‘Caglar Oskay’
Vanderbilt engineering’s Koutsoukos and Oskay honored with endowed chairs
Apr. 19, 2023—Xenofon Koutsoukos, chair of the Department of Computer Science, and Çağlar Oskay, chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, have been honored by Vanderbilt University with endowed chairs. Koutsoukos has received the inaugural Thomas R. Walters Chair. This chair will be celebrated at the Investiture event in Spring 2024. Oskay has received the...
Oskay named chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Feb. 5, 2022—Çağlar Oskay has been named chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is a professor of civil and environmental engineering and holds a secondary appointment as professor of mechanical engineering. His primary research focus is on multiscale computational modeling and simulation of material and structure systems subjected to extreme environments and loading...
IRIS Initiative: Shaping tomorrow’s infrastructure
Feb. 5, 2018—Written by Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Caglar Oskay & Post-Doctoral Research Scholar Alessandro Fascetti. This article was originally posted on the VUBreakThru blog. A 2016 Trans-Institutional Program (TIPs) award, the Vanderbilt Initiative for Intelligent Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) continues to make progress. The development of the program coincides with the university becoming...
Engineering’s Çağlar Oskay named ASME Fellow
Jan. 30, 2017—Çağlar Oskay, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and mechanical engineering, has been selected to be a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for exceptional engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession. Of the more than 140,000 members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, fewer than 4,000 have attained the...
Three faculty members selected as 2016 Chancellor Faculty Fellows
Jan. 21, 2016—Three engineering professors have been named to the 2016 class of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. The class comprises 14 highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty from the humanities, social sciences, life and physical sciences, and clinical sciences, as well as business, education and engineering. “This class of fellows represents the remarkable breadth and depth of talent we...
New facility devoted to multiscale modeling opens on Music Row
Sep. 26, 2014—Vanderbilt University School of Engineering has established a unique research facility focusing on Multiscale Modeling and Simulation. MuMS is home to four faculty members and their research groups. An Open House and inaugural MuMS Seminar Oct. 9 will celebrate the recent creation of the space located on Nashville’s historic Music Row. Multiscale modeling involves the...
School of Engineering rewards exemplary faculty, staff service
May. 7, 2013—The School of Engineering recognized faculty and staff members for their exemplary research, teaching, and professional service during the 2013 academic year. Dean Philippe Fauchet presented the annual awards during a reception May 7 in Featheringill Hall. The Edward J. White Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence in Service was presented to Joel Barnett, associate professor...
Doctoral student receives National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Apr. 9, 2013—Mike Bogdanor, a second year graduate student in civil and environmental engineering, has been awarded a 2013 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship through the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to continue his doctoral research. The NDSEG fellowship is a highly competitive three-year award that pays full tuition and fees and offers a...