Mechanical Engineering
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Evans, Rothschild elected to second terms on Vanderbilt Board of Trust
Bruce R. Evans, BE’81, chairman of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust, was elected to his second three-year term as chair at the board’s April 16, 2020, meeting. In addition, Jeffrey J. Rothschild, BA’77, MS’79, was elected to a second three-year term as vice chair. Bruce Evans Evans… Read MoreApr. 22, 2020
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New PhDs’ work will fuel advancements in industry, medicine, academia
Concerns about the novel coronavirus changed much on campus this spring, including how some doctoral candidates presented their research. But dissertation defenses proceeded, some of them virtually, maintaining the vital responsibility of a major research university to evaluate the work of Ph.D. candidates before they move on to their next… Read MoreApr. 21, 2020
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Engineering alum leads DENSO’s effort to donate face shields to Tennessee hospitals
Nurses at Summit Medical ER in Hermitage, Tennessee, after DENSO drops off 120 shields over the weekend. In mid-March, as automakers across the world slowed production of vehicles due to the coronavirus crisis, Britt Autry, BE’92, and other executives at DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc., in Maryville came together to chart… Read MoreApr. 13, 2020
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Twelve engineering students awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Nine engineering doctoral students have been awarded a prestigious government-funded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Three engineering undergraduate students also have received NSF fellowships NSF Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 along with a $12,000 allowance for tuition and fees for a research-based master’s or doctoral degree in… Read MoreApr. 9, 2020
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Humans could run 50% faster with bicycle-inspired exoskeleton
Runners could soon keep up with cyclists, thanks to a new invention from a team of mechanical engineers at Vanderbilt. The invention, an exoskeleton worn on the legs, would bring cycling mechanics to the human body and enable people to run nearly 1.5 times as fast — approaching top cycling… Read MoreApr. 8, 2020
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Engineering’s graduate program is No. 39 in ‘U.S. News’ 2021 rankings
The School of Engineering’s graduate program is No. 39 in annual rankings by U.S. News. In a tie with Yale, the school is fifth among engineering schools of similar size appearing in the top 40. The School also was No. 39 in 2020 graduate program rankings. The school ranks… Read MoreApr. 1, 2020
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Engineering student makes face shields to help boost dwindling supply during coronavirus crisis
Katy Riojas, a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student, makes face shields in her home. When Vanderbilt University Medical Center resident Ashley Nassiri asked Katy Riojas how to get the School of Engineering involved in the coronavirus crisis, Riojas had an idea. “Vanderbilt is unique in that engineering faculty and students and… Read MoreMar. 26, 2020
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Two new endowed chair recipients in engineering honored at celebration
(L to r) Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente, Bunmi O. Olatunji, Craig L. Duvall, Rick W. Wright, Seth R. Bordenstein, Cathy Eng, David Lubinski, Nilanjan Sarkar, Mark R. Denison and Duane Watson. (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) Two engineering faculty members named to endowed chairs were honored for their academic achievements… Read MoreFeb. 28, 2020
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Team demos breakthrough in analog image processing, Nature reports
A research team of Vanderbilt engineers that includes a scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has demonstrated a new ultrathin filter, based on metamaterials, that allows for analog optical image processing. Their work, Flat Optics for Image Differentiation, appears today in the scientific journal, Nature Photonics. While digital… Read MoreFeb. 24, 2020
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Caldwell is 2020 Materials Research Society Fellow
Vanderbilt professor Joshua D. Caldwell has been selected as a 2020 Materials Research Society Fellow. The MRS Fellows will be recognized at the society’s spring meeting in Phoenix in April. Joshua Caldwell The fellowship recognizes Caldwell for pioneering contributions to the understanding and utilization of polar semiconductors for power electronics… Read MoreFeb. 21, 2020