Mechanical Engineering

  • Vanderbilt University

    New device will allow brain surgery through cheek, helping people with epilepsy

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Oct. 1, 2014

  • MuMS building

    New facility devoted to multiscale modeling opens on Music Row

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Sep. 26, 2014

  • Cary Pint

    Cary Pint named to ’20 Under 40’ by American Society for Engineering Education

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Sep. 23, 2014

  • Pietro Valdastri

    VU engineer wins $1.5 million to develop magnetic capsule endoscope

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Sep. 22, 2014

  • Ephrahim Garcia

    Former engineering professor Ephrahim Garcia dies

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Sep. 17, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Blasting scheduled for Engineering and Science Building site

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Sep. 11, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Valentine named 2014 Young Investigator by the Office of Naval Research

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Sep. 1, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering announces appointment of two new faculty members

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Aug. 29, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    After Fukushima, Vanderbilt researchers study radiation’s effects on robots

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Aug. 27, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering researchers share $300K award for brain studies

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Aug. 25, 2014