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    4D printed thermite could make welding in space and combat zones easier, safer

    A recent mechanical engineering doctoral graduate has created a material for welding in extreme conditions that could minimize equipment needed and operator hazards. Kelsay Neely, PhD’20, is headed for NASA Marshall in Huntsville as an aerospace engineer. The material—a safe, stable, thermite paste—can serve as a portable, programmable heat source for… Read More

    Jul. 20, 2020

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    Vanderbilt engineer selected for NAE’s ‘Engineering for Pandemics’ panel at annual meeting

    Plenary speakers and technical forum panelists will offer their perspectives on health scourges and the role of engineering in preparing for and handling global pandemics at the 2020 National Academy of Engineering Annual Meeting in the fall. The meeting’s topic, “Engineering for Pandemics: Preparedness, Response and Recovery,” will be addressed in two plenary… Read More

    Jul. 17, 2020

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    Eight engineering students on spring 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll

    Eight engineering student-athletes have been named to the 2020 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll. Commissioner Greg Sankey and the league office announced the SEC honor roll July 10. A total of 73 Vanderbilt student-athletes made the list. The engineering students are: Abbey Carlson–W Golf–Mechanical Engineering (BE’20) Brianne Gross–Lacrosse–Engineering Science/Communication Studies… Read More

    Jul. 16, 2020

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    BME junior selected for inaugural NIH program to pursue biomedical graduate degree

    Lucy Britto is one of six Vanderbilt undergraduates selected as a MARC scholar in the inaugural 2020 cohort of an innovative National Institutes of Health program. The NIH recently launched the Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) Awards program to build more diverse talent pools within undergraduate students. Vanderbilt… Read More

    Jul. 15, 2020

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    Vanderbilt bioengineer’s trailblazing cancer research receives $1M W. M. Keck Foundation grant

    A bold engineering approach by a Vanderbilt University researcher to sort breast cancer cells based on their behavior first has produced compelling data that show less migratory cells create more metastases, contradicting the prevailing hypothesis on how cancer spreads. Expanding this ambitious research by Cynthia Reinhart-King, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor… Read More

    Jul. 14, 2020

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    PhD student illuminates science one T-shirt at a time

    Necessity as much as aesthetics drove Wilson Adams’ interest in graphic design. He wanted to go beyond predictable two-dimensional charts with labels to illustrate his research. Adams, a Ph.D. candidate in biomedical engineering, taught himself how to create 3D images and iterated further, adding more complex representations such as light dispersion and diffraction. He discovered he… Read More

    Jul. 13, 2020

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    Using AI to optimize public transit for pandemic protocols and planning

    Abhishek Dubey, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, is applying artificial intelligence (AI) to address how the essential public transit systems of Nashville and Chattanooga – WeGo Public Transit and CARTA, respectively – can maintain social distancing protocols and proactively plan bus routes and schedules in response to… Read More

    Jul. 10, 2020

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    Engineering graduate student wins distinguished ORNL fellowship

    Marm B. Dixit, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is a recipient of a Weinberg Distinguished Staff Fellowship in the Energy and Environmental Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. “The Weinberg fellowship is a highly competitive, prestigious early-career research opportunity that will enable Marm to create independent… Read More

    Jul. 9, 2020

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    Software suite expedites reproducible computer simulations

    Complex molecular simulations support advancements in multiple fields. Vanderbilt engineers developed MoSDeF, Molecular Simulation and Design Framework, to make such research easily reproducible. The open-source software suite is available at mosdef.org.   Science moves forward when researchers verify their and others’ results. “Reproducibility in scientific research is a prominent issue,… Read More

    Jul. 8, 2020

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    Vanderbilt ranks 36th on NAI’s Top 100 list for U.S. patents

    Vanderbilt University is ranked 36th in a 2019 U.S. patents report released by the by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO). The report uses data obtained from the U.S. Patent and… Read More

    Jul. 6, 2020