‘Vanderbilt Motorsports’
Professor Emeritus A.B. Bonds remembered for Vanderbilt service, passion for music and cars
Apr. 20, 2022—Vanderbilt Professor Emeritus A.B. Bonds, 75, died April 10, 2022, at his home in Kingston Springs, Tennessee. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, April 23, from 5-8 p.m. at the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville. Tributes begin at 5:30 and all guests are encouraged to wear Hawaiian shirts, Professor Bonds’ favored attire. Alfred...
EE sophomore awarded prestigious Brooke Owens Fellowship in space and aviation
Feb. 3, 2022—Meredith Hunter, a sophomore electrical engineering major, has been named a Brooke Owens Fellow, a prestigious award that recognizes exceptional undergraduate women and other gender minorities with space and aviation internships, senior mentorship, and a lifelong professional network. Hunter is the first recipient from a Tennessee university since the fellowships began in 2017. She is...
Distinguished alumnus, Vanderbilt Motorsports supporter Joe Dorris dies at 76
Jul. 17, 2019—A dedicated Vanderbilt Motorsports supporter and School of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Joe M. Dorris, 76, died July 16, 2019, in Huntsville, Alabama. Dorris received a BE degree in electrical engineering from the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering in 1965. He earned a MBA degree from the University of Memphis in 1970. After graduation from Vanderbilt,...
Bicycle remix: a $25 Craigslist buy, scrap metal tubing, welding and curiosity
Jul. 11, 2017—When Nick Belsten first eyed the pile of scrap metal tubing, he saw wind chimes. Castoffs from fences installations, the galvanized pipe pieces held too much potential to be ignored. Belsten packed as much as he could around furniture and other household goods headed to his family’s home in Florida. He did craft a fine...
Vanderbilt engineers drive Teslas, take lessons for futuristic transportation infrastructure
Feb. 8, 2016—A chance meeting between a Vanderbilt University civil engineering professor and a Tesla product specialist resulted in students getting a closer look at the futuristic cars in early February. Lori Troxel, an associate professor of the practice, said she’d been trying to line up a visitor from Tesla when she met Tyler Dean, who works...
Engineering grad gets cameo in Nissan’s Super Bowl commercial
Feb. 6, 2015—Race car driver and engineering alumnus Brad Jaeger can be seen very briefly in a 90-second Nissan commercial during the 2015 Super Bowl on Feb. 1 featuring the relationship between a race car driver and his son and set to the 1974 folk song “Cat’s in the Cradle.” His cameo comes in the scene of...
Vanderbilt Motorsports senior is racing the clock
May. 6, 2014—As Vanderbilt University engineering students race around Featheringill Hall working to complete undergraduate classes, a handful of them have scheduled time in a ground-floor shop. One in particular knows he’s on the last lap to getting a degree and he’s gunning to get back on a racetrack. The Vanderbilt Motorsports Club works intensely and aggressively...
Vanderbilt Motorsports takes car to 2012 Formula SAE competition in Michigan
May. 30, 2012—After a two-year gap, a Vanderbilt Motorsports student team returned to Michigan in mid-May for the 2012 Formula SAE competition. Team members were undaunted after an 88th place finish out of 105 university teams. “We competed in every event, and we were one of only 48 teams that competed in the 22 kilometer endurance event,”...