Engineering & Science Building Category
The Wond’ry with VISE lands $500K I-Corps site grant to boost startups
Sep. 5, 2017—In collaboration with the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering, The Wond’ry recently won a five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to become an Innovation Corps site. The designation marks Vanderbilt as one of the premier academic institutions nationwide that nurture entrepreneurship. The I-Corps site grant will support programs to match students and faculty with teams of...
New Wond’ry makerspace, design class boost children’s hospital solutions
Dec. 22, 2016—Solutions to real-life problems at Vanderbilt’s children’s hospital ranged from the delightfully whimsical to the disarmingly simple, with MBA students, engineering undergraduates and an anthropology major teaming up in a state-of-the-art makerspace. The New Product Design and Development course, offered for 15 years by David Owens, professor for the practice of management and innovation, got...
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VUSE lends support in $500K Kauffman partnership to encourage entrepreneurs
Nov. 17, 2015—The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced Tuesday it will partner with the city of Nashville, rewarding agencies that encourage entrepreneurship with grants to foster collaboration and connection. The partnership was the result of a competitive process supported by the city, The Nashville Entrepreneur Center, Vanderbilt University School of Engineering and a number of other government,...
Innovation Center to support campus ‘makers’; search underway for director
Aug. 6, 2015— A rendering of the Engineering and Science Building, home to the newly announced Innovation Center. (Vanderbilt University) A new Innovation Center is being developed on the Vanderbilt University campus to support a “maker” culture that will encourage entrepreneurship and creativity and bolster implementation of the university’s Academic Strategic Plan. A search is underway for...
Guelcher, Weiss are inaugural Chancellor Faculty Fellows
Feb. 16, 2015—Two engineering professors are members of the first cohort of the Chancellor Faculty Fellows program. Scott Guelcher, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and associate professor of biomedical engineering. Guelcher researches the design, synthesis and characterization of polymeric biomaterials for bone tissue engineering. Sharon Weiss, associate professor of electrical engineering and associate professor of...
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Blast signals excavation at site of new Engineering and Science Building
Sep. 25, 2014—The university marked a milestone September 17 when blasting began at the construction site for its new seven-story 230,000-square-foot Engineering and Science Building. Engineering Dean Philippe Fauchet was on hand to mark the occasion with bullhorn in hand, and he declared, “Let’s open the site.” After Fauchet’s 3-2-1 countdown, the blast foreman detonated the explosives,...
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Dramatic site overhaul begins at Olin Hall
Jul. 8, 2014— Signs and fencing have gone up at the corner of Highland and 25th avenues, the construction site for the new Engineering and Science Building. In addition, work has begun on underground utilities and drainage for the building, which will be three times the size of the current Olin Hall and connect to Olin through...
Construction of new Engineering and Science Building at Vanderbilt set to begin May 2014
Apr. 28, 2014—Vanderbilt University’s Board of Trust has approved the construction of a seven-story tower on campus as part of an effort to further strengthen the institution’s growing reputation as a major producer of intellectual leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators.
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