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Cary Pint’s lab – Nanomaterials and Energy Devices Laboratory in Olin Hall – is close to completion and it brings to Vanderbilt its first two atomic layer deposition (ALD) systems, relatively small tools that deposit atomically thin layers of material on virtually any surface. The lab also houses a host… Read More

ExxonMobil Corporation has appointed Tom Walters as president of ExxonMobil Production Company. Walters Walters (BE’76), a mechanical engineering graduate, previously served as president of ExxonMobil Gas & Power Marketing Co. and a vice president of the corporation. During his 35 years with Exxon Walters has held a variety of technical… Read More

Reinbold Laura Reinbold (BE’82) is fond of saying that since coming to Vanderbilt University at age 17, she’s never lived much more than a mile from where her parents deposited her on West End. Then again, she didn’t need to go far to leave her mark. Reinbold, who recently was… Read More

Nashville-based Littlejohn Engineering Associates has acquired GW Jones & Sons Consulting Engineers, a 127-year-old Huntsville, Ala. engineering and surveying firm. Littlejohn “It is a pleasure to be able to continue the rich legacy of GW Jones. Each organization has a high level of respect for the other and it is… Read More

Aspiring Vanderbilt entreprenuers – professional students, graduate students, post-docs, faculty and staff – can test their ideas at Entrepreneur Boot Camp April 10, 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Cool Springs Life Sciences Center. The inaugural boot camp is designed for Vanderbilt participants who will meet legal experts,… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering has established a Board of Visitors, a distinguished group of advisers to Dean Philippe Fauchet. The new board’s first meeting is March 22. The Board of Visitors is the successor organization to the school’s Committee of Visitors and the Engineering Alumni Council and it… Read More

A team of Vanderbilt engineering and computer science professors wanted a more creative and versatile way to teach their computer programming course. Here’s how they’re using iPads to bring an essential language into the hands of students. Read More

Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering graduate program is ranked No. 36 by U.S. News & World Report. The 2014 engineering graduate program rankings were released today. U.S. News surveyed 199 schools granting doctoral degrees in engineering. The school ranks ahead of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Boston University (both… Read More

Imagine suddenly being able to hear the words and tone of the person across the table from you in a crowded restaurant when once you only heard overwhelming noise. Or speaking on the telephone with confidence because what you hear is now crisp and clear. Longtime cochlear implant users are… Read More

NASA has selected a miniature satellite designed by a team led by electrical engineering professor Robert Reed to fly as an auxiliary payload aboard rockets planned to launch in 2014, 2015 and 2016. The Vanderbilt project – RadFxSat (radiation effects satellite project) – is a partnership between the university’s Institute… Read More