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The U.S. National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy recently announced that a team comprised of Vanderbilt’s newly created ADVANCE center and VALIANT lab is among the first round of 35 projects that will be supported with computational time through the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource… Read More

The 2024 Commencement was held at Geodis Park on May 10, 2024. Engineering Graduates received their diplomas as they walked across the stage. View the full photo gallery of the 2024 Vanderbilt School of Engineering graduates at Commencement.   Vanderbilt University Chancellor … Read More

Pamela Wisniewski Vanderbilt computer scientist Pamela Wisniewski has contributed significantly to the human-computer interaction research field and is a leading scholar in adolescent online safety. Her personal journey is prominently featured in a recently published book, “Rendering History: The Women of ACM-W” that celebrates the 30th birthday of… Read More

Krish Roy, Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering, has announced the school’s outstanding 2024 engineering graduates, and school and department award recipients at the school’s May 9 Senior Awards Reception. Madison M. Albert, from North Yarmouth, Maine, is this year’s Founder’s Medalist for the School of Engineering. She is graduating… Read More

Vanderbilt University is proud to announce the launch of the Institute for National Defense and Global Security. The founding director and leader of the institute will be retired General Paul M. Nakasone, who has served as commander of U.S. Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency, and chief of… Read More

With hundreds of thousands of people in the United States having a stroke annually, Vanderbilt researchers are developing technology that could revolutionize the way blood clots are removed by allowing surgeons to complete the process more efficiently and safely. The catheter is shown here attached to an actuation unit that… Read More

Krish Roy, Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering, announced the award of emeritus faculty status to Douglas Fisher, Associate Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, Richard Alan Peters II, Associate Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, and Peter Pintauro, Eugene McBrayer in Chemical Engineering Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Chemical and… Read More

Vanderbilt’s excellence in nanoscale science and engineering research was recently featured in a special themed collection of Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances celebrating the university’s 150th anniversary. Cover art conceptualized and designed by research group led by Piran Kidambi. An editorial about the research was published in March in… Read More

Vanderbilt alumnus Ruoyu Wang has been selected to receive the prestigious 2024 Jacobs Engineering Group/AEESP Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. Ruoyu Wang The award recognizes an outstanding doctoral dissertation that contributes to the advancement of environmental science and engineering. Wang, Ph.D. ’23, is currently a postdoctoral associate in the… Read More

Accomplished alumni from the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering who have gone onto successful careers in energy markets, health care, academia and space transportation—along with an Under Secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense—will join the School of Engineering’s Academy of Distinguished Alumni. In addition, a longtime community volunteer… Read More