August, 2011
Grant bolsters liver tumor surgery techniques
Aug. 29, 2011—A team led by Vanderbilt University biomedical engineer Michael Miga, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to enhance image-guided surgery techniques for safely removing liver tumors. While aggressive surgery is a highly effective treatment, it risks injury to the liver, which can lead to post-operative liver failure....
Patrick Fischer, former computer science chair, dies
Aug. 26, 2011—Patrick Fischer, who helped build the Department of Computer Science at Vanderbilt University, and whose theoretical work helped make Internet searches possible, died Aug. 26 in hospice care in Montgomery County, Md. He was 75. An expert in informational systems for education institutions, computational complexity and interactive database systems, Fischer taught 18 years at Vanderbilt’s...
GIS isn’t just a tool to enliven high school geography lessons
Aug. 16, 2011— Geographic information systems (GIS) and geospatial technologies (GT) have moved into math and science courses at multiple levels, and teachers are learning how to integrate these tools into curriculums. Helping them is Janey Camp, research assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Vanderbilt University. Camp has received funding from Metro Nashville Public Schools...
ChBE Faculty Opening
Aug. 13, 2011—The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Vanderbilt University invites applications and nominations for a tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor level for Fall 2012. Exceptional candidates are encouraged to apply and will be considered for appointment at the Associate or Full Professor rank. Candidates are expected to contribute to one of two experimental...
Fleetwood, Schrimpf named honored professors of Chinese Academy of Sciences institute
Aug. 9, 2011—Daniel M. Fleetwood, Olin H. Landreth Professor of Engineering and chair of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department, and Ronald D. Schrimpf, Orrin Henry Ingram Professor of Engineering and director of the Institute for Space and Defense Electronics at Vanderbilt University, each have been named an Honored Professor of the Shanghai Institute for Microsystem...
Vanderbilt engineers design diamond circuits for extreme environments
Aug. 4, 2011—August 04, 2011 This scanning electron microscope close-up shows how the components of a nanodiamond device are cantilevered above a surface of the electrical insulator silicon dioxide. (Davidson Lab) There is a new way to design computer chips and electronic circuitry for extreme environments: make them out of diamond. A team of electrical engineers...
Camgian Microsystem’s CEO Named to VUSE Committee of Visitors
Aug. 3, 2011—Camgian Microsystems Corporation, provider of advanced machine-to-machine networking technologies and solutions, announced that Gary Butler (M.S.’94), Camgian’s President and CEO, has been named by Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos to the School of Engineering’s Committee of Visitors. Composed of a distinguished list of leaders in the areas of business, industry and government, the committee helps...
Alumna named president and CEO of Cracker Barrel
Aug. 1, 2011—Sandra B. Cochran has been named president and chief executive officer of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., effective Sept. 12, 2011, at which time she is also slated to become a member of the Board of Directors. Cochran holds a chemical engineering degree from Vanderbilt University. She received a Distinguished Alumnus Award and was...