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Mobile app for NetsBlox designed by CS grad students wins award
In thinking about developing an app for NetsBlox, a block-based programming language that introduces coding to young learners, Devin Cruz Jean asked himself a simple question: Would he, as a middle school or early high school student, be interested in the data sets NetsBlox could access? The answer was no. Read MoreFeb. 9, 2022
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Engineering grad students attend COP26, present their work on NSF-supported project
Two engineering graduate students and 14 undergraduate students represented Vanderbilt University 3,923 miles away in Glasgow, Scotland, as official delegates to the United Nations international climate change negotiations—dubbed COP26. Leah Dundon The extraordinary opportunity was facilitated by Leah Dundon, director of the Vanderbilt Climate Change Initiative and research assistant professor… Read MoreFeb. 8, 2022
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Oskay named chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Çağlar Oskay has been named chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is a professor of civil and environmental engineering and holds a secondary appointment as professor of mechanical engineering. His primary research focus is on multiscale computational modeling and simulation of material and structure systems… Read MoreFeb. 5, 2022
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EE sophomore awarded prestigious Brooke Owens Fellowship in space and aviation
EE sophomore Meredith Hunter is a Class of 2022 Brooke Owens Fellow. Meredith Hunter, a sophomore electrical engineering major, has been named a Brooke Owens Fellow, a prestigious award that recognizes exceptional undergraduate women and other gender minorities with space and aviation internships, senior mentorship, and a lifelong professional… Read MoreFeb. 3, 2022
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Mac Mellor, Emeritus Centennial Professor of Mechanical Engineering, dies
Arthur McLeod (Mac) Mellor, 80, emeritus Centennial Professor of Mechanical Engineering, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in Durham, N.C. Mellor joined the faculty of the School of Engineering in January 1988 as Centennial Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He retired from Vanderbilt in 2004. Arthur (Mac) Mellor During his career, Mellor’s… Read MoreFeb. 3, 2022
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Portfolio of alumnus-led green roof company includes top NYC projects
The Javits Center green roof spans more than 6 acres and is home to 29 bird species and thousands of honeybees. Photo courtesy of Adaptive Green. The Javits Center, the United Nations, and the Chrysler Building share more than status as New York City landmarks–they all have, or will have, green… Read MoreFeb. 2, 2022
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Two engineering faculty members elected 2021 AAAS Fellows
Two Vanderbilt engineering faculty members–Sharon Weiss and Michael King–have been elected as 2021 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society. The lifetime appointment honors individuals for their efforts in advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished. Election as… Read MoreJan. 26, 2022
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Breakthrough measurements/theory of vibrating atoms in nanostructures ushers in new class of technology
Vanderbilt researchers Sokrates Pantelides and Joshua Caldwell are part of an international collaboration that has demonstrated a new way to manipulate and measure subtle atomic vibrations in nanomaterials. This breakthrough could make it possible to develop customized functionalities to improve on and build… Read MoreJan. 26, 2022
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PhD student mentors undergrads on week-long STEMSEAS expedition
Shipboard program open to all undergraduate majors As a Vanderbilt undergraduate, Miguel Moravec took part in a research cruise that used multibeam sonar to map areas of the Queen Charlotte Fault off the Southeast Alaskan coast. He and other students also visited Exit Glacier Park and saw first-hand how fast… Read MoreJan. 24, 2022
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Engineering Professor Bennett Landman is a 2022 SPIE Fellow
Bennett Landman, professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named a Fellow of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for his achievements in medical image processing with robust and scalable methods for large-scale data analysis. SPIE has announced 58 new Fellows of… Read MoreJan. 18, 2022