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Discovery Vanderbilt invests in two engineering faculty-initiated startups: HeroWear and Virtuoso
May. 29, 2023—A university leadership committee has approved Discovery Vanderbilt investments into three faculty-initiated startups—HeroWear, IDBiologics and Virtuoso Surgical Inc.—as part of its mission from the offices of the chancellor and provost to boost innovation across the university. “These three initial investments will fuel discovery and accelerate the translation of our research into real-world benefits,” Chancellor Daniel...
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Vanderbilt launches free online ChatGPT course, shaping the future of AI education
May. 26, 2023—Chances are you’ve heard of ChatGPT. Perhaps you’ve even tested out the headline-worthy AI tool yourself. But do you know how to harness ChatGPT to be more productive in your personal and professional life? Jules White, associate dean for strategic learning programs and associate professor of computer science at Vanderbilt University, is making ChatGPT more...
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: Nuclear fusion and the future of clean energy
May. 25, 2023—History was made in December when scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain. And a Washington-based start-up backed by hundreds of millions of dollars of venture capital announced a few months later that it expects to have a fusion power plant built...
Little Sphere, Big Power: Students work to build miniature fusion reactor
May. 19, 2023—By Amy Wolf It all started late one night in a first-year residence hall. A group of students were brainstorming ideas for an innovative project to collaborate on, and amid all the ambitious suggestions getting tossed around, one engineering major’s idea stood out: What if they built a miniature nuclear fusion reactor? In typical Vanderbilt...
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Vanderbilt joins NSF-funded coalition to shape the future of mobility in Tennessee
May. 18, 2023—Vanderbilt University will serve as a core partner in a statewide coalition to help shape the future of mobility and usher in a new era of economic prosperity in Tennessee. The effort is being funded by the National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines program. The $1 million Advancing Technology-Enabled Mobility Solutions (ATEMS-TN) Regional Innovation Engines...
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Bennett A. Landman appointed as the next Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Imaging
May. 17, 2023—Bennett A. Landman will become the new editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medical Imaging (JMI) on Jan. 1, 2024. Landman, a professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, succeeds the journal’s current Editor-in-Chief Maryellen Giger, who inaugurated the role in 2014. Inducted as an SPIE Fellow in 2022, Landman served as co-chair of...
Two engineering students named 2023 Goldwater Scholars
May. 15, 2023—Rising biomedical engineering senior Madison Albert and rising computer science junior Haoli Yin have been named 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholars. The Goldwater Scholarship Program, honoring U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater, was designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue research careers in the fields of the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics. Rising junior biochemistry major Rincon Jagarlamudi...
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Computer science alum Ashwin Kumar named 2023 Knight-Hennessy Scholar
May. 12, 2023—Vanderbilt alum Ashwin Kumar, MS’22, has been selected from a pool of more than 7,000 applicants for the 2023 cohort of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program. Knight-Hennessy is a multidisciplinary, multicultural graduate scholarship program, where scholars receive up to three years of financial support to pursue graduate studies at Stanford. Scholars are selected based on their...