Research
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Engineering graduate students receive NSF research fellowships
Updated Aug. 16, 2016 Eleven engineering students have been awarded graduate research fellowships from the National Science Foundation. Nine current Vanderbilt engineering students and two former undergraduate students are recipients of research funds. The Vanderbilt graduate students are Francis Afzal (Truman State University), electrical engineering; Sean Bedingfield (Utah… Read MoreAug. 9, 2016
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Using nanotechnology to give fuel cells more oomph
Nanofiber mat electrode (John Russell / Vanderbilt) At the same time Honda and Toyota are introducing fuel cell cars to the U.S. market, a team of researchers from Vanderbilt University, Nissan North America and Georgia Institute of Technology have teamed up to create a new technology designed… Read MoreAug. 8, 2016
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Renowned cyber-physical systems researcher Sztipanovits honored with symposium
Georgia Tech colleague: “You are the reason the field exists.” A progenitor of the Internet of Things celebrated his 70th birthday with a surprise, day-long symposium and party that brought together some of the world’s most renowned researchers in cyber-physical systems. Colleagues greeted Janos Sztipanovits, the E. Bronson Ingram Distinguished… Read MoreAug. 5, 2016
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ORAU award supports Vanderbilt engineer’s research on emerging desalination technology
An engineering professor who is exploring the use of abundant waste materials – such as crumb rubber from scrap tires – to drop the cost of an emerging water desalination technology has received a competitive research grant from Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Shihong Lin, assistant professor of civil and environmental… Read MoreJul. 14, 2016
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Vanderbilt-designed exoskeleton wins gold at Medical Design Excellence Awards
Parker Hannifin Corporation received a gold award in the Rehabilitation and Assistive Device category for its Vanderbilt-designed Indego® exoskeleton at the 2016 Medical Design Excellence Awards ceremony June 14 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Person wearing an Indego exoskeleton (Courtesy… Read MoreJul. 13, 2016
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Six profs attract National Institutes of Health grants for wide-ranging research
David Merryman is one of six engineering professors who earned R01 grants for their research. (Vanderbilt University) Five biomedical engineering professors and an electrical engineering and computer science professor are celebrating news about newly approved or resubmitted Research Project Grants (R01) from the Nationals Institutes of Health. Read MoreJul. 12, 2016
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WSJ names Vanderbilt engineer’s surgical robot one of six technologies worth watching
A surgical robot with a tiny mechanical wrist developed by team of engineers and doctors at Vanderbilt University’s Medical Engineering and Discovery Laboratory was named in June by the Wall Street Journal as one of six new medical technologies worth watching. Read MoreJul. 11, 2016
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New VISE grant gives clinical boost to surgical device development
From left, Hernan Gonzalez, Jon Heiselman and Patrick Anderson. Not pictured, Megan Poorman. (Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University) Engineering graduate students from across several disciplines will experience intensive training and mentoring with the potential to help them create devices, then get those out of the lab… Read MoreJun. 20, 2016
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Conferences draw 700 engineers from 25 nations to Vanderbilt
Computational mechanics, materials and risk and reliability loom large on session agenda Douglas Adams, Daniel F. Flowers Professor and Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, on a panel at the co-located Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference and the Probabilistic Mechanics & Reliability Conference. (Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University) Engineers… Read MoreMay. 23, 2016
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Student rocketeers win fourth national championship in a row
Vanderbilt student rocketeers have won NASA’s Orbital-ATK University Student Launch competition for the fourth year in a row. They had to beat out 40 other university teams in the yearlong national competition in order to achieve this “four-peat.” NASA announced the results of the competition… Read MoreMay. 13, 2016