April, 2012
Tiffany D. Rau Seminar
Apr. 13, 2012—From Industrial Biotech (Biofuels/chemicals) to Cell Therapies (Stem Cells): Delivering the Next Generation of Products and Processes Using Design of Experiments (DoE), Quality by Design (QbD) and Scale-up/Scale Down Methods April 16th, 2012, SC 5326 3:00 p.m. Tiffany D. Rau, PhD. Global Biotechnology Consultant The ability to quickly and cost effectively develop and manufacture the...
Mechanical Engineering grad students take top honors at medical device conference
Apr. 13, 2012—Mechanical Engineering graduate students David Comber and Massimiliano Simi have won first and second place in the Three-in-Five competition at the Design of Medical Devices Conference in Minneapolis, Minn. They were among 10 authors selected from the 112 accepted abstracts to give a five-minute presentation composed of no more than three slides. After presenters completed...
Seniors show off real-world design solutions for corporate sponsors at Senior Design Day April 19
Apr. 11, 2012— Click to read catalog Senior engineering students are challenged to solve real-world design issues for university and corporate sponsors during a two-semester design course. Students will share results with their clients and the Vanderbilt community at Senior Design Day, April 19, from 3-5 p.m. in Featheringill Hall. Engineering seniors have spent two semesters tackling...
Galloway is president-elect of the American Society for Engineering Education
Apr. 10, 2012—Kenneth F. Galloway has been elected to serve as president-elect of the American Society for Engineering Education. Galloway is dean of the School of Engineering and professor of electrical engineering. He will become president-elect at the 2012 Annual Conference June 10-13 in San Antonio, Texas, and will assume the presidency in June 2013. “I am...
BME senior design teams score in national competitions
Apr. 9, 2012—Five biomedical engineering senior design teams are finalists in national competitions. One team has advanced to a final round after a first-round win worth $5,000. If they win in the finals, they will receive $20,000 Advanced E-Team funding from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance. Senior projects are completed as part of a capstone...
Abkowitz receives Vanderbilt Alumni Education Award
Apr. 6, 2012— , professor of civil and environmental engineering, was surprised in the middle of a research group meeting April 2 with the presentation of the Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Alumni Education Award. The Alumni Education Award is given annually to a full-time Vanderbilt faculty member who has contributed substantially to Vanderbilt Alumni Association education programs....
Computer science student named 2012 Goldwater Scholar
Apr. 5, 2012—Curtis Northcutt, a member of the Class of 2013, has been named a 2012 Goldwater Scholar. Each year, Vanderbilt is given the opportunity to nominate up to four outstanding sophomore and junior students in the math, science and engineering fields. Competition for the award is fierce: 282 scholars were selected on the basis of academic...
Record year for Vanderbilt engineering NSF graduate fellowships
Apr. 4, 2012—Ten current engineering graduate students recently received graduate research fellowships from the National Science Foundation. “Ten awards in a single year is a new high water mark for the School of Engineering,” said George Cook, the School’s Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. “These are outstanding engineering students who have clearly demonstrated remarkable scholarship...