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Vanderbilt researchers have received a U.S. National Science Foundation CIVIC Innovation Challenge grant to develop innovative gunshot detection technology using machine learning that could become a model for communities nationwide. Will Hedgecock, principal investigator at Vanderbilt’s Institute for Software Integrated Systems, is leading the development. Co-PIs of… Read More

Ayan Mukhopadhyay, senior research scientist at the Institute for Software Integrated Systems at Vanderbilt University, has received a U.S. National Science Foundation grant to develop technology that uses artificial intelligence to address unauthorized road closures in Nashville, Tennessee. Ayan Mukhopadhyay The $697,211 award is part of NSF’s… Read More

Schematic of the experimental s-SNOM apparatus. (created by Ryan Kowalski and Niclas Müller)   Josh Caldwell, professor of mechanical engineering and Director of the Interdisciplinary Materials Science graduate program at Vanderbilt University, and Alex Paarmann of the Fritz Haber Institute, led an international collaborative research project that successfully… Read More

Çağlar Oskay, chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering, has been selected as a fellow of the U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics. Çağlar Oskay Oskay, who heads the Multiscale Computational Mechanics Laboratory (MCML), is being recognized “for significant contributions… Read More

By Jill Clendening A team led by Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center biomedical engineers and surgeons has published results of a large clinical trial showing that use of a near-infrared autofluorescence (NIRAF) probe device improves interoperative identification of parathyroid glands (PGs). The biomedical engineers and surgeons published results… Read More

Yuankai Huo Vanderbilt researchers have received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a smart microscope system that uses artificial intelligence to help scientists better understand how cells behave, particularly in diseases like cancer. Yuankai Huo, assistant professor of computer science and electrical and… Read More

The Wond’ry (Vanderbilt University) The Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s cross-disciplinary innovation space, was integrated into the School of Engineering effective July 1. As part of the realignment, entrepreneurship efforts have transitioned to the Owen School. “We are investing significantly in innovation and entrepreneurship programming to further unite our campus in interdisciplinary discovery… Read More

Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award that will support research on magnetic miniature soft robots for precision medicine that could facilitate early disease detection and treatment. Xiaoguang Dong Magnetic miniature soft robots are unique in their ability to safely… Read More

Gabriel Luis (far left) with Queen’s University Belfast cohort in Alumni Hall.   A group of engineering students from Queen’s University Belfast’s Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences recently traveled from Northern Ireland to participate in the inaugural Vanderbilt Engineering summer study tour program hosted at the university. The immersive… Read More

Shekhar Bhansali, an internationally recognized distinguished researcher and leader in electrical engineering, has accepted the role of chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the School of Engineering, effective July 1. He will also hold the Cornelius Vanderbilt Endowed Chair. Shekhar Bhansali Bhansali comes to Vanderbilt after holding… Read More