Research
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BME PhD shifts to sepsis cure after dramatic end to pro cycling career
Every hour Sinead Miller spends figuring out how to cure sepsis equates to some untold amount of time she’ll spend in a cool, dark, quiet room, her brain recovering from punishing migraines triggered by bright laboratories and computer screens. Miller, 27, was a pro cyclist at the top of her… Read MoreNov. 3, 2017
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ABS underwriting cost of employee’s PhD in risk and reliability
One of the world’s largest marine classification societies is sponsoring a PhD student in risk and reliability engineering, an arrangement that could become more common as the number of jobs requiring graduate degrees outside of academia continues to increase. Eric VanDerHorn, a senior engineer at Houston-based ABS (the American Bureau… Read MoreNov. 3, 2017
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1st Academic Pathways cohort includes future engineering professors
The first cohort of Academic Pathways postdoctoral fellows. L-R: Monica Ridgeway, Lillian Brady, Rashanique Quarels, Diego Mesa, Joy Garnett, Kyndra Cleveland, Dean Stolworthy (Vanderbilt University) The first cohort of Academic Pathways postdoctoral fellows. L-R: Monica Ridgeway, Lillian Brady, Rashanique Quarels, Diego Mesa, Joy Garnett, Kyndra Cleveland, Dean Stolworthy (Vanderbilt University)… Read MoreOct. 30, 2017
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Grand opening of nanoscale research facilities wows crowd
Excited visitors got a firsthand look Tuesday at the new, state-of-the-art facilities for the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, with the showpiece being a 10,000-square-foot, commercial-grade cleanroom. About 300 people attended the grand opening celebration. L-r: Dean of… Read MoreOct. 27, 2017
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Ph.D. student publishes illustrated children’s book to explain water quality issues in Bangladesh
Chelsea Peters poses with students in Bangladesh who received free copies of her book. (Submitted photo/Chelsea Peters) Farzana is a fictional little girl from the mind of environmental engineering Ph.D. student Chelsea Peters, but there are thousands of real children like her in Bangladesh, walking for miles to find clean… Read MoreOct. 26, 2017
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Nashville offers new civil engineering professor ideal place to research traffic issues
Daniel Work, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) Daniel Work can’t think of a better place to research traffic issues than Nashville. He’s bringing his expertise on applying cyber-physical systems—the combination of physical systems with technological advances—to transportation to a city that adds… Read MoreOct. 26, 2017
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NSF equipment grant expands nanoscale research capabilities
The ALD Reactor will be housed in the VINSE core facilities. Grand opening events and tours start at 3:30 p.m. today. (Vanderbilt/Joe Howell) An advanced tool to be housed at Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering core facilities will allow researchers to deposit uniform, ultrathin films for microelectronics, energy… Read MoreOct. 24, 2017
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CPS verification expert wins Air Force young investigator research award
Taylor T. Johnson, an assistant professor of computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering, has been recognized with an early career award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. He will receive a three-year grant to work on formal verification for cyber-physical systems (CPS) that is understandable and reusable. Read MoreOct. 20, 2017
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Collaborative efforts attract Stanford chemical engineer to Vanderbilt
The regimen is all too familiar for those battling breast cancer and for their loved ones: tough rounds of chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. The patient goes on to live a long, cancer-free life when that regimen works. Marjan Rafat… Read MoreOct. 20, 2017
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Wikswo group tech licensed by UK company for organ-on-chip products
A biotechnology company based in the United Kingdom has licensed three patents and applications from Vanderbilt University for its Organs-on-Chips products. CN Bio Innovations Ltd., a spinoff from Oxford University, secured a combination of exclusive and non-exclusive rights to microfluid technologies developed by Professor John Wikswo, Gordon A. Cain University… Read MoreOct. 18, 2017