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, and offered… Read More

    Sep. 28, 2016

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    WalkWays app helps visitors find their way around VUMC

    Visitor Terry Manning uses his smartphone to test text-based directions to find Vanderbilt University Hospital’s Courtyard Café while he waits for his girlfriend during her appointment. (photo by Anne Rayner) Getting to a patient’s room or finding the right clinic for an appointment can be stressful, but… Read More

    Sep. 15, 2016

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    Vanderbilt engineering professor is recipient of inaugural NSF INCLUDES award

    Program’s initial awards total nearly $14 million The National Science Foundation has issued its first-ever awards for the NSF INCLUDES program, a comprehensive initiative to enhance U.S. leadership in science and engineering by broadening participation in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). NSF INCLUDES (Inclusion across the… Read More

    Sep. 14, 2016

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    Robinson, Kosson garner major honors from chancellor at fall faculty assembly

    Two School of Engineering faculty members collected top honors from Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos at the Aug. 25 fall faculty assembly, earning awards for efforts that advance understanding of diversity and for outstanding scholarship and research. The newly established Chancellor’s Research Awards for Equity, Diversity… Read More

    Aug. 26, 2016