Mechanical Engineering

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering student’s design immersion proposal chosen for Vanderbilt’s QEP

    An exciting maker-style immersion experience will be open to all Vanderbilt students in fall 2017 thanks to a successful proposal co-authored by mechanical engineering sophomore Will Berger. Lori Troxel, associate professor of the practice of civil and environmental engineering and the proposal team chair, has been named… Read More

    Sep. 13, 2016

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    Congressional staff visits include Vanderbilt engineering labs

    Professor of Mechanical Engineering Nilanjan Sarkar (center), accompanied by Ph.D. students Dayi Bian (second from right) and Jian Fan (far right), shows Kayla McMurry (far left) and Mackensie Burt (second from left) from Sen. Lamar Alexander’s staff the simulator that he developed with researchers at the Vanderbilt… Read More

    Sep. 9, 2016

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    Engineering’s Greg Walker named ASME Fellow

    Greg Walker, associate professor of 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.” Walker is one of approximately 3,000 fellows chosen from among more than 130,000 ASME members. Associate Professor Greg Walker… Read More

    Aug. 11, 2016

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    Engineering graduate students receive NSF research fellowships

    Updated Aug. 16, 2016 Eleven engineering students have been awarded graduate research fellowships from the National Science Foundation. Nine current Vanderbilt engineering students and two former undergraduate students are recipients of research funds. The Vanderbilt graduate students are Francis Afzal (Truman State University), electrical engineering; Sean Bedingfield (Utah… Read More

    Aug. 9, 2016

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    Vanderbilt-designed exoskeleton wins gold at Medical Design Excellence Awards

    Parker Hannifin Corporation received a gold award in the Rehabilitation and Assistive Device category for its Vanderbilt-designed Indego® exoskeleton at the 2016 Medical Design Excellence Awards ceremony June 14 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Person wearing an Indego exoskeleton (Courtesy… Read More

    Jul. 13, 2016

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    WSJ names Vanderbilt engineer’s surgical robot one of six technologies worth watching

    A surgical robot with a tiny mechanical wrist developed by team of engineers and doctors at Vanderbilt University’s Medical Engineering and Discovery Laboratory was named in June by the Wall Street Journal as one of six new medical technologies worth watching. Read More

    Jul. 11, 2016

  • Vanderbilt University

    Scholarship program seeks STEM majors who want to teach

    Many STEM undergraduates want to pursue teaching. The Noyce Scholarship can help in a big way. Undergraduate students majoring in science, math or engineering subjects have the opportunity to make a difference in high-needs secondary schools while earning teaching licensure and a master’s degree from… Read More

    Jul. 8, 2016

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    New VISE grant gives clinical boost to surgical device development

      From left, Hernan Gonzalez, Jon Heiselman and Patrick Anderson. Not pictured, Megan Poorman. (Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University) Engineering graduate students from across several disciplines will experience intensive training and mentoring with the potential to help them create devices, then get those out of the lab… Read More

    Jun. 20, 2016

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    Inaugural run to honor alum killed in accident draws faculty, students, fellow alumni

    From left, Caleb Huber (BE'13), Associate Dean Cynthia Paschal, Kyle Langford (BME'17), Bryan Langford and Janice Langford at Justin's Run 4 Hope. (Photos courtesy of Cynthia Paschal) Justin Langford was a mechanical engineer with a passion for music and a compulsion to help people in need. He chose Vanderbilt University, his father said, because he… Read More

    May. 17, 2016

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    Student rocketeers win fourth national championship in a row

      Vanderbilt student rocketeers have won NASA’s Orbital-ATK University Student Launch competition for the fourth year in a row. They had to beat out 40 other university teams in the yearlong national competition in order to achieve this “four-peat.” NASA announced the results of the competition… Read More

    May. 13, 2016