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Nashville is host to IEEE international conference on humanoid robots
The 2010 IEEE-Robotics and Automation Society’s (RAS) international conference on humanoid robots opens today and continues through Wednesday in Nashville. The theme is Intelligent and Dependable Humanoid Robots, reflecting growing interests in developing intelligent robots that can interact with humans to improve quality of life. Kazuhiko Kawamura, professor of electrical… Read MoreDec. 6, 2010
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Distinguished alum Thomas Yount Jr. was technology leader
Thomas L. Yount Jr., a longtime leader at a global technology firm, died Dec. 2 in Nashville. He was 82. Yount served with the U.S. Navy in World War II and returned to Tennessee to enter Vanderbilt University. He earned a B.S. in engineering in 1952, graduating with honors. Read MoreDec. 2, 2010
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6 awards in 3 years: SMART
A U.S. Department of Defense program has top engineering and science students all over the country competing for a select few scholarships – and Vanderbilt engineering students have claimed six of them in three years. The Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program provides full tuition,… Read MoreDec. 2, 2010
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Expert on impact of technology on society to speak Dec. 6
David Weinberger, a noted expert on the increasing impact of technology on business and society, will speak at The Commons on Dec. 6. Weinberger is the author of The Cluetrain Manifesto and Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder. Weinberger is also an NPR commentator, technology… Read MoreNov. 30, 2010
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Fitzpatrick named Fellow of the IEEE
J. Michael Fitzpatrick, professor of computer science and computer engineering, has been named a Fellow of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) by the Board of Directors at its November 2010 meeting, effective Jan. 1, 2011. According to the IEEE, the award recognizes “unusual distinction in the profession… Read MoreNov. 29, 2010
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Professor chats about AI at local Science Cafe
Kazuhiko Kawamura chatted about artificial intelligence with 15 people at Fido Cafe in Hillsboro Village over cups of coffee and the din of surrounding customers. Kawamura, professor of electrical and computer engineering in the School of Engineering at Vanderbilt University, was the speaker at the Nov. 18 Science Café, a… Read MoreNov. 28, 2010
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Malin lands Presidential Early Career Award
Vanderbilt University’s Bradley Malin, Ph.D., has received a presidential honor for his pioneering approaches for managing and protecting the privacy of electronic health records and research data. Malin, research assistant professor of Computer Science and assistant professor of Biomedical Informatics, is one of 85 recipients of this year’s Presidential… Read MoreNov. 28, 2010
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Zhang awarded Oronzio de Nora Industrial Electrochemistry Fellowship
Angela Zhang, a post-doctoral research associate in Professor Peter Pintauro’s laboratory, is the 2010 recipient of the prestigious Oronzio de Nora Industrial Electrochemistry Fellowship of Electrochemical Society. Her research is focused on the design, preparation, and evaluation of new protonexchange membranes and membrane-electrode-assemblies for hydrogen/air and direct methanol fuel cells. Read MoreNov. 22, 2010
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Vanderbilt Aerospace Club, Adviser receive special honors from Tennessee AIAA
Anilkumar The Vanderbilt Aerospace Club received a special award from the Tennessee Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) for its outstanding success at the NASA University Student Launch Initiative (USLI) National Competition. In addition, the team adviser and professor of mechanical engineering A.V. Read MoreNov. 22, 2010
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VUIIS to host NCI’s Cancer Imaging Camp in 2012 & 2013
The Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS) has been selected to host the Cancer Imaging Camp, run by program staff of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI), in 2012 and 2013. The Cancer Research Imaging Camp workshop is a special weeklong intensive course on in… Read MoreNov. 19, 2010