Research

A computer freeze-up in the office is a hassle. In a fighter jet peppered with enemy fire, it’s a crisis. Getting the increasingly large and complex systems people have come to rely on to interface and interact without shutting down has been the focus of engineering professor Doug Schmidt’s career. Read More

A new reference book on microfluidics and nanofluidics, edited by Dongqing Li, the H. Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt, is scheduled for release in May by Springer Publishers in New York. The three-volume, 2,900-page Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics contains more than 1,600 illustrations and 750 entries… Read More

John P. Wikswo, Gordon A. Cain University Professor and professor of biomedical engineering, has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. According to the IEEE, the award recognizes “unusual distinction in the profession and is conferred by the board of directors on a person with… Read More

Gabor Karsai, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Vanderbilt, and a team of researchers have been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to create advanced software development tools and processes that meet changing military needs. The researchers will work on adapting large-scale software systems to… Read More

  The Vanderbilt School of Engineering will soon have a new state-of-the art biodiesel testing facility, thanks to a $100,000 gift from the DENSO North America Foundation. Beginning in the fall of 2008, students from various engineering disciplines will use the Vanderbilt Multi-User Biodiesel Engine Test Facility to investigate… Read More

An animated computer program created by Dr. Gautam Biswas, professor of computer science and computer engineering at Vanderbilt, is being used in Nashville public school classrooms to teach science to middle school students. But the teachable agent called Betty’s Brain does much more; it also teaches students how to learn. Read More

Two Vanderbilt Engineering faculty members – Peter T. Cummings and Thomas A. Cruse – have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed upon them by their peers. They are among 471 scientists from around the country who have been elevated… Read More

Professors and an alumnus of Vanderbilt School of Engineering’s Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) will receive a Best Paper Award at the Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) in Munich in March 2008. Kai Chen, a former ISIS graduate student currently with Motorola Research, and Vanderbilt Professors Janos… Read More

An article examining the factors used by public service personnel and their contractors to reach the decision to terminate a project won the second-place award for best paper at the Academy of Management meeting in Philadelphia recently. Awards are given annually for the top three articles published in the prestigious… Read More

Peter Cummings, John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering at Vanderbilt, will receive the 2007 American Institute of Chemical Engineers [AIChE] Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Award at the Institute’s annual meeting in November. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement of nanoscale science and engineering in… Read More