Mechanical Engineering

  • Vanderbilt University

    Caldwell, Landman win Chancellor’s Award for Research

    L-R, Chancellor Daniel Diermeier, Professor Bennett Landman, Professor Joshua Caldwell, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver and Faculty Senate Chair Rebecca Swan. Engineering professors Joshua Caldwell and Bennett Landman won a Chancellor’s Award for Research at the 2022 Fall Faculty Assembly. Vanderbilt faculty marking 25… Read More

    Sep. 2, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt research shows how a gel that “melts” at cold temperatures can be used to start chemical reactions

    A new study by Vanderbilt researchers demonstrates the ability to initiate chemical reactions by cooling materials instead of heating them— a counterintuitive process that could open new vistas for applications ranging from monitoring shipping conditions to developing smart clothing that guards against dangerously low temperatures. The paper, published in August… Read More

    Aug. 29, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt professor to use portion of $2.3 million grant on robot technology to help patients avoid invasive colectomies

    Robert J. Webster III, Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering and associate professor of medicine and urology at Vanderbilt University, is part of a collaborative team that has received a more than $2.3 million grant to further develop technology that seeks to prevent patients from having invasive colectomies by… Read More

    Aug. 25, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt, 101st Airborne collaborate on development of exoskeleton for soldier use in inaugural Pathfinder Project

    A team of Vanderbilt engineers have completed a collaborative project with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell to design and test a first-of-its-kind exoskeleton that supports U.S. Army soldiers participating in sustainment and logistics operations. The exoskeleton—the Soldier Assistive Bionic Exosuit for Resupply,… Read More

    Aug. 17, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    Simaan tapped as co-editor of IEEE special issue on surgical robots

    Mechanical Engineering Professor Nabil Simaan was named a co-editor of a special issue on surgical robotics for Proceedings of the IEEE. The July 2022 special issue, “Surgical Robotics and Computer-Integrated Interventional Medicine,” provides a research overview of the major applications and enabling technologies in the growing field of surgical… Read More

    Jul. 27, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    Three engineering faculty win Vanderbilt grants to support early-stage pioneering research

    Left to right, Todd Giorgio, BME; David Hyde, CS; and Robert Pitz, ME. Three engineering faculty members have received grants to support the early stages of pioneering research projects identified as likely candidates for further funding from federal, foundation and industry sponsors. Spring 2022 Seeding Success Grants… Read More

    Jun. 29, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    Two engineering faculty members named 2022 Chancellor Faculty Fellows

    Engineering professors John T. Wilson and Karl Zelik join 11 outstanding faculty members from across the university as the 2022 class of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. The cohort comprises highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty. “Vanderbilt’s faculty drive the pathbreaking research and transformative education that set our university apart,” Chancellor Daniel Diermeier… Read More

    Jun. 15, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt rocket team earns 2022 NASA Student Launch Project Award

    The 2021-22 Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Laboratory Rocket Team with their rocket Get Sifty at the NASA Launch Competition at Bragg Farms, Toney, Alabama April 23, 2022. L-R (with career placements): Sebastian Bond (Vanderbilt), Ozgur Orun (UC Berkeley), Marissa Schwarz (Deloitte), Thomas Colicci (Vanderbilt), Ethan Mayer (Vanderbilt), Zachary Friedman (Avascent), Brian… Read More

    Jun. 14, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    Mechanical Engineering Professor Emeritus George Hahn dies

    George Thomas Hahn, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, died June 7, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee. Funeral services will be held June 9 at 9:30 a.m. at Congregation Micah. The service will be streamed online. George Hahn Hahn served the Vanderbilt School of Engineering for 18 years with distinction until… Read More

    Jun. 8, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    Dean Fauchet recognizes outstanding 2022 engineering graduates

    Philippe Fauchet, Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering, has announced outstanding 2022 engineering graduates, school and department award recipients. Shubham Gulati of Edmond, Oklahoma, is Founder’s Medalist for the School of Engineering. Long Viet Than of Hanoi, Vietnam, will lead 2022 engineering undergraduates to their Commencement seats as the… Read More

    May. 12, 2022