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NAE President to deliver April 21 Hall Lecture on the engineer’s responsibility to benefit society
For the first time in two years, the John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture Series will be held in person on Vanderbilt’s campus. John L. Anderson John L. Anderson, president of the National Academy of Engineering, will deliver the Spring 2022 lecture on Thursday, April 21, at 4:15… Read MoreApr. 6, 2022
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Alumna’s gift supports comprehensive program to aid women seeking leadership positions in engineering
The School of Engineering has launched a sweeping new initiative to cultivate and support women for engineering leadership positions that includes strategic experiences, expanded opportunities, and mentorship with faculty and alumni. CJ Warner Fueled by an inaugural gift of $1 million from School of Engineering Distinguished Alumna and Board of… Read MoreApr. 5, 2022
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Raghavan identified for President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science
President Joe Biden has announced his intent to appoint Vice Provost for Research Padma Raghavan to the President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science. Raghavan… Read MoreMar. 31, 2022
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Inaugural ECE Day is Monday, April 4
Event to focus on breakthroughs, achievements & curriculum innovations The Vanderbilt Electrical and Computer Engineering Department will present an inaugural ECE Day Monday, April 4, 2022, in the Commodore Ballroom of the Student Life Center The one-day event will bring together alumni, faculty, students and staff to celebrate scientific breakthroughs, discuss… Read MoreMar. 30, 2022
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Engineering emeritus professor honored with Women’s Center Mentoring Award
The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center has named George M. Hornberger as a recipient of one of its five annual awards for 2022. George Hornberger Hornberger, University Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth and Environmental Sciences, Emeritus, is one of three individuals this year to receive a Mentoring… Read MoreMar. 30, 2022
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Data Science Institute to host ‘AI Summer’ to train researchers
Have a hard drive full of sequential data like audio, text, images or even DNA, but you can’t figure out how to make the most of it? Have an innovative research solution or business objective in mind, but you’re stuck in a quagmire of summarizing data into a few… Read MoreMar. 30, 2022
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Engineering graduate programs improve in 2023 ‘U.S. News’ rankings
Several programs in the School of Engineering improved in the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings, which were released today. The school’s civil engineering program ranked No. 40, up two spots. Materials engineering moved up four spots to earn a No. 60 ranking, and the… Read MoreMar. 29, 2022
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Justin Baba is associate director of Biophotonics Center at Vanderbilt
Justin Baba, research associate professor of biomedical engineering, has been named associate director of the Biophotonics Center at Vanderbilt. In this new role, he will oversee educational programs. Justin Baba The center is focused on targeted educational programs for medical residents and fellows as well as graduate and undergraduate students… Read MoreMar. 28, 2022
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Vanderbilt engineering researchers use artificial intelligence to help basketball players improve their shots
To shoot a basketball with precision requires countless hours of practice. Usually, this happens under the watchful eye of a coach, who can provide guidance on the right mechanics of each shot. Now, though, thanks to new research from Vanderbilt University, players may soon be able to use artificial… Read MoreMar. 24, 2022
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U.S. precision medicine research program releases genomic data
by Paul Govern Earlier this month the All of Us Research Program released an initial large batch of genomic data on its cloud-based research platform, the Researcher Workbench, including whole genome sequences of 98,600 research participants and genotype data from 165,200 participants. Paul Harris “Thanks to its many research participants… Read MoreMar. 22, 2022