Mechanical Engineering

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering seniors design a bio-inspired solar cell with EPA funding

    A team of Vanderbilt engineering seniors has been awarded $15,000 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to design a nature inspired large-scale solar cell.  The students, under the guidance of Kane Jennings, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and Amrutur Anilkumar, professor of the practice of mechanical engineering, participating… Read More

    Nov. 11, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    U.S. agency leader to deliver Hall Engineering Lecture: Catalyzing energy breakthroughs for a secure American future

    Arun Majumdar, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), knows the United States faces challenges to its technological lead and to energy security.  “In many cases our nation is lagging behind and needs to change course with fierce urgency,” says Majumdar, who will deliver the John R. Read More

    Nov. 3, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering’s Distinguished Alumnus Award bestowed on energy chiefs, business leader

    Three accomplished graduates were inducted into the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni during an Engineering Celebration Dinner held Oct. 20 at the university’s Student Life Center. The 2011 dinner also was a major event in the School’s yearlong 125th anniversary celebration. More than 300 alumni, faculty… Read More

    Oct. 20, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Fall 2011 Engineering Industry Career Day report

    The Vanderbilt Career Center (VCC) hosted an Engineering Industry Career Day at the Student Life Center with 57 companies from across the nation in attendance on Sept. 27. Industry Career Days are invitation-only events which offer a smaller, more intimate atmosphere in order to facilitate connections between employers and… Read More

    Oct. 11, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    School marks 125th anniversary with expanded Hall Engineering Lecture series

    To mark the School of Engineering’s 125th anniversary in 2011-2012, its annual distinguished lecture — The John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture — becomes a special series bringing four notable engineering leaders to campus, one each in October, November, January and March. Davis Mark E. Davis,… Read More

    Sep. 26, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering School moves up to No. 34 in U.S. News rankings

    The Vanderbilt School of Engineering moved up two places to No. 34 among engineering schools whose highest degree awarded is a doctorate in the 2012 Best Colleges rankings released by U.S. News & World Report Sept. 13. The School of Engineering tied with the University of California-Davis, the University of… Read More

    Sep. 13, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    School of Engineering recruits three new faculty members

    The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering announces the appointment of three new faculty members to its full-time teaching staff.  They are William Grissom, Matthew Walker and Pietro Valdastri. William Grissom Assistant professor of biomedical engineering William Grissom’s research interests include applications of signal processing and numerical optimization in magnetic resonance… Read More

    Sep. 2, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Camgian Microsystem’s CEO Named to VUSE Committee of Visitors

    Gary Butler Camgian Microsystems Corporation, provider of advanced machine-to-machine networking technologies and solutions, announced that Gary Butler (M.S.’94), Camgian’s President and CEO, has been named by Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos to the School of Engineering’s Committee of Visitors. Composed of a distinguished list of leaders in the… Read More

    Aug. 3, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Professor Sarkar featured in National Geographic article on new generation of robots

    Nilanjan Sarkar Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering is featured in an article “Us. And them. Robots are being created that can think, act, and relate to humans. Are we ready?” that appeared in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic. [Other robots are making tentative forays into the treacherous terrain… Read More

    Jul. 28, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    School bestows honors on 2011 graduating seniors

    Awards and honors were presented by Dean Kenneth F. Galloway May 12 to 36 seniors at the School of Engineering’s annual Commencement Reception. Eppa Rixey V, Cincinnati, Ohio, is this year’s Founder’s Medalist and is graduating with a bachelor of engineering in mechanical engineering and a minor in human and… Read More

    May. 16, 2011