Research

R. Byron Pipes to deliver Hall Engineering Lecture March 30 A globally recognized polymer sciences researcher will deliver the John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture March 30. R. Byron Pipes, Purdue University R. Byron Pipes, John Leighton Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Purdue University, will deliver a… Read More

Ph.D. student Andrew Ekelem, far left, and physical therapist Christina Durrough work with exoskeleton test subject Dustin Fleeman. (John Russell/Vanderbilt University) Andrew Ekelem sits in a wheelchair at the bottom of the fifth-floor stairwell at Olin Hall, laptop balanced on his thighs, quick keystrokes making tiny adjustments… Read More

Thushara Gunda, second from left, performing water tests in Sri Lanka. (Submitted photo) Thushara Gunda’s palm and fingertips remain bronzed with the stain of henna – applied the traditional Indian way and made to last for weeks. It’s a whimsical souvenir from a trip home. But her… Read More

Two engineering professors are members of the first cohort of the Chancellor Faculty Fellows program. Scott Guelcher Scott Guelcher, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and associate professor of biomedical engineering. Guelcher researches the design, synthesis and characterization of… Read More

A multimedia exhibition this summer at the University of Newcastle’s museum includes graduates who have helped shape the university’s global recognition through their distinguished careers. Peter Cummings, John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering The exhibition will include a profile of Peter Cummings, associate dean for research in the School… Read More

President Barack Obama announced Feb. 11 his intent to nominate Allen Croff to a key administration post. Allen Croff Croff, an appointee for membership on the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, is an adjunct professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He lectures on nuclear reactors, the nuclear… Read More

Duco Jansen E. Duco Jansen will receive the Caroline and William Mark Memorial Award in April at the 35th annual conference of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. Jansen, associate dean for graduate studies in the School of Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering… Read More

David Kosson is the fourth Vanderbilt environmental engineering faculty member in three years to be accepted into the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists as a board certified environmental engineering member. He joins Eugene LeBoeuf, professor of civil engineering, who was accepted in December 2013;… Read More

Fauchet School of Engineering Dean Philippe Fauchet has announced the establishment of The Biophotonics Center at Vanderbilt. The newest research center in the school “will regroup not only the faculty members who focus on biomedical applications inside and outside engineering, but also those faculty members whose main research activities include… Read More

Race car driver and engineering alumnus Brad Jaeger can be seen very briefly in a 90-second Nissan commercial during the 2015 Super Bowl on Feb. 1 featuring the relationship between a race car driver and his… Read More