Research
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New research explores nanotech frontiers to mitigate biological threats and decarbonize transportation
Piran Kidambi, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, recently had two papers appear in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces and ACS Nano that respectively focus on a new approach to filter nanoparticles and explore ways to aid decarbonizing transportation. The paper published August 29, 2022, in ACS Applied… Read MoreNov. 8, 2022
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Vanderbilt engineering team wins $20,000 Internet of Things (IoT) challenge
L to R, Jeff Harris, vice president, Keysight Corporate and Portfolio Marketing; Gray Aycock, Berke Lunstad, team leader Meredith Hunter, and Kaitlyn Phan. Four engineering juniors won $20,000 for EcoBuddy, a monitoring device that reports a car’s performance to its driver, and $10,000 in Keysight test equipment to Vanderbilt… Read MoreNov. 4, 2022
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VISE affiliate receives prestigious NIH award for her research on Alzheimer’s Disease
Biomedical engineering doctoral student Sarah Goodale has been awarded a National Institute on Aging Transition to Postdoc Fellowship for her proposed work on investigating fatigue and sleep disturbance symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease and their relationship with functional and structural properties of the brain and intellectual decline. The National Institutes of… Read MoreNov. 3, 2022
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Engineering researcher Catie Chang harnesses the power of computational analysis to gain new insights into how the brain works
Vanderbilt researcher Catie Chang Advances in neuroimaging over the past 25 years have ushered in nothing short of a revolution in technology for understanding the human brain. These new technologies have opened broad vistas for scientists, from being able to pinpoint regions of the brain responsible for various functions and… Read MoreOct. 27, 2022
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Vanderbilt researchers provide hope with innovative breast cancer vaccine
Professor Michael King and Jenna Dombroski go over notes to plan next steps for TNL studies. As a child, Jenna Dombroski was at her grandfather’s bedside when cancer took his life. A scientist, he was her inspiration. Years later, the Vanderbilt University Ph.D. student and National Science Foundation Graduate Research… Read MoreOct. 27, 2022
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Audrey Bowden receives NIH funding to develop point-of-care detection of jaundice in newborns
Audrey Bowden, Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow and associate professor of biomedical and electrical engineering, has won a grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to develop a novel noninvasive smartphone-integrated device to provide accurate, point-of-care… Read MoreOct. 13, 2022
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Young researchers gain skills in new workshops offered by summer fellows program
2022 VISE Summer Fellows, L-R, Shannon Alpetkin, Andrew Haworth, Madison Veliky, Kate Wang, Leo Yang, Amairanny Espinosa, William Wu, Shirley Xu, Xander Stabile and Stanley Vinet. Absent are Aarushi Negi and Zihao Wu. Twelve exceptional undergraduates have benefited from the addition of new workshops to a 10-week Summer Fellows program… Read MoreOct. 6, 2022
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Vanderbilt researcher selected to present at UN’s COP27 in Egypt
Vanderbilt University has been selected to present in two venues at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly referred to as COP27, Nov. 15 at Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. Leah Dundon Vanderbilt research assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and Vanderbilt Climate Change Initiative Director Leah… Read MoreSep. 26, 2022
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Vanderbilt researcher receives $2.5 million NSF grant to establish Climate Leaders Academy
Leah Dundon, research assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been awarded a $2.5 million NSF grant to establish a Climate Leaders Academy at Vanderbilt that will support students learning about climate change from a range of perspectives and include participation at the annual United Nations climate change… Read MoreSep. 23, 2022
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Vanderbilt engineering professor Sankaran Mahadevan wins international research award
Sankaran Mahadevan, John R. Murray Sr. Professor of Engineering and civil and environmental engineering professor, is the winner of the 2022 IASSAR Distinguished Research Award. The award is presented every four years to two eminent senior researchers by the International Association on Structural Safety and Reliability at its quadrennial meeting. Read MoreSep. 23, 2022