Strategic Research Areas
Research activity can be grouped in nine intellectual neighborhoods that characterize our distinctive culture of collaboration within and beyond the traditional walls of departments, schools, institutions and disciplines. Our neighborhood model increases the already strong collaborative nature of the school and adds to the nimbleness of how we solve real-world societal and technological problems with worldwide impact.
The ability to capitalize on interdisciplinary research radically advances this mission, particularly given the many important alliances inside and outside the university among School of Engineering faculty; colleagues from other Vanderbilt schools; medical center researchers and physicians; and other research centers such as Oak Ridge National Laboratory, DARPA, National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies.
Rehabilitation EngineeringRestoring lost physical and cognitive function |
Regenerative
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Biomedical Imaging and BiophotonicsUsing physical phenomena to diagnose and treat disease |
Surgery and EngineeringDesigning technology, methods and tools to improve patient outcomes |
Nanoscience and NanotechnologyApplying the science and engineering of materials and processes at the nano scale |
Energy and Natural ResourcesEnabling sustainable resource and energy conservation production and recovery |
Risk, Reliability and ResilienceImproving predictability of systems, infrastructure and materials |
Big Data Science and EngineeringHarvesting and using knowledge from collections of big data sets |
Cyber-physical SystemsIntegrating software and hardware using multidisciplinary approaches |