Research
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Vanderbilt researchers win an R&D100 Award for MultiWell MicroFormulator
A team of Vanderbilt University scientists and engineers led by Professor John P. Wikswo has won an R&D 100 Award for their MultiWell MicroFormulator. The MultiWell MicroFormulator, developed at Vanderbilt and commercialized by CN Bio Innovations in the United Kingdom, provides customized real-time formulation, delivery and removal of cell culture… Read MoreDec. 13, 2017
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Hyperlens crystal capable of viewing living cells in unprecedented detail
New hyperlens crystal is capable of resolving details as small as a virus on the surface of living cells. The atomic structure of the hexagonal boron nitride crystal is shown in the cutout. (Keith Wood / Vanderbilt) Just imagine: An optical lens so powerful that it lets you view… Read MoreDec. 12, 2017
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Tech transfer course gives grad students real-world journey
Expert panelists asking if a viable market exists for your product or whether your advancement is, in fact, novel enough to win patent protection makes the road to commercialization real. Fast. At the halfway point of a lauded entrepreneurship program, that’s the point. The class, which teams engineering PhD… Read MoreDec. 9, 2017
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ISDE leads $3 million international study of radiation on 3D electronics
ISDE is the lead institution on a $3 million international study of radiation effects on 3D electronics. The Vanderbilt Institute for Space and Defense Electronics (ISDE) will lead an international team of researchers investigating how radiation affects 3D electronics and systems under a three-year $3 million federal project. The team… Read MoreDec. 5, 2017
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Faculty partnerships explored by Army Research Lab’s chief scientist
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Hiba Baroud (left) discusses her research with Alexander Kott (foreground, center) and Jaret Riddick of the Army Research Lab. (Vanderbilt University) The chief scientist of the Army Research Lab visited Vanderbilt to explore research collaborations with faculty who are conducting research on robotics,… Read MoreNov. 30, 2017
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VECTOR and UT study: Unscheduled lock closures cost inland waterway shipper supply chain more than $1 billion annually
Lock & Dam 25, near Winfield, Missouri on the Upper Mississippi River, was built in 1939 Unscheduled lock closures create costly ripple effects across the shipper supply chain – adding more than $1 billion in additional transportation expenses annually and disrupting state economies along U.S. inland waterways. Those are the… Read MoreNov. 24, 2017
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Battery-switching device promises more road time for Tesla, Leaf drivers
Nissan Leafs, which go about 107 miles on a charge, often don’t graduate beyond commuter car status due to battery-life worries. The mass-market, standard Tesla Model 3 can travel double that distance, which is still limiting on long road trips. Both batteries could work about 50 percent longer with a… Read MoreNov. 20, 2017
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Shining a light on the nervous system to thwart disease
E. Duco Jansen, professor of biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt, and two other Vanderbilt professors developed the underlying infrared nerve modulation technology for the research into treating disease with light. (Vanderbilt University/Daniel Dubois) Vanderbilt University researchers are teaming with peers from two other universities to develop ways to fight disease with… Read MoreNov. 16, 2017
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DOE official and Engineering alumna designing nuclear cleanup curriculum
A holding tank for contaminated salt wastes at DOE’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. DOE and its contractors have agreed to treat 36 million gallons of high level liquid wast by 2022. A legacy that dates to the Manhattan Project left 107 U.S. sites where energy research and weapons… Read MoreNov. 14, 2017
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NIH-funded collaboration to develop steerable robotic needles for lung biopsies
What started as graduate school research with steerable needles in blocks of gelatin could help pulmonologists more accurately reach sites in the peripheral lung to biopsy them. A collaboration between that doctoral student – now Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Robert Webster; Dr. Fabien Maldonado a pulmonologist at Vanderbilt University… Read MoreNov. 8, 2017