March, 2022
Vanderbilt engineering researchers use artificial intelligence to help basketball players improve their shots
Mar. 24, 2022—To shoot a basketball with precision requires countless hours of practice. Usually, this happens under the watchful eye of a coach, who can provide guidance on the right mechanics of each shot. Now, though, thanks to new research from Vanderbilt University, players may soon be able to use artificial intelligence technology to work on those...
U.S. precision medicine research program releases genomic data
Mar. 22, 2022—by Paul Govern Earlier this month the All of Us Research Program released an initial large batch of genomic data on its cloud-based research platform, the Researcher Workbench, including whole genome sequences of 98,600 research participants and genotype data from 165,200 participants. “Thanks to its many research participants from all 50 states, All of Us...
Civil engineering alumna is 92 with no plans to retire from MoDOT
Mar. 18, 2022—Editor’s note: This article is a compilation of an interview with Vanderbilt Engineering Communications and an NPR story by Kayla Drake, parts of which are republished with permission, that aired March 4, 2022, on St. Louis on the Air, KWMU St. Louis Public Radio. The Missouri Department of Transportation took a chance on Shirley Norris 45 years...
Rubinov awarded $1.1M to study molecular underpinnings of human brain networks on a large scale
Mar. 17, 2022—Mikail Rubinov, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, computer science, psychiatry and psychology, has been awarded a four-year, $1.1 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to better understand the development and organization of brain networks, as well as their change in development and aging. Rubinov and his collaborators will link aspects of gene expression and...
Vanderbilt-Metro partnership created to advance collaboration on connected, data-driven services
Mar. 14, 2022—Vanderbilt University and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County have expanded their working relationship by creating a framework to increase collaboration on projects focused on intelligent and connected urban infrastructure and services. As partners in the new Intelligent Ecosystem Collaborative, Metro Government will identify potential projects that have a need for further investigation,...
Andrea George is assistant vice chancellor for environmental health and safety
Mar. 10, 2022—Andrea George, MS’94, PhD’07, has been promoted to assistant vice chancellor for environmental health and safety for Vanderbilt University. Andrea George George will oversee all chemical safety, biological safety, radiation safety and hazardous waste in the university’s research enterprise. She will continue directing a laser safety program in collaboration with the Laser Safety Committee. She...
Morris Morgan III, lauded professor and engineering education champion, dies at 72
Mar. 9, 2022—Morris H. Morgan III, 72, died unexpectedly Feb. 25, 2022. Morgan was in the second class of African American students to attend Vanderbilt University, graduating in 1969 with a BS degree in chemical engineering at 19. In 2015, he received Vanderbilt’s Legacy Award as a pioneering African American alumnus. Morgan had been selected to join in 2022...
Engineering students win prize in Mental Health Innovation challenge
Mar. 8, 2022—Kelli Stewart, center, discusses her ideas during last week’s Mental Health Innovation Challenge and Hackathon. (photo by Donn Jones) by Paul Govern A chatbot — a computer program that simulates and processes human conversation — was the winning entrant in the Mental Health Innovation Challenge and Hackathon, held Feb. 25-26 at the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt University’s...