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Fun experiments fan middle schoolers’ interest in engineering
Brandon Dimmig steadies a fan cart for a cluster of eager fifth graders. The fan cart looks like a toy and students are instantly attracted to the straight grey track and the small black cart with a movable fan. Brandon Dimmig, Vanderbilt Aerospace Club president, readies… Read MoreNov. 22, 2013
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Alumni engineering solutions for developing world
Krista Donaldson, BE’95 For CEO and Vanderbilt mechanical engineering graduate Krista Donaldson, BE’95, revolutionary engineering is about changing the world, one life at a time. Her San Francisco engineering and design firm is dedicated to solving problems around the world, not for millions of dollars, but hundreds. Read MoreNov. 21, 2013
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Burgeoning Vanderbilt research institute celebrates regional impact, global reach
In 15 years ISIS has had two growth spurts. During a three-year period between 2000 and 2003 the Institute for Software Integrated Systems at Vanderbilt reached national recognition as a partner in projects won by academic and industry leaders. In 2010, with awards of multiple large, long-term projects “we became… Read MoreNov. 15, 2013
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Student to play for Colombian women’s soccer team at Bolivarian Games in Peru
Lina Granados Sophomore Lina Granados has been invited by the Colombian Soccer Federation to be part of the U-20 Colombian Women’s National Team that will represent Colombia during the 2013 Bolivarian Games held in Peru this month. Granados, a computer science major from Ashburn, Va., and a… Read MoreNov. 14, 2013
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Studying abroad better prepares students for an international workforce
Vanderbilt undergraduate engineering students have traveled throughout Asia to learn about nanotechnology, renewable energy and environmental technologies. Others have learned about tissue engineering and medical implant device design in Australia or participated in engineering programs in South Africa. Welker at Milford Sound, New Zealand Biomedical and chemical engineering senior Cara… Read MoreNov. 13, 2013
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Justice and Identity in a Bioengineered Society
Watch “Justice and Identity in a Bioengineered Society,” by Michael Bess, Chancellor’s Professor of History. One of the earliest biomedical engineering programs in the United States, Vanderbilt’s Department of Biomedical Engineering is celebrating its 45th anniversary as a program and its 25th anniversary as a department in the School of… Read MoreNov. 7, 2013
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Life Redesigned: The Emergence of Synthetic Biology
Watch video of the Donna S. and John R. Hall Engineering Lecture, delivered by synthetic biology pioneer James J. Collins. Collins is the recipient of a MacArthur grant and a renowned biomedical engineering professor at Boston University. One of the earliest biomedical engineering programs in the United States, Vanderbilt’s Department… Read MoreNov. 7, 2013
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VUCast Extra: Blackberries, electricity and high school students
How do you get students excited about science? Try some blackberries, nanotechnology and solar cells mixed with Tennessee high school students at a Vanderbilt lab. Watch VUCast Extra now. Contact: Emily Pearce · Amy Wolf · (615) 322-2706 Patients, students and members of the public seeking more information on medical… Read MoreNov. 7, 2013
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VUCast: A wireless capsule and hallucinating without drugs
See how a wireless capsule could help during minimally invasive surgeries Why magnesium and vitamin D are a match made in heaven And do you really see the S in the USA network logo? Watch this QuickVU roundup of research stories. Contact: Emily Pearce · Amy… Read MoreNov. 7, 2013
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Vanderbilt startup competes for $1M prize in Global Food and Health Innovation Challenge
Nashville startup InvisionHeart is a finalist for the Global Food and Health Innovation Challenge and will compete next week for a $1 million prize. InvisionHeart was created by a group at Vanderbilt University, including biomedical engineering professor Franz Baudenbacher and cardiac anesthesiologist Susan Eagle. InvisionHeart was chosen from among 220… Read MoreNov. 6, 2013