Research
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Rubinov awarded $1.1M to study molecular underpinnings of human brain networks on a large scale
Mikail Rubinov, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, computer science, psychiatry and psychology, has been awarded a four-year, $1.1 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to better understand the development and organization of brain networks, as well as their change in… Read MoreMar. 17, 2022
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Wikswo, VIIBRE team on track to build third-generation ‘self-driving lab’ with $1M from NSF
John Wikswo, founder and director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education and Gordon A. Cain University Professor, is the principal investigator of a $1 million award from the National Science Foundation. The object is to build a pathbreaking “robot scientist”—a… Read MoreMar. 5, 2022
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International research collaboration reveals new possibilities in nanophotonics
Joshua Caldwell Joshua Caldwell, Flowers Family Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow in Engineering and associate professor of mechanical engineering, and Joseph Matson, a graduate student in Caldwell’s lab, have contributed to an international study that has discovered a new type of light-matter coupling. The work has long-term implications for… Read MoreMar. 3, 2022
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Researchers test and validate platform for potential PPE tracking across U.S. hospitals
A multidisciplinary team that includes a Vanderbilt computer science professor has established the foundation for an automated, up-to-date assessment of personal protective equipment across U.S. hospitals—work that got its start before the COVID-19 pandemic but took on greater urgency. Significantly, the team developed a secure, third-party system to operate independent… Read MoreFeb. 25, 2022
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Multicenter team seeks to create at-home artificial lung system
Vanderbilt team to focus on engineering, testing the device by Matt Batcheldor Vanderbilt University Medical Center will share in an $8.7 million federal grant to create an artificial lung system that patients with incurable lung disease can use at home. The Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) grant… Read MoreFeb. 24, 2022
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Two Vanderbilt engineering professors elected into AIMBE’s College of Fellows
Christos Constantinidis, professor of biomedical engineering, and Zhaohua Ding, research professor of electrical engineering, have been elected into the 2022 class of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows. Recipients of this honor, considered one of the highest in the biomedical engineering discipline, are chosen for… Read MoreFeb. 18, 2022
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Vanderbilt to collaborate on $4.8 million ARPA-E microgrid control project
Vanderbilt computer engineers will collaborate with colleagues at North Carolina State University on a new $4.8 million project to develop technology to co-design and control microgrids. The award was among 68 grants exceeding $175 million announced this week by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy… Read MoreFeb. 17, 2022
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Breakthrough measurements/theory of vibrating atoms in nanostructures ushers in new class of technology
Vanderbilt researchers Sokrates Pantelides and Joshua Caldwell are part of an international collaboration that has demonstrated a new way to manipulate and measure subtle atomic vibrations in nanomaterials. This breakthrough could make it possible to develop customized functionalities to improve on and build… Read MoreJan. 26, 2022
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Autoimmune drug shows promise in treating severe burns
A severe burn injury is not static. Within 72 hours, partial thickness burns can progress, or convert, to full thickness burns, greatly increasing the risk of infection, incapacitating scarring, and even death. Preventing the conversion is one of the most challenging aspects of treating burns, and a trans-institutional team of… Read MoreJan. 12, 2022
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Vanderbilt-developed gunshot detection technology leads to arrest in Las Vegas shooting
Sixteen Databuoy gunshot detection sensors are installed along a pedestrian mall in Las Vegas. Photo courtesy of Databuoy. Janos Sallai, PhD’08, is company’s chief technology officer Gunshot detection technology developed by Vanderbilt engineers and commercialized by a longtime research partner recently helped lead to an arrest in a fatal shooting… Read MoreJan. 10, 2022