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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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Charleson Bell named to Harvard Business School 2022 Young American Leaders

Jun. 22, 2022—Charleson Bell, research assistant professor of biomedical engineering and director of biomedical innovation, biodesign and I-Corps at the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, has been selected by Global Action Platform for the Young American Leaders Program at Harvard Business School. Charleson Bell The program convenes leaders from 15 U.S. cities who are working across sectors to help their...

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