Research

  • Vanderbilt University

    New device will allow brain surgery through cheek, helping people with epilepsy

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Oct. 1, 2014

  • MuMS building

    New facility devoted to multiscale modeling opens on Music Row

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Sep. 26, 2014

  • Will Grissom

    Will Grissom makes problem-solving nerds look cool

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Sep. 25, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Blast signals excavation at site of new Engineering and Science Building

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Sep. 25, 2014

  • Cary Pint

    Cary Pint named to ’20 Under 40’ by American Society for Engineering Education

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Sep. 23, 2014

  • Pietro Valdastri

    VU engineer wins $1.5 million to develop magnetic capsule endoscope

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Sep. 22, 2014

  • Oscar Ayala

    BME doctoral student receives NDSEG Fellowship

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Sep. 19, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Valentine named 2014 Young Investigator by the Office of Naval Research

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Sep. 1, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering announces appointment of two new faculty members

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Aug. 29, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Duvall receives NSF Early Career award

    Ph.D. candidate David Comber, left, and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Eric Barth For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy can mean drilling into the skull – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. But a team based at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering wondered: What… Read More

    Aug. 28, 2014