Mechanical Engineering

LIVE, the Learning Innovation Incubator at Vanderbilt University, has awarded an inaugural LIVE Spark Grant to a project that leverages AI to aid in the care of people with dementia. It is one of three projects selected from a strong pool of applicants. The winning projects and their investigators show exceptional promise for addressing critical learning challenges and cutting-edge learning technologies to advance dementia care, literacy, and music education. Read More

With hundreds of thousands of people in the United States having a stroke annually, Vanderbilt researchers are developing technology that could revolutionize the way blood clots are removed by allowing surgeons to complete the process more efficiently and safely. The catheter is shown here attached to an actuation unit that… Read More

Krish Roy, Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering, announced the award of emeritus faculty status to Douglas Fisher, Associate Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, Richard Alan Peters II, Associate Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, and Peter Pintauro, Eugene McBrayer in Chemical Engineering Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Chemical and… Read More

Accomplished alumni from the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering who have gone onto successful careers in energy markets, health care, academia and space transportation—along with an Under Secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense—will join the School of Engineering’s Academy of Distinguished Alumni. In addition, a longtime community volunteer… Read More

Mohammad Aziz Medhioub Mohammad Aziz Medhioub was just 16 years old the first time he left his North African home of Tunis, Tunisia. He packed an optimistic attitude and a dream to turn his and his parent’s sacrifices into success. Now the mechanical engineering major is part of… Read More

Ben Whittle, a serial entrepreneur, a full-stack software engineer, and 2015 mechanical engineering graduate of the Vanderbilt School of Engineering, will deliver the 2024 Chambers Lecture Thursday, March 28, at 4:15 p.m. in the Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium (Room 134), Featheringill Hall. A reception will follow in Adams Atrium. Read More

A front-end lens, or meta-imager (see below), created at Vanderbilt University can potentially replace traditional imaging optics in machine-vision applications, producing images at higher speed and using less power. The nanostructuring of lens material into a meta-imager filter reduces the typically thick optical lens and enables front-end processing that encodes… Read More

The Vanderbilt School of Engineering announced that it is waiving the $95 application fee for candidates applying to its esteemed Ph.D. program for admission in Summer/Fall 2024 and Spring 2025. Those who have already paid the application fee will be given a full refund. All graduate programs in the School of Engineering will also continue their practice of not requiring GRE scores. Read More

Karl Zelik, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Vanderbilt University, is using wearable technology to explore better patient recovery methods from shinbone fractures and the surgeries required to repair them. The research team has received $2.7 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for this 5-year project. Karl… Read More

Vanderbilt mechanical engineering professors Deyu Li and Josh Caldwell are part of a team of researchers who have discovered a new heat dissipation channel using phonon polaritons that could have extensive implications for novel cooling technologies in devices like smart phones and other modern electronics. The research was… Read More