Electrical Engineering And Computer Science

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

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

The Year in Review features the making of a MOOC with Professor of Computer Science Doug Schmidt, Vanderbilt engineers in Nashville Scene’s annual Innovations Issue, and more. [View the story “2013: The Year in Review” on Storify]… Read More

  Professor of Computer Science Doug Schmidt films a video for Coursera. (Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt University and the University of Maryland have teamed up to introduce a new approach to massive open online courses, or MOOCs – a two-part, sequenced course offered through the digital learning… Read More

Two faculty members at Vanderbilt University’s School of Engineering have been named fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Gautam Biswas, professor of computer science and computer engineering, and Robert Reed, professor of electrical engineering, were announced this month as recipients of one of the association’s highest… Read More

By David F. Salisbury In the foreseeable future, robots will stick steerable needles in your brain to remove blood clots, and capsule robots will crawl up your colon to reduce the pain of colonoscopies. “Bionic” prosthetic devices will help amputees regain lost mobility, and humanoid robots will help therapists give… Read More

An iPhone app designed by three members of the VandyApps club (formerly Vandy Mobile) to improve the Vandy Vans experience is now available for free at the iTunes store. Vandy Vans is Vanderbilt’s overnight campus shuttle, serving multiple popular stops along three routes. The Vandy Vans website,… Read More

Lina Granados Sophomore Lina Granados has been invited by the Colombian Soccer Federation to be part of the U-20 Colombian Women’s National Team that will represent Colombia during the 2013 Bolivarian Games held in Peru this month. Granados, a computer science major from Ashburn, Va., and a… Read More

Vanderbilt undergraduate engineering students have traveled throughout Asia to learn about nanotechnology, renewable energy and environmental technologies. Others have learned about tissue engineering and medical implant device design in Australia or participated in engineering programs in South Africa. Welker at Milford Sound, New Zealand Biomedical and chemical engineering senior Cara… Read More

A computer software system based on game theory was installed nine months ago at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach – the eighth busiest ports in the world – to protect the area’s harbors against terrorism attacks. The anti-terrorism system, called Port Resilience Operational/Tactical Enforcement to Combat Terrorism… Read More