Mechanical Engineering

Vanderbilt rocketeers at the April 8, 2017, NASA Student Launch Competition with their High Roller Rocket displaying the sophisticated cold gas thruster payload. Standing (L-R), Paul Register, Conner Morency, Dustin Howser, Chris Romanoski. Artie Binstein, Derek Phillips, Alex Byrd, Henry Bristol, Jimmy Pan, Robin Midgett (Mentor), Dominic Ghilardi, Ross Weber,… Read More

For engineering and computer science seniors, Design Day is the culmination of two semesters spent tackling design challenges from sponsors with real design needs. For the larger Vanderbilt community and the general public, it is a chance to be wowed. This year’s showcase is Monday, April 24, from 3-6 p.m. Read More

Vanderbilt University remains firmly positioned among the nation’s top graduate and professional schools in the latest U.S. News & World Report “Best Graduate School” rankings. U.S. News published new rankings March 14 for business, education, engineering, law, medicine and nursing schools. U.S. News & World Report rankings… Read More

One of the most innovative engineers in the field of nanoscale science says metamaterials – artificial nanostructures with electromagnetic properties not found in nature – offer future prospects for high-resolution optical microscopes and superfast optical computers. The technology has broad implications for fields such as nanoscale photonics, electronics manufacturing and… Read More

Author who shed light on ‘hidden’ women in science to headline event Rachel Swaby wrote a book about 52 women who persisted despite obstacles to become scientists that changed history because the author wanted better profiles of women in science, technology, engineering and math professions. Rachel Swaby “If we all… Read More

Cary Pint, right, Andrew Westover and Nitin Muralidharan, who is holding the prototype junkyard battery they created in his left hand. He and Westover are holding bottles of the common household chemicals used in the process. (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt researchers who “MacGyvered” metal junkyard scraps and common household… Read More

Çağlar Oskay, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and mechanical engineering, has been selected to be a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for exceptional engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession. Of the more than 140,000 members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, fewer… Read More

Sinead Miller, a PhD student in biomedical engineering, discusses her new company on the last day of the new IMPACT class. (Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University) Robert Webster III launched his first company, Virtuoso Surgical, in April. He completed the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps program for new tech companies… Read More

Impressive grants, cutting-edge research hallmark of recent hires The School of Engineering is stepping up recruiting efforts to ensure a continued pipeline of talented young professors, with administration increasing its focus on creating a diverse faculty. This year, the school unveiled its Emerging Scholars in Engineering Lecture… Read More

Ethan Lippmann Ethan Lippmann, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, recently won a NARSAD Young Investigator Grant from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation. Lippmann seeks to improve drug screening processes by creating three-dimensional tissue models of the vascularized human brain using induced pluripotent… Read More