Electrical Engineering And Computer Science

  • Vanderbilt University

    Entrepreneurship lecture series launches; Jumpstart Foundry CEO is inaugural speaker

    Venture capitalist Vic Gatto to speak about entrepreneurs as today’s heroes The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering announces the creation of the Chambers Family Entrepreneurial Lectureship. The semi-annual lecture series is endowed by the Chambers Medical Foundation. The intent of the lectureship is to encourage and invigorate entrepreneurial activity among… Read More

    Nov. 6, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Nanoday! features Stanford speaker on improving optoelectronic devices

    The engineer who coined the term “plasmonics” is the keynote speaker for Vanderbilt University’s Nanoday!, a Nov. 12 celebration and learning opportunity that brings together scientists and engineers working in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Plasmonics is the study of the interaction between electromagnetic fields and free electrons in a… Read More

    Nov. 6, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt Ph.D.’s New York Times op-ed decries lack of diversity in engineering

    Carlotta Berry holds her Volunteer of the Year Award from IndianaFIRST. (Photo courtesy of IndianaFIRST) A Vanderbilt engineering Ph.D. who became a tenure-track professor is speaking out about the lack of women and minorities her field, with an opinion piece published in Sunday’s New York Times. Read More

    Nov. 3, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Your smartphone wouldn’t exist without university research

    (iStock) According to a number of economic studies, somewhere between one-quarter and one-third of our current economy is based on technologies that didn’t exist 50 years ago: They are the end products of basic scientific and engineering research. It’s hard to wrap your mind around a statistic… Read More

    Oct. 31, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Two engineering professors named to Vanderbilt’s Academic Strategic Plan committees

    William H. Robinson III, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer engineering, and Doug Schmidt, professor of computer engineering and computer science, have been named to committees tasked with fleshing out key initiatives in Vanderbilt’s Academic Strategic Plan. Members of the immersion experience… Read More

    Oct. 27, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Capstone app project for MOOC aims to track, help manage cancer patients’ pain

    The home page for Vanderbilt's Android programming MOOC capstone.   Nearly every nation on the planet saw at least one resident enroll last year in a Vanderbilt University massive online open course on programming for Android devices. Now, after a series of three courses that saw as… Read More

    Oct. 24, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Game theory can help predict crime before it occurs

    About a decade ago, the hit movie Minority Report featured a police force that could predict crimes and swoop in before they happened. That kind of crime fighting may not be far off if a team headed by Eugene Vorobeychik, assistant professor of computer science and computer engineering, has its… Read More

    Oct. 20, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Computer science alums’ 12-year-old company profitable since day one

    Rustici Software, founded and co-owned by computer science alumni Mike Rustici (BS’99) and Tim Martin (BS’97), has been profitable since day one of its founding 12 years ago. It also may have one of the coolest, offbeat websites. Ever. The Franklin, Tenn.-based company serves… Read More

    Oct. 14, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering undergrads, biomedical tour wow Board of Visitors crowd

    Biomedical engineering graduate student Kristin Poole demonstrates her work for a Board of Visitors tour. A packed agenda for a panel of Vanderbilt University School of Engineering advisers included several presentations from professors, small-group strategy sessions and a tour of biomedical engineering labs. But perhaps… Read More

    Oct. 10, 2014

  • PayScale 2014-2015 survey

    Survey says Vanderbilt ranks No. 8 in highest-earning engineering graduates

    Vanderbilt University’s School of Engineering ranks No. 8 on a list of schools that produce the highest-earning engineering graduates, according to a new report from the salary website PayScale.com. Vanderbilt engineering graduates’ early career salary is listed as $64,400, while graduates typically go on to… Read More

    Oct. 8, 2014