Research
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First all-Vanderbilt undergraduate research fair and poster session Sept. 1
Eunice Jun and Edward Fischer’s collaboration on the viability of a malnutrition supplement in Guatemala was made possible through the Littlejohn Family Undergraduate Research Program. (Lauren Holland / Vanderbilt) Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 4–5:30 p.m. Student Life Center As an initiative of the Associate Provost for Undergraduate… Read MoreAug. 13, 2014
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Vanderbilt startup to pitch at Memphis Bioworks DEMO Day
Blood Monitoring Solutions, a Vanderbilt startup based on a system that allows blood banks to monitor the temperature of blood and prevent wastage, will pitch their product and business plan to a room full of entrepreneurs, investors, and industry professionals August 14. Mullen The pitch, known as Demo Day, is… Read MoreAug. 11, 2014
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Graduate student wins $150,000 DOE fellowship and top prize in fuel cycle research competition
Timothy Ault, a doctoral student in environmental engineering, has won a three-year $150,000 fellowship from the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy to support his studies at Vanderbilt. This is a multi-year agreement that will be the funding vehicle for this and any future Nuclear Energy Scholarship or Fellowship… Read MoreAug. 1, 2014
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PinPtr selected to NSF I-Corps program
It’s a technology that was first pitched in April when it won CTTC’s Flash Pitch competition, and now, the brains behind PinPtr will participate in the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program. The team, consisting of Akos Ledeczi, principal investigator and Vanderbilt associate professor in computer engineering,… Read MoreJul. 24, 2014
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Engineering graduate’s app catches Apple’s eye
Seth Friedman met the world’s most innovative software developers this summer at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco. For five days in June, 1,000 Apple engineers and 5,000 developers gathered to reveal Apple’s latest technological innovations. A notoriously secretive company, Apple had promised… Read MoreJul. 22, 2014
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Two Vanderbilt projects showcased at SmartAmerica Challenge EXPO
Last year, the White House launched its “SmartAmerica” challenge. The basic idea was to identify research projects that illustrate how the increasing integration of computers with physical systems – sometimes called the ‘internet of things’ – can improve US competitiveness by creating new jobs and business opportunities that in… Read MoreJun. 12, 2014
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Fellowship offers grad student a six-month research stint at Germany’s Merck
Chemical engineering graduate student Ethan Self has received a DAAD Rise Fellowship. He will travel in June to Darmstadt, Germany, to work for six months at Merck KGaA. Ethan Self Self, from Mattoon, Illinois, is a third-year doctoral student who works in the lab of Peter Pintauro, H. Eugene McBrayer… Read MoreMay. 22, 2014
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Liberating devices from their power cords
Close-up of structural supercapacitor. (Joe Howell / Vanderbilt) Imagine a future in which our electrical gadgets are no longer limited by plugs and external power sources. This intriguing prospect is one of the reasons for the current interest in building the capacity to store electrical energy directly into… Read MoreMay. 19, 2014
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Russell the Robot goes to Washington
Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) interacts with Russell while Profs. Sarkar and Warren, look on. Fattah is the ranking Democrat on the appropriations subcommittee that funds the National Science Foundation. (Charles Votaw/APA) On May 7, Russell the Robot was engaging the movers and shakers on Capitol Hill. Normally, the… Read MoreMay. 16, 2014
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Robotic leg featured in new NIBIB “Bionic Man” web tool
Two of the 14 different bionics research projects featured in “The Bionic Man,” an interactive website developed by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, are from Vanderbilt University. One is the first lower leg prosthetic with powered knee and ankle joints, developed by Michael Goldfarb,… Read MoreMay. 15, 2014