Electrical Engineering And Computer Science
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Four engineering faculty members receive endowed professorships
Four engineering professors received newly endowed chairs in late 2011, bringing the total of named chairs in the School of Engineering to 12. The recipients are Benoit Dawant and David Kosson, both named a Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering. Anita Mahadevan-Jansen is the Orrin H. Ingram Professor of Biomedical Engineering. Read MoreNov. 28, 2011
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Sztipanovits quoted in Wall Street Journal article on software development
Janos Sztipanovits According to the Wall Street Journal, GE will announce a $1 billion investment in software development over three years as it seeks to use software to make many of its products smarter and more profitable, as well as developing products capable of solving problems for customers. At… Read MoreNov. 17, 2011
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U.S. agency leader to deliver Hall Engineering Lecture: Catalyzing energy breakthroughs for a secure American future
Arun Majumdar, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), knows the United States faces challenges to its technological lead and to energy security. “In many cases our nation is lagging behind and needs to change course with fierce urgency,” says Majumdar, who will deliver the John R. Read MoreNov. 3, 2011
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Fall 2011 Engineering Industry Career Day report
The Vanderbilt Career Center (VCC) hosted an Engineering Industry Career Day at the Student Life Center with 57 companies from across the nation in attendance on Sept. 27. Industry Career Days are invitation-only events which offer a smaller, more intimate atmosphere in order to facilitate connections between employers and… Read MoreOct. 11, 2011
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Yaqiong Xu receives NSF career development award
What happens when you attach DNA and other biomolecules to tiny molecular tubes called nanotubes? Yaqiong Xu Answering this question is the goal of the research of Yaqiong Xu, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and physics, who has been awarded one of the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career… Read MoreOct. 4, 2011
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School marks 125th anniversary with expanded Hall Engineering Lecture series
To mark the School of Engineering’s 125th anniversary in 2011-2012, its annual distinguished lecture — The John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture — becomes a special series bringing four notable engineering leaders to campus, one each in October, November, January and March. Davis Mark E. Davis,… Read MoreSep. 26, 2011
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Engineering School moves up to No. 34 in U.S. News rankings
The Vanderbilt School of Engineering moved up two places to No. 34 among engineering schools whose highest degree awarded is a doctorate in the 2012 Best Colleges rankings released by U.S. News & World Report Sept. 13. The School of Engineering tied with the University of California-Davis, the University of… Read MoreSep. 13, 2011
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Grant bolsters liver tumor surgery techniques
A team led by Vanderbilt University biomedical engineer Michael Miga, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to enhance image-guided surgery techniques for safely removing liver tumors. While aggressive surgery is a highly effective treatment, it risks injury to the liver, which can… Read MoreAug. 29, 2011
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Patrick Fischer, former computer science chair, dies
Patrick Fischer, who helped build the Department of Computer Science at Vanderbilt University, and whose theoretical work helped make Internet searches possible, died Aug. 26 in hospice care in Montgomery County, Md. He was 75. An expert in informational systems for education institutions, computational complexity and interactive database systems, Fischer… Read MoreAug. 26, 2011
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Fleetwood, Schrimpf named honored professors of Chinese Academy of Sciences institute
Daniel M. Fleetwood, Olin H. Landreth Professor of Engineering and chair of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department, and Ronald D. Schrimpf, Orrin Henry Ingram Professor of Engineering and director of the Institute for Space and Defense Electronics at Vanderbilt University, each have been named an Honored Professor of… Read MoreAug. 9, 2011