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https://cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-sub/wp-content/uploads/sites/282/2023/11/20233749/Dong-cilia-video.mp4 Vanderbilt scientists have created robotic cilia—similar to the vibrating hairlike structures responsible for moving viscous fluids in the lungs—that can clear mucus from airway stents used to treat conditions like lung cancer, cystic fibrosis (CF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Xiaoguang Dong The invention is the first… Read More

A modular, open-access curriculum created at Vanderbilt that’s designed to expand the ability of high school teachers to use technology in learning offers an engaging introduction to advanced topics that are currently accessible only to computer science majors in college. Programming for a Networked World is a beginner-level MOOC… Read More

Joshua Caldwell, a professor of mechanical engineering and director of Vanderbilt’s Interdisciplinary Materials Science (IMS) graduate program, has been elected to the 2024 Fellow Class of the Optica Society. Optica, formerly the Optical Society of America, is the preeminent professional society in the field of optics and photonics, with… Read More

Audrey Bowden A team of Vanderbilt researchers has been chosen to receive the 2023 Incyte Ingenuity Awards in graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). The award program aims to support the U.S. GVHD community by funding two innovative initiatives annually that address specific needs of people impacted by GVHD, including patients and their… Read More

This past summer, 13 Vanderbilt undergraduates were selected to work on projects focused on epilepsy, miniature soft climbing robots, stroke treatment, kidney disease research, cancer resection and surgical skill assessment as part of the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering’s Summer Fellows Program (VSF). Read More

by Kathy Whitney André Churchwell, MD André Churchwell, MD, Levi Watkins Jr. MD Professor of Medicine and professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and Radiologic Sciences, has been recognized as a diversity leader and a recipient of Modern Healthcare’s Luminary Award. “The Diversity Leaders Luminary Award was created to… Read More

Beginning in fall 2024, the data science minor will become the 10th minor offered by the School of Engineering. The program, which launched in 2021, will move from the Office of the Provost to the school that is best aligned with its academic content. This gives students declaring the… Read More

Justus Ndukaife, assistant professor of electrical engineering, has been awarded the Office of Naval Research’s Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award for 2024 to continue his innovative research in thermal emission. Justus Ndukaife Ndukaife is one of 24 recipients from over 220 applicants who will share nearly $18 million… Read More

Professor Audrey Bowden by Lucas Johnson There was a time when Audrey Bowden, Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow and associate professor of biomedical and electrical engineering, questioned whether to pursue a doctorate. The desire was there, she just needed some guidance. “Nobody in my family had a… Read More

Vanderbilt hosted the Vanderbilt University–Oak Ridge National Laboratory Workshop on Climate Change and Environmental Justice on Oct. 9, welcoming ORNL researchers for a dynamic discussion on the climate change research the organizations are undertaking and to explore potential collaborations. The workshop, sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost… Read More