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Vanderbilt student engineering team’s steel-timber beam machine wins DOE national challenge
Jan. 31, 2023—An all-women team from Vanderbilt won a U.S. Department of Energy competition that offers the winner an internship at a DOE national laboratory. Engineering science students Arielle Kopp and Alexandra Filipova and civil engineering students Maggie Chudik and Jacqueline Quirke created a composite beam machine that makes steel-timber beams. Steel and cross-laminated timber beams provide...
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Churchwell recognized with national award for diversity achievement
Jan. 30, 2023—Dr. André L. Churchwell was honored with a Diamond Award for lifetime achievement in advancing diversity during a Not Alone Foundation celebration that brought together prominent leaders in business, education, entertainment, government and more at the Byers Theatre in Sandy Springs, Georgia, on Jan. 21. In addition, a new Diamond Award for diversity and inclusion...
Sankaran Mahadevan receives ASCE’s George Winter Medal for contributions to engineering and the arts
Jan. 27, 2023—The American Society of Civil Engineers has honored Vanderbilt engineering professor Sankaran Mahadevan with the 2023 George Winter Award for technical contributions as a structural engineer, creativity as a professional musician, composer and teacher, and exemplary research in the fields of risk and reliability and machine learning. Mahadevan is the John R. Murray Sr. Professor of...
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Keivan Stassun appointed to National Science Board by President Joe Biden
Jan. 26, 2023—Keivan Stassun, Stevenson Professor of Physics and Astronomy and director of the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation in Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering, was appointed to the National Science Board by President Joe Biden on Jan. 13. The National Science Board created the National Science Foundation, which supports fundamental research and education in all the...
Vanderbilt online master’s in computer science advances to new high in latest ranking
Jan. 24, 2023—Vanderbilt University’s online graduate program in computer science rose five places to No. 31 in the 2023 U.S. News and World Report ranking. It also ranked #18 in online master’s programs in computer science for veterans. The annual survey assesses online degree programs in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, information systems and information technology...
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Vanderbilt engineer receives NSF award to develop neural analysis methodology
Jan. 18, 2023—Mikail Rubinov, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has been awarded $600,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop new computational methods for analysis of large-scale brain activity data. The three-year project is funded by the NSF Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS). It was awarded alongside a companion project from the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation...
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Summer research opportunities available for undergraduates
Jan. 17, 2023—Vanderbilt University and the School of Engineering offer undergraduates numerous summer research opportunities to expand their classroom knowledge and gain valuable practical experience. The Institute for Software Integrated Systems is hosting a virtual open house for interested students on Feb. 22 from 3 to 6 p.m. The registration deadline is Feb. 21. The School of...
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Mona Ebrish named senior member of the IEEE
Jan. 13, 2023—Vanderbilt engineering professor Mona Ebrish has been designated a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the highest professional grade of the IEEE. Prior to joining the Vanderbilt faculty in January 2023 as an assistant professor electrical and computer engineering, Ebrish was a postdoctoral fellow at the U.S. Naval Research Lab in...
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