Research

  • Vanderbilt University

    Cummings Perspective paper in the April issue of AIChE Journal

    Peter Cummings, the John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering, and colleagues, post-doctoral researchers Hugh Docherty and Chris Iacovella, and Visiting Professor Jayant Singh, have published a Perspective paper in the April issue of AIChE Journal, the flagship journal of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. The title of the… Read More

    Apr. 5, 2010

  • Vanderbilt University

    Students’ Guatemala trip reveals medical needs

    Ten biomedical students and their professor spent spring break on a service learning trip where they repaired medical equipment March 8-12. This was the second trip to Guatemala for Associate Professor Cynthia Paschal, who teaches the Service Learning and Leadership course in the biomedical engineering department. “In preparation, we researched… Read More

    Mar. 24, 2010

  • Vanderbilt University

    Cummings study: Human cells exhibit foraging behavior like amoebae and bacteria

    Peter T. Cummings, John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering, directed a study that found when cells move about in the body, they follow a complex pattern similar to amoebae and bacteria. When cells move about in the body, they follow a complex pattern similar to that which amoebae and… Read More

    Mar. 18, 2010

  • Vanderbilt University

    CEE professor is chair of AIAA’s 51st aerospace structures conference

    Sankaran Mahadevan, professor of civil and environmental engineering, is General Chair of the 51st Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference (SDM) sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics as well as the ASME, ASCE, AHS, and ASC. This annual conference – held in 2010 at the Rosen… Read More

    Mar. 11, 2010

  • Vanderbilt University

    NSF program director to host seminar on research programs, emerging opportunities

      Rajinder Khosla, program director, Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems Division, Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation, will visit the School of Engineering Friday, March 26, and host a one-hour seminar for faculty on emerging opportunities in engineering and the NSF. The program will be held in Stevenson Center,… Read More

    Mar. 5, 2010

  • Vanderbilt University

    Jansens elected Fellows of SPIE

    Vanderbilt biomedical engineering professors Duco Jansen and Anita Mahadevan-Jansen are among this year’s 62 new Fellows of the International Photonic Science and Engineering Society (SPIE). SPIE Fellows are honored for their technical achievements and for their service to the optics and photonics community and to SPIE in particular. More… Read More

    Mar. 5, 2010

  • Vanderbilt University

    Schmidt addresses U.S. defense research at Capitol Hill briefing

    Douglas C. Schmidt, professor of computer science and associate chair of computer science and engineering, discussed the impact of ultra-large scale systems on Department of Defense operations at a Capitol Hill briefing sponsored by the congressional R&D Caucus in Washington Jan. 19. The briefing, “Defense Basic Research: Critical to… Read More

    Jan. 19, 2010

  • Vanderbilt University

    PECASE recipient Sharon Weiss attends White House ceremony Jan. 13

    Sharon Weiss, assistant professor of electrical engineering and a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), will attend the awards ceremony and reception Jan. 13 in Washington, D.C.   Weiss attended a reception today for Department of Defense PECASE recipients hosted by Zachary Lemnios,… Read More

    Jan. 12, 2010

  • Vanderbilt University

    Nuclear energy powered by uranium from the sea could promote peace in coming century

    Frank Parker One of the best things the world can do to promote peace and stability in the coming century is to expand commercial nuclear power based on the extraction of uranium from the ocean. That is the proposition which Frank Parker, an internationally recognized expert in remediation of radioactively… Read More

    Dec. 18, 2009

  • Vanderbilt University

    Oak Ridge National Lab leader to deliver Hall Lecture Jan. 14

    The Deputy Laboratory Director for Science and Technology at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will deliver the School of Engineering’s Hall Lecture Thursday, Jan. 14, at 4 p.m. in Jacobs Believed in Me auditorium located in Featheringill Hall. A reception will follow the lecture. Thomas Zacharia Thomas Zacharia’s lecture title is… Read More

    Dec. 14, 2009