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A Vanderbilt engineering professor whose research focus is intelligent systems has been elected as an inaugural fellow of the Prognostics and Health Management Society. Gautam Biswas Gautam Biswas, a professor of computer science and computer engineering, and senior research scientist in Vanderbilt’s Institute for Software Integrated Systems, received the honor… Read More

A highly-recognized solar energy leader who is developing transparent films that, when applied to any piece of glass or plastic, absorbs light and converts it to electricity, will deliver the School of Engineering’s Chambers Family Entrepreneurial Lectureship Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. Miles Barr Miles Barr is founder and CEO of… Read More

Vanderbilt Robotics leadership, clockwise from far left: Secretary Cameron Loviska (Math and Econ, '19), Treasurer Jacob Lundy (CS'19), Senior Coordinator Lin Liu (ME'19), Event Coordinator Harrison Yan (ME'19), President Furichous Jones IV (ChemE'19), Vice President Andrew Greenberg (ME'19). (Vanderbilt University/Heidi Hall) Engineering students who like motorsports can… Read More

Christopher T. Lyne has won two prestigious awards hailing his work in astronautics. Lyne, a graduate student in mechanical engineering, has received the 2016 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Foundation Abe M. Zarem Award for Distinguished Achievement in Astronautics. Christopher Lyne Lyne also received the Pierre Contensou Medal… Read More

  Castilho Karl Zelik, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is one of nine Vanderbilt faculty members who will participate in the 2016-17 SEC Faculty Travel Program. Now in its fifth year, the program provides support for selected faculty members to collaborate with colleagues at other Southeastern Conference member… Read More

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

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos greets U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann in the new Engineering and Science Building. (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos welcomed U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., to Vanderbilt University Oct. 4 for a visit to the new… Read More

Participants of the symposium launching Vanderbilt's land use planning effort were asked to name values (pictured above) they hoped would guide the process. (Vanderbilt University)   Vanderbilt University’s land use plan is entering its second year with a full slate of activities and a new 19-member faculty advisory committee to… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering announces the appointment of senior faculty to the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and four junior faculty members representing biomedical, mechanical and computer science and computer engineering departments. Michael R. King will join Vanderbilt as professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Cynthia… Read More

Think you’ve got an idea that could become the next Facebook or Google, but you’re not sure how to get it off the ground? Turning ideas into action is the aim of a new, seven-week Pre-Flight course, developed by the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, and offered… Read More