Research

Janos Sztipanovits Janos Sztipanovits, the E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Engineering, has been selected as a 2012 Distinguished Visiting Scholar by the W.M. Keck Institute for Space Studies at the California Institute of Technology. The honor was granted in association with the institute’s study “Engineering Resilient Space… Read More

Eight engineering faculty members are part of a newly formed 20-member Faculty Advisory Committee in the Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization (CTTC). Eric J. Barth The Faculty Advisory Committee is comprised of leading Vanderbilt researchers who were brought together to help maximize the effectiveness of CTTC… Read More

Bethany Smith Bethany Smith, a Ph.D. student in environmental engineering, has been awarded a first place prize in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Awards competition. Smith’s award is in the open competition in the category of Systems Analysis and Energy Policy. Her award-winning research… Read More

Pietro Valdastri Pietro Valdastri, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and member of the Vanderbilt Initiative in Surgery and Engineering (ViSE), was awarded with the OLYMPUS ISCAS Best Paper Award at the 16th Annual Conference of the International Society for Computer Aided Surgery (ISCAS) June 30 in… Read More

David Merryman David Merryman, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is among 78 of the nation’s brightest young engineers selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) 18th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium. Engineers ages 30 to 45 who are performing exceptional engineering research and technical work… Read More

Vanderbilt University researchers were one of nine teams invited to participate in the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering’s (NIBIB) tenth anniversary technology showcase June 22 in Bethesda, Maryland. NIBIB is an institute within the National Institutes of Health The showcase was an interactive, hands-on demonstration of promising, cutting-edge… Read More

Featheringill Hall Vanderbilt University announces a first call for proposals for interdisciplinary research programs to be based in a new engineering and medicine building.  Competitive programs may be either existing or new ones. Proposals are due Aug. 31. Click here for more details. Two town hall meetings on campus… Read More

A collaborative wind-solar alternative energy project between Vanderbilt University’s mechanical engineering department and Nashville Metro Water Services has picked up speed with the installation of a modest 3kW (kilowatt) wind turbine at the Love Circle site close to campus. A. V. Anilkumar Anilkumar said the small but efficient and quiet… Read More

Smaller, lighter electronic components are more vulnerable to pesky cosmic ray particles Vanderbilt researchers are launching a miniature satellite into space in a quest to help future space missions better combat the harsh conditions of space, particularly radiation that can cause glitches or breakdowns in electronic components. Electrical engineering senior… Read More

Chetan A. Patil A research assistant professor in the department of biomedical engineering has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to test the ability of an adapted mobile phone to diagnose jaundice in newborns in developing countries. The foundation announced May 9 the recipients… Read More