Research
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Little Sphere, Big Power: Students work to build miniature fusion reactor
By Amy Wolf It all started late one night in a first-year residence hall. A group of students were brainstorming ideas for an innovative project to collaborate on, and amid all the ambitious suggestions getting tossed around, one engineering major’s idea stood out: What if they built a… Read MoreMay. 19, 2023
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Vanderbilt joins NSF-funded coalition to shape the future of mobility in Tennessee
Vanderbilt University will serve as a core partner in a statewide coalition to help shape the future of mobility and usher in a new era of economic prosperity in Tennessee. The effort is being funded by the National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines program. Read MoreMay. 18, 2023
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Nanotechnology repaves the path for cancer-fighting T cells
Vanderbilt researchers are bolstering the fight against cancer with technology that enhances the effectiveness of T cells that attack tumors. The cutting-edge research was recently published in the high-impact journal Science Immunology. Fluorescent microscopy of a tumor section (cell nuclei in blue) that contains abnormal blood vessels (red) and… Read MoreMay. 8, 2023
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Engineering student awarded extended DOE residency at Savannah River National Laboratory to continue doctoral research
Nicole Moehring, a fifth-year graduate student in interdisciplinary materials science, has been selected for an extended residency to continue her doctoral research at the Savannah River National Laboratory. She is one of just 87 awardees selected by the Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research program… Read MoreMay. 1, 2023
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DOE renews partnership with Vanderbilt collaborator Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation
The Department of Energy has renewed its partnership with the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation. The IACMI is a community of industry, universities, national laboratories and government agencies working together to accelerate the development and adoption of innovative manufacturing technologies. The funding… Read MoreApr. 24, 2023
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Caldwell collaboration wins prestigious Office of Naval Research MURI grant
Joshua Caldwell (Vanderbilt University) Josh Caldwell, director of the Interdisciplinary Material Sciences program and professor of mechanical engineering, has been awarded a grant from the Office of Naval Research’s Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative. The five-year grant, which provides up to $1.5 million in funding annually, will be shared… Read MoreApr. 20, 2023
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COVID on Twitter: town vs. country
by Paul Govern Reported in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, a statistical analysis of sentiments expressed online by U.S. Twitter users captures the rural-urban divide regarding COVID-19. Bradley Malin Google software engineer Yongtai Liu, PhD’22 in computer science; Bradley Malin, professor of biomedical informatics and computer science, and colleagues created a… Read MoreApr. 11, 2023
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Vanderbilt’s Shihong Lin wins Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize
Shihong Lin, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been awarded a Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Lin was honored alongside three other researchers. Shihong Lin (Vanderbilt University) The Huber Prize, named after former… Read MoreApr. 7, 2023
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Abkowitz leads campus research project on pedestrian safety; volunteers with smart watches needed
In partnership with design firm Gresham Smith, a team of Vanderbilt researchers from the university and medical center are deploying groundbreaking technology to increase pedestrian safety and comfort on campus. Mark Abkowitz, distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering, is leading the project. Abkowitz This is being accomplished… Read MoreApr. 3, 2023
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International collaboration yields breakthrough that could revolutionize computing technologies
Researchers from Vanderbilt University and University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made a significant advancement in understanding the correlation of the vibrational patterns of atoms at the level of chemical bonds in conducting materials silicon and graphene. Vibrational spectroscopy of substitutional Si impurities in graphene with different bonding… Read MoreMar. 28, 2023