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    Six profs attract National Institutes of Health grants for wide-ranging research

    David Merryman is one of six engineering professors who earned R01 grants for their research. (Vanderbilt University) Five biomedical engineering professors and an electrical engineering and computer science professor are celebrating news about newly approved or resubmitted Research Project Grants (R01) from the Nationals Institutes of Health. Read More

    Jul. 12, 2016

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    WSJ names Vanderbilt engineer’s surgical robot one of six technologies worth watching

    A surgical robot with a tiny mechanical wrist developed by team of engineers and doctors at Vanderbilt University’s Medical Engineering and Discovery Laboratory was named in June by the Wall Street Journal as one of six new medical technologies worth watching. Read More

    Jul. 11, 2016

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    Scholarship program seeks STEM majors who want to teach

    Many STEM undergraduates want to pursue teaching. The Noyce Scholarship can help in a big way. Undergraduate students majoring in science, math or engineering subjects have the opportunity to make a difference in high-needs secondary schools while earning teaching licensure and a master’s degree from… Read More

    Jul. 8, 2016

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    5 questions with Golden State Warrior, engineering science major Damian Jones

    Photo courtesy of John Partipilo, The Tennessean Engineering science major Damian Jones is a Golden State Warrior after Thursday night’s draft, selected No. 30 in the first round. The jovial, 7-foot-tall Jones was the only engineer among the SEC’s top-ranked players this year… Read More

    Jun. 24, 2016

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    Two engineering students receive humanitarian fund awards to pursue global projects

    Two engineering students have received scholarships to pursue humanitarian project during summer 2016. They are among 40 Vanderbilt students who received support from the university’s Nichols Humanitarian Fund. Human rights, public health, immigrant rights, early childhood education and environmental sustainability are among the issues 2016 Nichols… Read More

    Jun. 23, 2016

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    New VISE grant gives clinical boost to surgical device development

      From left, Hernan Gonzalez, Jon Heiselman and Patrick Anderson. Not pictured, Megan Poorman. (Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University) Engineering graduate students from across several disciplines will experience intensive training and mentoring with the potential to help them create devices, then get those out of the lab… Read More

    Jun. 20, 2016

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    Open-source instructions for focused ultrasound provide cancer research boost

    William Grissom, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, helped develop open-source software and hardware instructions for focused ultrasound machines. (John Russell/Vanderbilt University) Focused ultrasound is FDA-approved to treat three medical conditions and under investigation to treat dozens more. Just this week, popular TV journalist and surgeon Dr. Sanjay… Read More

    Jun. 8, 2016

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    New documentary highlights philanthropist behind lecture series, named professor

    An engineering alumnus who gained international recognition for his leadership style, approach to crisis management and philanthropy is the subject of a new, hour-long Kentucky Educational Television documentary titled “John Hall: The Kentucky Commodore.” His name is well known at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering for the… Read More

    May. 25, 2016

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    Conferences draw 700 engineers from 25 nations to Vanderbilt

    Computational mechanics, materials and risk and reliability loom large on session agenda Douglas Adams, Daniel F. Flowers Professor and Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, on a panel at the co-located Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference and the Probabilistic Mechanics & Reliability Conference. (Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University) Engineers… Read More

    May. 23, 2016

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    Inaugural run to honor alum killed in accident draws faculty, students, fellow alumni

    From left, Caleb Huber (BE'13), Associate Dean Cynthia Paschal, Kyle Langford (BME'17), Bryan Langford and Janice Langford at Justin's Run 4 Hope. (Photos courtesy of Cynthia Paschal) Justin Langford was a mechanical engineer with a passion for music and a compulsion to help people in need. He chose Vanderbilt University, his father said, because he… Read More

    May. 17, 2016