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  • Vanderbilt University

    Fauchet advocates for STEM education and federal research support

    Left to right: Interim Dean Mark Dean (UT-Knoxville), Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN05), Dean Richard Sweigard (University of Memphis) and Dean Philippe Fauchet (Vanderbilt). By Heather Bloemhard School of Engineering Dean Philippe Fauchet, who holds the Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean’s Chair in Engineering, was in Washington, D.C.,… Read More

    Feb. 11, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Alumnus elected to the National Academy of Engineering

    John H. Koon, BE’67, MS’69, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to the design of systems to treat chemically complex industrial wastewaters. John Koon Koon, P.E., is president of John H. Koon & Associates in Atlanta and professor of the practice of environmental engineering at… Read More

    Feb. 8, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Baroud named 1 of 3 new Chancellor ‘Public Voices’

    Hiba Baroud has been selected to the first cohort of the Chancellor’s Public Voices Fellowship, a semester-long program designed to expand Vanderbilt’s global reach by amplifying the impact of faculty academic research. Starting July 1, these three fellows will work with the Division of Communications to develop a highly tailored communications and promotion… Read More

    Feb. 7, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    U.S. Army Engineer R&D Center chief scientist to give Parker Lecture Feb. 5

    David W. Pittman of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will discuss “Environmental Engineering and the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center” on Tuesday, Feb. 5, as part of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s Frank L. Parker Distinguished Professor Lecture Series. The talk will begin at… Read More

    Feb. 1, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Annual dinner honors student athletes, ROTC members for double duty

    Marc Panu, BE’14, addresses engineering student athletes and ROTC members. Citing the Beatles, former Vanderbilt Football Coach James Franklin and Confucius, two School of Engineering alumni told student athletes and ROTC members that their undergraduate experiences have put them ahead of their peers – they already know how to manage… Read More

    Feb. 1, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Spring career fair draws record student attendance and 17 new companies

    A record number of engineering undergraduates attended the career fair held Jan. 28, an event that also attracted 17 new companies.  In all, 363 students attended, up from 343 last year. The spring semester fair is an engineering-only event and 47 companies participated, an increase of more than 25… Read More

    Jan. 31, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Nashville’s own ‘Hidden Figure’ and pioneer for African-American and women engineers dies

    Professor Yvonne Y. Clark at Tennessee State University. (Photo/Milton Young webpage) Yvonne Young Clark, 89, was the first woman to receive a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Howard University, the first woman to earn a master’s degree in engineering management from the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, and… Read More

    Jan. 31, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt team wins $750K with AI to manage RF spectrum

    MarmotE team members (L-R) Peter Horvath, Peter Volgyesi, Sandor Szilvasi and Miklos Maroti. Vanderbilt team MarmotE cleared Phase 2 of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Spectrum Collaboration Challenge held in December at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. With no real estate left to expand the… Read More

    Jan. 29, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt Boot Camp addresses workplace shortage as Nashville emerges as new tech hub

    A session of a Coding Boot Camp offered by the Vanderbilt Data Sciences Institute. The following is an excerpt from a Jan. 23, 2019, article – Why Build a Boot Camp? –  in Campus Technology by Dian Schafhauser.  When Doug Schmidt persuaded his institution to sign on with… Read More

    Jan. 29, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Four PhD students win prestigious Eisenhower transportation fellowships

    Ph.D. students (l-r) Will Barbour, Yue Hu, Yanbing Wang, Charles Doktycz and Derek Gloudemans with Daniel Work, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. in January 2019. Four of the students received 2018 Eisenhower Fellowships.   Four engineering Ph.D. students have received… Read More

    Jan. 24, 2019