November, 2013
Justice and Identity in a Bioengineered Society
Nov. 7, 2013—Watch “Justice and Identity in a Bioengineered Society,” by Michael Bess, Chancellor’s Professor of History. One of the earliest biomedical engineering programs in the United States, Vanderbilt’s Department of Biomedical Engineering is celebrating its 45th anniversary as a program and its 25th anniversary as a department in the School of Engineering. Read more. Having trouble watching? Watch...
Life Redesigned: The Emergence of Synthetic Biology
Nov. 7, 2013—Watch video of the Donna S. and John R. Hall Engineering Lecture, delivered by synthetic biology pioneer James J. Collins. Collins is the recipient of a MacArthur grant and a renowned biomedical engineering professor at Boston University. One of the earliest biomedical engineering programs in the United States, Vanderbilt’s Department of Biomedical Engineering is celebrating...
VUCast Extra: Blackberries, electricity and high school students
Nov. 7, 2013—How do you get students excited about science? Try some blackberries, nanotechnology and solar cells mixed with Tennessee high school students at a Vanderbilt lab. Watch VUCast Extra now. Contact: Emily Pearce · Amy Wolf · (615) 322-2706 Patients, students and members of the public seeking more information on medical stories should call Vanderbilt University Medical Center...
VUCast: A wireless capsule and hallucinating without drugs
Nov. 7, 2013—See how a wireless capsule could help during minimally invasive surgeries Why magnesium and vitamin D are a match made in heaven And do you really see the S in the USA network logo? Watch this QuickVU roundup of research stories. Contact: Emily Pearce · Amy Wolf · (615) 322-2706 Patients, students and members of the...
Vanderbilt startup competes for $1M prize in Global Food and Health Innovation Challenge
Nov. 6, 2013—Nashville startup InvisionHeart is a finalist for the Global Food and Health Innovation Challenge and will compete next week for a $1 million prize. InvisionHeart was created by a group at Vanderbilt University, including biomedical engineering professor Franz Baudenbacher and cardiac anesthesiologist Susan Eagle. InvisionHeart was chosen from among 220 submissions from nine countries. As...
Clean water champion receives lifetime achievement award from global environment federation
Nov. 1, 2013—Environmental engineering alumnus Sam Shelby Jr. (BE’73) has received a lifetime achievement award from the Water Environment Federation. Shelby, principal of Environ Corporation’s Nashville, Tenn., office, was presented the Industrial Water Quality Lifetime Achievement Award in October during the WEF’s annual conference in Chicago. The lifetime achievement award is given to an individual who has...