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Tiny mechanical wrist gives new dexterity to needlescopic surgery
With the flick of a tiny mechanical wrist, a team of engineers and doctors at Vanderbilt University’s Medical Engineering and Discovery Laboratory hope to give needlescopic surgery a whole new degree of dexterity. Needlescopic surgery, which uses surgical instruments shrunk to the diameter of a sewing… Read MoreJul. 23, 2015
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Electric Power Research Institute wraps up fourth annual workshop at Vanderbilt
Workshop participants use an online decision-making tool during a session led by Steve Krahn. (Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University) Thirty government, academic and industry experts in nuclear fuel cycle technology just wrapped up the fourth annual EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute) Nuclear Fuel Cycle Assessment Workshop, held Tuesday and… Read MoreJul. 22, 2015
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The end for Moore’s Law? Not really, electrical engineering prof says
Recent headlines trumpeted the end of Moore’s Law, a 50-year-old prediction that transistors per square inch on integrated circuits would double every two years into the foreseeable future. And yes, that pattern of exponentially growing computer power has lagged a bit – noticeably, with Intel’s six-month delay last year in releasing… Read MoreJul. 20, 2015
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9 engineering student-athletes on Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
Nine engineering student-athletes were named to the 2015 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll. A total of 89 Commodores were named to the list. The 2015 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2014 summer, 2014 fall and 2015 spring terms. Any student-athlete who participates in a… Read MoreJul. 16, 2015
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Zelik, team discover hip, foot muscles more important to walking than previously thought
Karl Zelik (Vanderbilt University) In his effort to develop better prosthetic limbs, Karl Zelik had to start with deciphering more clearly how muscles function in walking. His path not only led to a better way of quantifying human locomotion, but also to the discovery that muscles around… Read MoreJul. 9, 2015
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Vanderbilt engineering professor is U.S. Army Brigadier General
Eugene J. LeBoeuf’s Vanderbilt colleagues, his friends, neighbors and family witnessed a moving promotion recognition ceremony June 27 at the School of Engineering when the professor was honored as the Brigadier General of the 416th Theater Engineer Command, U.S. Army Reserve. Maj. Gen. Lewis G. Irwin administers the reaffirmation of… Read MoreJul. 7, 2015
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Nashville bus app under development earns kudos, $200K NSF grant
T-HUB, designed by engineers at Vanderbilt's Institute for Software Integrated Systems, is designed to attract and retain bus riders by taking out the guesswork. Nashville’s mass transit leaders are banking on a Vanderbilt University-produced app to get people out of their cars and onto city buses. It… Read MoreJul. 2, 2015
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Partnership with sustainable Sterling Ranch offers research from the ground up
At the Sterling Ranch groundbreaking were, from left: Clark Murray (BS ’13), Scott Trench (BS ’13), Professor Lori Troxel, Carlton Jester (BE ’17), Alexander Macklis (BE ’16), and Brock Smethills (BE ‘13). A Vanderbilt University alumnus and his family broke ground this month on a 21st century… Read MoreJun. 29, 2015
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Ten cross-disciplinary projects with engineering collaborators win TIPs funding
Ten of 17 cross-disciplinary projects selected for the initial set of awards from Vanderbilt’s new Trans-Institutional Program (TIPs) initiative include 23 School of Engineering collaborators. Philippe Fauchet “These projects represent a broad range of research and teaching, and I’m happy so many engineers are working in such varied fields. Forging… Read MoreJun. 23, 2015
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Computer science Ph.D. breaks decades-old coding problem for coalition formation
Recent Vanderbilt computer science Ph.D. Sayan Sen cracked a decades-old coding problem. (Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University) A newly minted Vanderbilt University computer science Ph.D. combined characteristics of ant colonies and superheated metals to break a decades-old coding problem. Sayan Sen’s results have potential applications in a field that… Read MoreJun. 22, 2015