Electrical Engineering And Computer Science

  • Vanderbilt University

    Geeks and Nerds Corp. earns second US Chamber small business award

    Geeks and Nerds (GaN) Corporation started by Jonn Kim (Ph.D.’99) has been chosen as one of 100 award winners representing the best in American small business. GaN Corporation, whose headquarters is in Huntsville, Ala., will receive a 2014 Blue Ribbon Small Business of the Year Award from the… Read More

    Feb. 21, 2014

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    ‘Harmony House’ scores a spot in international Solar Decathlon

    Vanderbilt engineering students who worked on Team Music City’s submission hear the news that Harmony House will compete in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2015. Team Music City, an interdisciplinary group from Vanderbilt University, Middle Tennessee State University and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville, has… Read More

    Feb. 14, 2014

  • Students connect with top recruiters at Career Day

    Students connect with top recruiters at Career Day

    Select image to view photos from the event Nearly 350 first-year through Ph.D. students attended the Engineering and Information Technology Industry Career Day in the Student Life Center ballrooms Feb 11. Job seekers and students searching for internships networked with 43 companies from across the nation. The fair is… Read More

    Feb. 13, 2014

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    Dawant, Rosenthal to serve on Provost search committee

    Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos has named a committee including a Board of Trust member, two top administrators and a number of faculty members who will search for the next Vanderbilt University provost. Benoit Dawant Benoit Dawant, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Engineering, professor of electrical engineering, professor of radiology and radiological… Read More

    Feb. 12, 2014

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    NSF grant helps Vanderbilt train ‘engineering ambassadors’

    Vanderbilt University has received a competitive award from Penn State to  host an National Science Foundation–supported workshop to establish a new outreach program that will train students to become ambassadors in engineering education for area middle- and high-school students. The money will be used by the university’s… Read More

    Feb. 6, 2014

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    Black Girls Code founder’s keynote address is highlight of 2014 E-Week activities

    Vanderbilt engineering students will showcase their ingenuity through a series of challenging – but fun – competitions and events celebrating National Engineers Week Feb. 16-22. In addition to spotlighting the engineering profession, competitions and activities are designed to reach out to current and future generations of engineering talent. See the… Read More

    Feb. 5, 2014

  • VUSE news roundup

    VUSE news roundup

    January 28, 2014 Washington Post: U-Md. and Johns Hopkins offer specialized sequences of online courses via Coursera Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, two of Coursera’s partners, are among the first to offer specialty sequences of courses. U. Maryland is teaming with Vanderbilt University on a… Read More

    Jan. 30, 2014

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    ‘Deep dive’ in popular fields is aim of next generation of MOOCs

    YouTube: Learn about Mobile Cloud Computing with Android Vanderbilt teams up with University of Maryland to offer trans-institutional sequence of massive open online courses Enabling students taking massive open online courses to dive deeper into learning and develop mastery in a particular subject are the aims… Read More

    Jan. 21, 2014

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    Large university, industry team analyzes single electron that can zap technology

    Vanderbilt School of Engineering group: (L-R) Daniel M .Fleetwood, Andrew L. Sternberg, Robert A. Reed, Cher Xuan Zhang, Michael P. King, Stephanie L. Weeden-Wright, Robert A. Weller, Elizabeth C. Auden, Ronald D. Schrimpf and Brian D. Sierawski. Paper first-authored by engineering graduate student wins IEEE Outstanding Conference Paper Award As… Read More

    Jan. 15, 2014

  • Top 10 research stories of 2013

    Top 10 research stories of 2013

    The most popular Vanderbilt research stories of 2013 plumbed mysteries of the brain, examined complex social phenomena, shed light on dark matter, uncovered a surprising link among our three greatest health threats and more. Of the top ten stories, Akos Ledeczi and Kenneth Pence with Vanderbilt’s Institute for Software Integrated… Read More

    Dec. 26, 2013