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NIH training program in engineering and diabetes competitively renewed for another five years
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health has renewed a five-year grant through the NIH’s flagship T32 institutional training grant program. T32 grants provide funding to support students and postdoctoral trainees working in focused areas of research that advance the NIH… Read MoreJul. 17, 2024
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Huo receives Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine’s 2024 early career award
Assistant Professor of Computer Science Yuankai Huo has received a 2024 Early Career Achievement Award in academia from the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM). The award is presented annually in recognition of significant and innovative technical contributions in imaging informatics to someone whose highest earned degree has… Read MoreJul. 16, 2024
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Grant supports development of skill assessment tool for robot-assisted surgery
By Jill Clendening Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Irving Zamora, MD, MPH, assistant professor of Pediatric Surgery, and Aimal Khan, MD, assistant professor of Surgery, have received a grant to support the development and validation of an objective robotic skills assessment tool for surgical trainees. Zamora and Khan will… Read MoreJul. 11, 2024
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Chancellor of Vellore Institute of Technology in India makes first-time visit to Vanderbilt
(l to r) VIT Director R. Seenivasan, VIT Chancellor G. Viswanathan, Vanderbilt Provost C. Cybele Raver, VUSE Assistant Dean Gabriel Luis, and Vanderbilt Vice Provost Tracy Sharpley-Whiting. Chancellor G. Viswanathan from Vellore Institute of Technology in India recently visited Vanderbilt University for the first time and met with… Read MoreJul. 10, 2024
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Vanderbilt-Army collaboration yields improved grappling hook for combat engineers
A grappling hook or grapnel is a fierce looking object with multiple claws or flukes attached to a rope or cable. It is thrown, dropped, sunk, projected, or fastened directly by hand so at least one claw can catch and hold on to an object. For U.S. Army combat… Read MoreJul. 9, 2024
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Kidambi presents sustainability research at National Academy of Engineering’s 2024 China-America Frontiers of Engineering symposium
Piran Kidambi, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and mechanical engineering, was recently invited to participate in the 2024 China-America Frontiers of Engineering symposium where he presented his team’s latest research in energy and sustainability. Piran Kidambi Kidambi was one of 30 highly accomplished early-career engineers from… Read MoreJul. 8, 2024
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Vanderbilt researchers, leaders participate in convening at King’s College Cambridge to discuss critical issues pertaining to post-quantum cryptography
Vanderbilt University, the University of Cambridge, King’s College Cambridge, the White House and the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters recently convened to showcase the power of academic collaboration on critical national security issues like the development of cryptographic algorithms that can hold up against quantum attacks. The May 21 event… Read MoreJul. 5, 2024
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Tiny homes, Big impact: Civil engineers tackle homeless recovery project
When civil engineering students met to choose their senior capstone design projects, they all wanted to work with The Village at Glencliff (TVG), a respite community of 12 tiny homes for some of Nashville’s most medically vulnerable homeless citizens that provides a safe place to recover after a hospitalization. Read MoreJul. 1, 2024
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Nakasone receives William Oliver Baker Award for contributions to national security
Retired General Paul Nakasone, who was named as the founding director of the Vanderbilt Institute for National Security earlier this year, received the 2024 William Oliver Baker Award, given in honor of the former president of Bell Labs and a longtime Presidential science advisor. Nearly 700 intelligence, defense and… Read MoreJun. 27, 2024
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Four engineering faculty win Vanderbilt Seeding Success funding
Four engineering faculty members have been selected for spring 2024 Seeding Success internal funding. Their projects are among 13 chosen across seven colleges and schools. This year’s cycle was highly competitive, with 29 applications. All applicants receive tailored feedback from reviewers, regardless of whether their proposals are funded. The engineering… Read MoreJun. 26, 2024