General Engineering

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

Vanderbilt’s prize-winning rocket and fun hand-on demonstrations wowed kids and parents alike at the third annual USA Science and Engineering Festival April 25-27 in Washington, D.C. Admission to the gigantic expo, aimed at promoting STEM education, is free and officials estimated 325,000 people visited during… Read More

Awards and honors were presented by Dean Philippe Fauchet to seniors at the School of Engineering’s annual Commencement Reception at the University Club, May 8. Kasey Rebecca Hill, from Huntsville, Ala., is the recipient of the 2014 Founder’s Medal for the School of Engineering. She graduated with a bachelor of… Read More

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

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

How do you get students excited about science? Try some blackberries, nanotechnology and solar cells mixed with Tennessee high school students at a Vanderbilt lab. Watch VUCast Extra now. Contact: Emily Pearce ·   Amy Wolf ·   (615) 322-2706 Patients, students and members of the public seeking more information on medical… Read More

Great ideas, or great businesses, aren’t developed in a vacuum. The Vanderbilt Center for Student Professional Development is hosting – Innovation, Imagination, Introductions: A Conversation with Community Entrepreneurs – Oct. 24, 3-5 p.m. in the Student Life Center. Students will have the opportunity to mingle with entrepreneurs in the… Read More

The School of Engineering and the Global Education Office recently added two new study abroad programs in Madrid and Tel Aviv. GEO provides educational opportunities abroad that are well integrated into the Vanderbilt curriculum. As a result, Vanderbilt sends undergraduate engineers abroad at a 20 percent rate well above… Read More

Select the image to view the Career Day photo album   Nearly 550 first-year through Ph.D. students attended the Engineering and Information Technology Industry Career Day in the Student Life Center ballrooms Sept. 25. Job seekers and students searching for internships networked with 61 companies from across… Read More

Julie Sharp, professor of the practice of technical communications, and Christopher Rowe, director of the division of general engineering and director of engineering communications, won an APEX Award for Excellence in the category of Education and Training Writing for their American Society for Engineering Education 2013 Proceedings conference… Read More