Research
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Aerospace Club works on simulated Mars sample recovery vehicle for NASA competition
The 2014-15 Vanderbilt Aerospace Club team for the NASA Student Launch Challenge: (L-R) Dexter Watkins, William Emfinger, Pranav Kumar, Ben Gasser, Brian Lawson, Myles Lacy, Conner Caldwell, Jacob Moore, Mitchell Masia, Andrew Voss, Fred Folz, Cameron Ridgewell, Chris Lyne and Alex Goodman. The Vanderbilt Aerospace Club, defending champions in the… Read MoreDec. 4, 2014
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Discovery Canada show features Professor Doug Adams and intelligent materials
A screen grab of Professor Doug Adams from this week's "Daily Planet" show. (Courtesy of Discovery Canada) The Discovery Canada show “Daily Planet” featured a segment this week on Professor Doug Adams, who took a camera crew on a tour of his intelligent materials research at … Read MoreNov. 20, 2014
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NEE students gain hands-on experience at plants, national recognition for work
Ph.D. students Bethany (Smith) Burkhardt, left, and Lyndsey Fyffe are aiding with decommissioning in the Hanford nuclear site in the state of Washington. (Photo: U.S. Department of Energy) Across the country, schools of engineering devote their researchers to building a better nuclear power plant. Vanderbilt University’s engineers… Read MoreNov. 18, 2014
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New form of crystalline order holds promise for thermoelectric applications
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope image showing the interlaced crystalline structure. (Wu Zhou/ORNL) Since the 1850s scientists have known that crystalline materials are organized into 14 different basic lattice structures. However, a team of researchers from Vanderbilt University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) now reports that it… Read MoreNov. 14, 2014
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Professors serve on Trans-institutional Programs review council, panels
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos (Vanderbilt University) Four engineering professors will serve on review boards of the formally launched new $50 million Trans-institutional Programs initiative outlined in the university’s Academic Strategic Plan. Doug Adams, Daniel F. Flowers Professor of Engineering and chair of the Department of Civil and… Read MoreNov. 14, 2014
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Vanderbilt researchers’ work passes computing society’s test of time
Ten years ago Vanderbilt researchers published a paper that has passed the test of time. This year, the Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys) introduced a new Test of Time Award at its 12th annual event held in Nov. 3-6 in Memphis, Tenn. SenSys is… Read MoreNov. 13, 2014
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Vanderbilt team examines human factors in nuclear power plant operations
The team studying ways to help nuclear power plant operators improve work performance and safety includes, from left, Julie Adams, Ph.D., Shilo Anders, Ph.D., Sankaran Mahadevan, Ph.D., and Matthew Weinger, M.D. Not pictured is Dan France, Ph.D., MPH. (photo by Anne Rayner) A multidisciplinary Vanderbilt… Read MoreNov. 10, 2014
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Nanoday! features Stanford speaker on improving optoelectronic devices
The engineer who coined the term “plasmonics” is the keynote speaker for Vanderbilt University’s Nanoday!, a Nov. 12 celebration and learning opportunity that brings together scientists and engineers working in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Plasmonics is the study of the interaction between electromagnetic fields and free electrons in a… Read MoreNov. 6, 2014
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Researchers at Vanderbilt exploring safety of nuclear power plant concrete
Researchers who want to ensure America’s nuclear power plants are safe for another generation are meeting at Vanderbilt University today and Thursday, focusing their attention on the aging concrete that encases reactors. The nation’s 100 nuclear power reactors represent a $600 billion investment and provide 65 percent of America’s non-carbon-emitting… Read MoreNov. 5, 2014
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Your smartphone wouldn’t exist without university research
(iStock) According to a number of economic studies, somewhere between one-quarter and one-third of our current economy is based on technologies that didn’t exist 50 years ago: They are the end products of basic scientific and engineering research. It’s hard to wrap your mind around a statistic… Read MoreOct. 31, 2014