Electrical Engineering And Computer Science

  • Vanderbilt University

    Nanoscience and nanotechnology minor offered

    In an effort to respond to students’ rapidly growing interest in nanoscale technology, a new 15-hour interdisciplinary minor in nanoscience and nanotechnology is being offered by the School of Engineering and the College of Arts and Science. Directors are Paul E. Laibinis, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Sandra… Read More

    Oct. 15, 2012

  • Family Weekend features Dean’s Hour event

    Family Weekend features Dean’s Hour event

    The School of Engineering hosted a Dean’s Hour event for parents and families of undergraduate engineering students visiting for Family Weekend at Adams Atrium in Featheringill Hall 3-4 pm, Oct. 12.  About 150 guests socialized with engineering leaders, faculty and staff members while soaking up the School’s atmosphere. Families at… Read More

    Oct. 12, 2012

  • Coursera co-founder discusses digital learning platform’s rapid growth, success

    Coursera co-founder discusses digital learning platform’s rapid growth, success

    Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller gave the first talk in the 2012-13 John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture Series Oct. 2. (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Since its launch roughly a year ago, the online learning consortium Coursera has grown to more than 1.5 million registered users. Read More

    Oct. 4, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Undergraduates manipulate model car prototype for fast design changes

    Cyber-physical lab project part of DARPA Advanced Vehicle Make program Using system-based architecture, undergraduate students created novel designs that can be fabricated quickly. The first full-featured prototype is a 1:5 scale radio-controlled car. A half dozen undergraduates gathered in the Featheringill Hall cyber-physical lab… Read More

    Oct. 3, 2012

  • Akos Ledeczi

    Google Research Award goes to engineering team for pinpoint location accuracy using smartphones

    A novel approach to improve location information to centimeter scale accuracy using the global positioning system has earned a Google Research Award for an engineering professor and his team. Akos Ledeczi The approach being developed by computer engineering associate professor Akos Ledeczi, graduate student Will Hedgecock, research… Read More

    Sep. 28, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering Career Day hits record attendance for students and companies

    The number of job seekers and students searching for internships hit a record high at 540 during today’s Engineering and Information Technology Career Day in the Student Life Center ballrooms. Job seekers fill one of three ballrooms at the fall Industry Career Day. “This is the highest… Read More

    Sep. 27, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    ISIS software project receives $17.2M contract from DARPA

    The Vanderbilt Institute for Software Integrated Systems has been awarded a $17.2 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to accelerate the Android Mobile Middleware Objects (AMMO2) project. The contract was announced Sept. 19. Sandeep Neema Sandeep Neema, research associate professor of electrical engineering,… Read More

    Sep. 24, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Schmidt to offer online computer science class through Coursera

    Douglas C. Schmidt, professor of computer science and associate chair of the Computer Science and Engineering Program, will teach “Pattern-Oriented Software Architectures for Concurrent and Networked Software” in spring 2013 via the digital learning consortium Coursera. Vanderbilt University announced yesterday it will make an institution-wide foray into offering worldwide, free,… Read More

    Sep. 20, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt University to offer free courses online through Coursera

    Vanderbilt University will make its first institution-wide foray into offering worldwide, free, digital courses by some of its leading faculty members in spring 2013 via the digital learning consortium Coursera. “Partnering with Coursera will allow Vanderbilt to move forward with our digital learning strategy while leveraging the university’s existing strengths—our… Read More

    Sep. 19, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering School holds at No. 34 in U.S. News rankings

    Vanderbilt School of Engineering remained No. 34 on the U.S. News and World Report’s list of the nation’s top undergraduate engineering programs at doctoral institutions. U.S. News released online today its annual rankings of the United States’ best colleges and universities. For the fourth straight year, Vanderbilt… Read More

    Sep. 12, 2012