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ChE senior enters final round of national undergraduate research competition
Marc Panu is looking forward to a final round in March to determine a first-place award for undergraduate research that will be announced at the 40th annual convention of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) in Nashville. Panu, a senior in chemical… Read MoreJan. 26, 2014
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‘Deep dive’ in popular fields is aim of next generation of MOOCs
YouTube: Learn about Mobile Cloud Computing with Android Vanderbilt teams up with University of Maryland to offer trans-institutional sequence of massive open online courses Enabling students taking massive open online courses to dive deeper into learning and develop mastery in a particular subject are the aims… Read MoreJan. 21, 2014
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The right chemistry: Graduate school and NFL cheerleading squad
Video courtesy of Titans All Access Jessica Haley thinks stereotypes are seldom accurate. This is Haley’s third season as a National Football League cheerleader for the Tennessee Titans, and she’s a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Vanderbilt. “If you… Read MoreJan. 20, 2014
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Young alumna’s passions fuel sustainable solutions globally
Leslie describes how she’s putting her civil engineering degree to work in this YouTube video. You can explore and engineer clean energy, too Vanderbilt alumna Leslie Labruto’s early career trajectory illustrates just how many ways a young civil environmental engineer can accommodate both her heart’s leaning and her tangible… Read MoreJan. 18, 2014
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Nissan is fan of grads’ fantasy football stock market game
Stadium Stock Exchange, created by mechanical engineering graduate McArthur Gill (left) and economics major Will Schreiber in their final semester at Vanderbilt, caught Nissan's attention at a ‘pitch day’ event at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center last January. Nissan offered $50,000, and has committed to a second season. SSE is a… Read MoreJan. 17, 2014
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Vanderbilt rocket camjet to capture landing hazards during NASA contest
Vanderbilt NASA Student Launch Team: (Front, L-R ) William Emfinger, Andrew Voss, Brandon Dimmig, Shivaprem Bernath, Chris Twedell, Fred Folz, Dexter Watkins, Mitchell Masia, (Back, L-R) Patrick Foran, Jordan Salik and Kevin Bush. Organizers of the NASA Student Launch Program (SLP) have announced a final field of 27 collegiate… Read MoreJan. 16, 2014
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Large university, industry team analyzes single electron that can zap technology
Vanderbilt School of Engineering group: (L-R) Daniel M .Fleetwood, Andrew L. Sternberg, Robert A. Reed, Cher Xuan Zhang, Michael P. King, Stephanie L. Weeden-Wright, Robert A. Weller, Elizabeth C. Auden, Ronald D. Schrimpf and Brian D. Sierawski. Paper first-authored by engineering graduate student wins IEEE Outstanding Conference Paper Award As… Read MoreJan. 15, 2014
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Two engineering alumni named to ‘Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list
Two Vanderbilt School of Engineering graduates — the co-founder of an alternative energy company and the co-inventor of a portable exoskeleton that helps paraplegics to walk — are among five Vanderbilt alumni who have been named to Forbes magazine’s 30 Under 30. The… Read MoreJan. 10, 2014
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Top 10 research stories of 2013
The most popular Vanderbilt research stories of 2013 plumbed mysteries of the brain, examined complex social phenomena, shed light on dark matter, uncovered a surprising link among our three greatest health threats and more. Of the top ten stories, Akos Ledeczi and Kenneth Pence with Vanderbilt’s Institute for Software Integrated… Read MoreDec. 26, 2013
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Student wins grand prize in 2013 international travel video contest
Mechanical engineering senior Khairul Kamarulzaman's video - Postcard - won InternationalStudent.com’s grand prize and a viewer’s choice award in the website’s 2013 Travel Video Contest. Khairul Kamarulzaman has taken advantage semester and holiday breaks at Vanderbilt to travel west and east, north and south across United States. A… Read MoreDec. 20, 2013