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Dean Kenneth F. Galloway announced May 11 the promotions of seven engineering faculty members at the final faculty meeting of the 2009-2010 academic year and presented four awards at a reception following the meeting. Seven faculty members have been promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure: Franz Baudenbacher,… Read More

Tennessee high schools have been named national winners in the Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) TEAMS engineering competition for 2010. This year, they tackled one of the world’s most pressing problems – the global water shortage, highlighted recently by the Haiti earthquake. Each year, JETS, through its TEAMS competition, provides… Read More

Just as Charlie won a golden ticket to the chocolate factory, computer science senior Drew Scoggins secured a golden ticket – a trip to Microsoft world headquarters in Redmond, Wash. On April 30, 2010, an exceptional group of 50 students were awarded an all-access pass to experience the products, people… Read More

E. Duco Jansen, professor of biomedical engineering, will be one of three speakers in a 90-minute Congressional briefing held by the Congressional Research and Development Caucus April 28, 2010, in the Rayburn House Office Building in the nation’s capitol. The briefing is sponsored by the Optical Society of America. The… Read More

Vanderbilt’s National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) chapter was awarded Region III Small Chapter of the Year at the 36th Annual National Convention. Twenty four students and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Burgess Mitchell attended the national convention in Toronto, Canada March 31 to April 4. Vanderbilt’s National Society of… Read More

Nashville businessman and Vanderbilt University engineering alumnus Dennis C. Bottorff has been selected to take over next month as the chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority board. The TVA board voted unanimously April 16, 2010, to elect Bottorff as chairman when Mike Duncan asked to step down. Bottorff… Read More

Christopher Kyser Miree (Kyser), 23,  a 2009 Vanderbilt University graduate, was found in his Mobile, Ala., apartment Friday with a gunshot wound to his head, and was pronounced dead Saturday, April 17, at the University of South Alabama Medical Center. The Mobile Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation. Read More

Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering graduate program improved two positions to No. 37 in annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report. The 2011 graduate program rankings were released today. The School, which tied with the University of Rochester, ranks ahead of Yale, Virginia and Washington University in St. Louis and… Read More

Engineering seniors have spent up to two semesters tackling design challenges from actual corporations with real design needs. Senior design courses provide students with experience by working on projects that involve budgets, reviews and deadlines. Students learn about the principles of design, professionalism, licensing, how ethics affect engineering decisions, entrepreneurship… Read More

Civil engineering graduate student Paul A. Sparks received a $1,000 state scholarship from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Tennessee (ACEC). As a state winner, Sparks will compete for a national scholarship with students throughout the United States. National scholarship winners will be announced in October 2010. “Our scholarship… Read More