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Vanderbilt named No. 1 in Fortune’s 2022 Best Online Master’s in Computer Science Programs
The online master’s program in the School of Engineering’s Department of Computer Science ranked No. 1 in Fortune magazine’s inaugural survey of online CS graduate programs. The 2022 list was released July 8. Fortune ranked 13 online CS master’s across the U.S. based on three components: selectivity (50%); successful completion (30%); and demand… Read MoreJul. 11, 2022
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Paul Laibinis to chair Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Paul E. Laibinis has been named chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, effective July 1. He succeeds Professor Kane Jennings, who served as department chair for nine years. Paul Laibinis Laibinis, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has served as associate chair and director of undergraduate studies… Read MoreJul. 5, 2022
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Cynthia Reinhart-King is Senior Associate Dean for Research in School of Engineering
Cynthia Reinhart-King, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering, has accepted the position of Senior Associate Dean for Research. Her appointment comes as Associate Dean for Research and John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering Peter Cummings steps down and has announced his retirement. Cynthia Reinhart-King Reinhart-King is… Read MoreJul. 1, 2022
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Three engineering faculty win Vanderbilt grants to support early-stage pioneering research
Left to right, Todd Giorgio, BME; David Hyde, CS; and Robert Pitz, ME. Three engineering faculty members have received grants to support the early stages of pioneering research projects identified as likely candidates for further funding from federal, foundation and industry sponsors. Spring 2022 Seeding Success Grants… Read MoreJun. 29, 2022
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Three engineering students receive awards for humanitarian projects this summer
Three engineering undergraduates have received awards from the Nichols Humanitarian Fund to work on humanitarian projects during the summer academic break. The Nichols Humanitarian Fund is a companion scholarship fund to the Nichols-Chancellor’s Medal and 32 Vanderbilt students received awards in 2022. Westin Bate is a biomedical engineering… Read MoreJun. 28, 2022
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Vanderbilt engineering professor killed in West Virginia helicopter crash
Kevin Warren, research associate professor of electrical engineering, died Wednesday, June 22, in a helicopter crash in the West Virginia mountains. Kevin Warren Warren, 51, was one of six passengers on a tour aboard a Vietnam era Bell UH-1B Huey chopper during its last planned flight at an annual reunion… Read MoreJun. 27, 2022
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Charleson Bell named to Harvard Business School 2022 Young American Leaders
Charleson Bell, research assistant professor of biomedical engineering and director of biomedical innovation, biodesign and I-Corps at the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, has been selected by Global Action Platform for the Young American Leaders Program at Harvard… Read MoreJun. 22, 2022
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Two engineering faculty members named 2022 Chancellor Faculty Fellows
Engineering professors John T. Wilson and Karl Zelik join 11 outstanding faculty members from across the university as the 2022 class of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. The cohort comprises highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty. “Vanderbilt’s faculty drive the pathbreaking research and transformative education that set our university apart,” Chancellor Daniel Diermeier… Read MoreJun. 15, 2022
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Vanderbilt rocket team earns 2022 NASA Student Launch Project Award
The 2021-22 Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Laboratory Rocket Team with their rocket Get Sifty at the NASA Launch Competition at Bragg Farms, Toney, Alabama April 23, 2022. L-R (with career placements): Sebastian Bond (Vanderbilt), Ozgur Orun (UC Berkeley), Marissa Schwarz (Deloitte), Thomas Colicci (Vanderbilt), Ethan Mayer (Vanderbilt), Zachary Friedman (Avascent), Brian… Read MoreJun. 14, 2022
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Kidambi wins Department of Energy Early Career funding for isotope separation research
Piran Kidambi, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been selected to receive funding for research as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Program. The program is designed to bolster the nation’s scientific workforce by providing support to exceptional… Read MoreJun. 8, 2022