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  • Vanderbilt University

    Three alumni in first class of Vanderbilt’s new athletic hall of fame

    Basketball, track and field, golf, football and baseball players are all represented in the first class to be selected for Vanderbilt’s new athletic hall of fame. A pair of administrators, a coach and a sportswriter will also go into the to-be-constructed hall of fame. Three of the honorees are graduates… Read More

    Jul. 1, 2008

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    Clarke receives NRC’s Distinguished Service Recognition award

    James H. Clarke, professor of civil and environmental engineering, last week received a Distinguished Service Recognition award from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for his service on the NRC’s Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste and Materials (ACNW&M). Plaques were presented in a ceremony at the Rockville, Maryland, headquarters of the NRC… Read More

    Jun. 24, 2008

  • Vanderbilt University

    Professors Jansen: A story of life, love and research

      He is tall and lanky with the broad features typical of a Netherlander; she is diminutive and refined, reflecting her East Indian heritage. But with all of their differences, one would be hard pressed to find a more complementary couple than Duco and Anita Mahadevan-Jansen. “You couldn’t find two… Read More

    Jun. 18, 2008

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    Three VUSE faculty receive tenure

    Three Vanderbilt School of Engineering faculty members have been promoted to associate professor with tenure.  The promotions were confirmed by the Board of Trust at its spring meeting May 15-16. They are Mark Does, associate professor of biomedical engineering; Michael Miga, associate professor of biomedical engineering; and Greg Walker, associate… Read More

    Jun. 16, 2008

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    Vandy Aerospace Club gets big lift from launch win

          Vanderbilt’s Aerospace Club recently won a prestigious altitude contest when its rocket reached a height of 5,264 feet at a launch contest held in late April at a north Alabama farm. “The corn growing in that field will never taste as sweet as the success of… Read More

    Jun. 2, 2008

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    Former Professor Peter A. Krenkel dies in Nevada

    Peter A. Krenkel, who taught environmental and water resources engineering (EVRE) at Vanderbilt from 1959 to 1973, died June 1 at his home in Reno, Nevada, of a brain tumor. He was 78. Krenkel was a well recognized expert in the field of environmental engineering and was an author and… Read More

    Jun. 2, 2008

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    Former Vandy star, CE graduate dies at 71

      William B. “Boyce” Smith, Jr., 71, who played quarterback at Vanderbilt before becoming a National Football League referee and head of a steel company, passed away June 10 after a lengthy illness. Smith, who graduated with a degree in civil engineering, arrived at Vanderbilt without a scholarship during… Read More

    Jun. 2, 2008

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    Alum named Tennessee’s Outstanding Engineer of the Year

      Steven C. Lane Stephen C. Lane, PE, DEE, has been named Outstanding Engineer of the Year  by the Nashville chapter of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE). Lane, executive vice president of Smith Seckman Reid (SSR), received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a master’s… Read More

    May. 20, 2008

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    Robert E. Stammer receives ITE appointment

      Robert E. Stammer Jr, P.E., associate professor of civil engineering, has been elected an International Director of the Institute of Transportation Engineers at the Southern District meeting in Charleston, S.C. in April. Stammer will serve a three-year term, 2009-2012, on ITE’s International Board of Directors representing the Southern… Read More

    May. 19, 2008

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    Vanderbilt Formula SAE team focuses on race car’s engine intake system

    The Vanderbilt Motorsports team surpassed last year’s scores in four of eight categories at the 2008 Formula SAE event May 14-18 in Michigan. Despite gains in design and cost of its mini open-wheel race car and a strong showing in dynamic skidpad and autocross events, the Motorsports team placed overall… Read More

    May. 14, 2008