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Engineering proposals receive $1M in NASA funding
Jun. 21, 2010—Vanderbilt University has been awarded $1 million by NASA for a pair of proposals designed to aid the space agency. Both of the Vanderbilt proposals were submitted by Alvin Strauss, professor of mechanical engineering. NASA has awarded $16.8 million to 19 colleges and universities nationwide to conduct research and technology development in areas of importance...
Sztipanovits elected External Member of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Jun. 18, 2010—Janos Sztipanovits, E. Bronson Ingram Distinguished Professor of Engineering, professor of electrical engineering and computer engineering, has been elected an External Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Engineering Sciences Section. He will deliver an inaugural lecture Sept. 9, 2010. Eminent Hungarian scholars with outstanding achievements in their fields who live in foreign countries may...
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Engineering faculty receive one-time-only IDEAS funds to support ‘breakthrough-level’ research
Jun. 11, 2010—Vanderbilt University will provide more than $3 million to 43 of its faculty researchers – 11 from the School of Engineering – over the next three years to support “breakthrough-level” research with the potential to “advance society’s greater good and collective wisdom.” The program, called Innovation and Discovery in Engineering And Science (IDEAS), will award...
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New magnet to sharpen imaging capabilities at Vanderbilt
Jun. 10, 2010—The Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science has received a $3.45 million federal stimulus grant to purchase one of the world’s strongest magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners. The 15 Tesla scanner will be used in studies of genetically engineered mice and other small animal models to further understanding of cancer, diabetes and brain disorders in...
Vanderbilt engineers, medical researchers play major role in new national center established to secure the privacy of electronic health information
Jun. 1, 2010—Slowly but steadily the U.S. health care community is moving into the digital age: shifting their medical records from paper to electronic information systems. This movement raises serious concerns about security and privacy of patients’ medical information. In an attempt to put these concerns to rest, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has...
A conversation with Steve Hays, BE’73
Jun. 1, 2010—Steve Hays, BE’73, partner and chairman of the board of Gobbell Hays Partners Inc., is featured in the Nashville Business Journal. Gobbell Hays Partners Inc., provides architectural and environmental consulting services to a client base that spans from Aruba to Anchorage. An expert in indoor air quality and asbestos assessment and control, Hays has co-authored...
ME students receive awards during Senior Reception
May. 19, 2010—Distinguished awards were presented May 13 to five seniors and three design teams at a reception hosted by the mechanical engineering department in honor of the department’s graduating seniors. More than 150 people, including seniors and their families, and the ME faculty attended the gala reception in Featheringill Hall’s Adams Atrium. The ME Program Award...
School bestows honors on 2010 graduating seniors
May. 13, 2010—Awards and honors were presented by Dean Kenneth F. Galloway May 13 to 31 seniors at the School of Engineering’s annual Commencement Reception. Andrew Philip Jallouk, Oak Ridge, Tenn., is this year’s Founder’s Medalist and is graduating with a bachelor of engineering in biomedical engineering with a second major in chemistry. The Founder’s Medal signifies...
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