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L-R – Ken Frampton, associate professor of the practice and director of undergraduate studies in mechanical engineering; Kane Jennings, professor and chair of chemical and biomolecular engineering; Joseph Hoffman, civil engineering junior, football; Dane Stubbs, chemical engineering sophomore, football; Marie Casares Rosa, civil engineering junior, tennis; and Hannah Martin, biomedical… Read More

Vanderbilt engineering students will showcase their ingenuity through a series of challenging – but fun – competitions and events celebrating National Engineers Week Feb. 16-22. In addition to spotlighting the engineering profession, competitions and activities are designed to reach out to current and future generations of engineering talent. See the… Read More

(iStock) Dynamic interactions between biological structures – such as insect wings, fish fins, heart valves and human vocal folds – and the environment (air/liquid) around them are critical for their physiological functions. Computational modeling of fluid-structure interaction (FSI) for biological systems is challenging and has not been extensively… Read More

January 28, 2014 Washington Post: U-Md. and Johns Hopkins offer specialized sequences of online courses via Coursera Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, two of Coursera’s partners, are among the first to offer specialty sequences of courses. U. Maryland is teaming with Vanderbilt University on a… Read More

Vanderbilt engineering alumni Krista M. Donaldson, Bruce R. Evans and Charles I. Plosser will be inducted into the School of Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni at the April 10 Engineering Celebration Dinner. The School of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award recognizes distinguished achievement, significant… Read More

YouTube: Learn about Mobile Cloud Computing with Android Vanderbilt teams up with University of Maryland to offer trans-institutional sequence of massive open online courses Enabling students taking massive open online courses to dive deeper into learning and develop mastery in a particular subject are the aims… Read More

Video courtesy of Titans All Access   Jessica Haley thinks stereotypes are seldom accurate. This is Haley’s third season as a National Football League cheerleader for the Tennessee Titans, and she’s a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Vanderbilt. “If you… Read More

Leslie describes how she’s putting her civil engineering degree to work in this YouTube video. You can explore and engineer clean energy, too Vanderbilt alumna Leslie Labruto’s early career trajectory illustrates just how many ways a young civil environmental engineer can accommodate both her heart’s leaning and her tangible… Read More

Stadium Stock Exchange, created by mechanical engineering graduate McArthur Gill (left) and economics major Will Schreiber in their final semester at Vanderbilt, caught Nissan's attention at a ‘pitch day’ event at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center last January. Nissan offered $50,000, and has committed to a second season. SSE is a… Read More

Vanderbilt NASA Student Launch Team: (Front, L-R ) William Emfinger, Andrew Voss, Brandon Dimmig, Shivaprem Bernath, Chris Twedell, Fred Folz, Dexter Watkins, Mitchell Masia, (Back, L-R) Patrick Foran, Jordan Salik and Kevin Bush. Organizers of the NASA Student Launch Program (SLP) have announced a final field of 27 collegiate… Read More