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  • Vanderbilt University

    Grand Stair dedicated in honor of alumni Ed and Sue Clark

    Vanderbilt alumni Ed and Sue Clark, third and fourth from left, are surrounded by their children and grandchildren at the April 28 dedication of the Ed and Sue Clark Grand Stair, the architectural focal point of the new Engineering and Science Building and Innovation Pavilion. (Alan Poizner/Vanderbilt) The striking spiral… Read More

    May. 4, 2017

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    Bridge designed by CE seniors to improve Honduran villagers’ access, safety

    When Jake Van Geffen and Luke Van de Vate arrived in San Esteban last May, a few things became immediately clear. The bridge they and teammate Paloma Mendoza, all Vanderbilt civil engineering seniors, needed to design was going to be long. The “traffic,” as such, in the agrarian community near… Read More

    May. 3, 2017

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    Design Day serves up a feast of ingenuity

    One corner of Design Day 2017, with an over-under materials handling system designed for Nissan. (John Russell/Vanderbilt University) The School of Engineering’s annual Design Day is a banquet of innovation, problem-solving, teamwork, and design thinking at work. The 2017 event – a mashup of a sophisticated science fair and electronics show… Read More

    Apr. 28, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Dean Fauchet reappointed for five-year term

    Philippe Fauchet has been reappointed as dean of the School of Engineering for a five-year term beginning July 1, 2017.“I want to thank Dean Fauchet for his leadership and service to date,” said Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic… Read More

    Apr. 27, 2017

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    Vanderbilt joins 40 academic partners to create, deploy robotic technology in critical manufacturing sectors

    Vanderbilt University is one of 40 academic partners in a new robotics manufacturing institute in Pittsburgh that will be funded with $80 million from the Department of Defense and $173 million in matching funds from more than 200 participating partners, including companies, local governments, academic and nonprofit organizations. The Defense… Read More

    Apr. 25, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Heart valve disease research earns grad student a young investigator award

    A biomedical engineering graduate student at Vanderbilt University has received a young investigator award for her work on heart valve disease. Meghan Bowler Doctoral student Meghan Bowler won the Allan D. Callow Young Investigator Award for best poster presentation at the 15th biennial meeting of the International Society for Applied Cardiovascular… Read More

    Apr. 24, 2017

  • NREL Race to Zero

    Team competing at NREL has big ambitions for home design

    The Vanderbilt undergraduate engineering team competing this weekend at NREL – the National Renewable Energy Lab – set an impressive goal for its home design. “We wanted to show that anyone can have a Net Zero home,” said Kate Thomson, team captain and a civil engineering senior. “It isn’t just… Read More

    Apr. 21, 2017

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    First-year engineering student places first in ‘Places and Spaces: Mapping Science’

    Three other engineering students are winners Two student projects—one using an interactive webpage that explores the complexity of sorting algorithms, and the other a study of human movement over space and time —were the top winners in a Vanderbilt student data visualization competition held April 13 in conjunction with the… Read More

    Apr. 20, 2017

  • Bara Cola 2017

    NSF recognizes double ME alum with Waterman Award

    An Engineering School alumnus with notable Vanderbilt academic and football careers has received one of the nation’s most distinguished awards for young researchers in science and engineering. The National Science Foundation has named Baratunde “Bara” A. Cola a recipient of the 2017 Alan T. Waterman Award, which recognizes outstanding researchers… Read More

    Apr. 20, 2017

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    Two ME undergrads from same lab named Goldwater Scholars

    Lauren Branscombe and Joshua Fleck have much in common. Both are juniors in mechanical engineering, focused on medical robotics. Both work in Biomedical and Assistive Technology (BAT) lab with Karl Zelik, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and biomedical engineering. Both plan to pursue a Ph.D. in mechanical… Read More

    Apr. 11, 2017