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  • Vanderbilt University

    Road test proves adaptive cruise control can add to traffic jam problem

    VU researcher wants closer look at feature to address traffic issues A new, open-road test of adaptive cruise control demonstrated that the feature, designed to make driving easier by continuously adjusting a vehicle’s speed in response to the car ahead, doesn’t yet solve the problem of phantom traffic jams. Because… Read More

    May. 7, 2019

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    Quah named winner of SEC’s McWhorter Award

    Biomedical and electrical engineering double major and Vanderbilt bowling senior Kris Quah is the recipient of the SEC’s H. Boyd McWhorter Award, which honors the outstanding female student-athlete in the conference. Vanderbilt bowling senior Kristin Quah has been named the recipient of the H. Boyd McWhorter Award, which is… Read More

    Apr. 30, 2019

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    Design Day showcases Mars habitat, interstate cap, dozens of innovations

    Design Day 2019 took students and visitors to Mars, a diving depth of 300 feet and a potential green oasis above a stretch of Interstate 65. Dean Phillipe Fauchet (left) and Assistant Dean of Design Tom Withrow commend students, advisers, faculty and sponsors for two semesters of hard work. Other… Read More

    Apr. 25, 2019

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    Alumnus Corey Thomas and Senior Somto Dimobi elected to Board of Trust

    The Vanderbilt Board of Trust has elected two members who are alumni, or soon will be, of the School of Engineering. Senior Somto C. Dimobi was elected as a Young Alumni Leader for a two-year term to begin July 1, 2022, following her three-year term on the board of the… Read More

    Apr. 22, 2019

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    Senior Kris Quah named a Knight-Hennessy Scholar

    Kris Quah Vanderbilt senior Kris Quah has been named to the second global cohort of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, which was selected from a pool of more than 4,000 applicants. The program awards full funding for postgraduate study at Stanford University to up to 100 graduate students each year… Read More

    Apr. 17, 2019

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    Army general and engineering professor, LeBoeuf excels at dual career

    Look at the photographs, and two versions of Gene LeBoeuf emerge. There’s the camo-wearing, two-star Army general leading jungle warfare training in Ghana, talking counter-terrorism in Nigeria and gathering senior leadership on the base in Vicenza, Italy. And then there’s the beloved and respected Vanderbilt University engineering professor pacing in… Read More

    Apr. 16, 2019

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    National Biomechanics Day draws 370+ visitors to assistive tech labs

    The Vanderbilt group organizing National Biomechanics Day event this year added video scripting and production to its skillset. The group of graduate students and undergraduates spent three months planning demonstrations, contacting schools and creating their two-minute promotional video, which won the award from the International Society for Biomechanics for… Read More

    Apr. 15, 2019

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    Army Futures Command, Vanderbilt ink partnership to encourage innovation, education for both

    Army Futures Command and Vanderbilt University signed an agreement April 9 that links creative, innovative soldiers with top-tier Vanderbilt University experts so that ideas quickly can become useful products. Leaders from the two groups say this five-year education partnership agreement is a potential model for military-academic collaboration across the nation,… Read More

    Apr. 15, 2019

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    Cange joins Oak Ridge-based environmental firm as VP

    A prominent alumna who spent nearly two years here as a visiting scholar from the U.S. Department of Energy is now vice president of an environmental remediation and consulting firm based in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Susan Cange Sue Cange, BE ’82, MS ’83, is vice president of environmental and regulatory… Read More

    Apr. 12, 2019

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    13 engineering students awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

    Biomedical engineering hits all-time high with 8 fellowship offers Thirteen engineering graduate students have been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship that provides a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 and a $12,000 cost-of-education allowance for tuition and fees.  In total, 16 Vanderbilt students received NSF graduate fellowships. Read More

    Apr. 11, 2019