October 2021

BIOMEDICAL IMAGING and BIOPHOTONICS Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Yuankai “Kenny” Tao is the first School of Engineering faculty member to be supported by an endowment gift from SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. Kenny Tao This is the eighth major SPIE gift to universities and institutes as… Read More

Taking a load off Ongoing academic-military-commercial collaboration wins first Pathfinder Project award Soldiers often carry 100 pounds or more in combat–weapon, ammunition, water, batteries, and more, plus the weight of a helmet, body armor, and other protective gear. The extra weight comes at a cost, and back injuries are a… Read More

Ten CS faculty join school in first year of Destination Vanderbilt: Computer Science initiative The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering announces the appointment of 14 faculty members to its full-time teaching staff, which includes 10 new computer science faculty members appointed during the first year of the Destination Vanderbilt: Computer Science initiative, part… Read More