2011

Clinical Application of Fluctuation Spectroscopy and Multiphoton Microscopy October 31st, 2011, SC 5326 3:00 p.m. Michael J. Levene Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut Fluctuation spectroscopy is a powerful technique for measuring diffusion, chemical kinetics and photophysics that has been used by the Biophysics… Read More

Todd Giorgio, professor and chair of the biomedical engineering department at Vanderbilt University, is a member of the 2011 class of the Biomedical Engineering Society’s Fellows. The six newly elected fellows were nominated by their peers and elected by the BMES Fellows Committee chaired by board member Nicholas A. Peppas… Read More

Three accomplished graduates were inducted into the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni during an Engineering Celebration Dinner held Oct. 20 at the university’s Student Life Center. The 2011 dinner also was a major event in the School’s yearlong 125th anniversary celebration. More than 300 alumni, faculty… Read More

Talk by Mark E. Davis, Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering at California Institute of Technology. First of four lectures in The John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture series to mark the School of Engineering’s 125th anniversary in 2011-2012. Read More

The Vanderbilt Career Center (VCC) hosted an Engineering Industry Career Day at the Student Life Center with 57 companies from across the nation in attendance on Sept. 27. Industry Career Days are invitation-only events which offer a smaller, more intimate atmosphere in order to facilitate connections between employers and… Read More

Manipulation of Energy and Mass Transport at Micro/Nanoscale for Engineering Applications October 10th, 2011, SC 5326 Deyu Li Department of Mechanical Engineering Vanderbilt University Micro/Nanoscale energy and mass transport attracts much attention over the past decade because it involves rich physics and has extensive applications. In this… Read More

What happens when you attach DNA and other biomolecules to tiny molecular tubes called nanotubes? Yaqiong Xu Answering this question is the goal of the research of Yaqiong Xu, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and physics, who has been awarded one of the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career… Read More

The Materials Science and Applications of Smart Electronic Ceramics September 26, 2011, SC 5326 Richard E. Eitel Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Smart materials can be defined as materials which “respond to an external change in a useful manner without… Read More

To mark the School of Engineering’s 125th anniversary in 2011-2012, its annual distinguished lecture — The John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture — becomes a special series bringing four notable engineering leaders to campus, one each in October, November, January and March. Davis Mark E. Davis,… Read More

  K. Arthur Overholser, senior associate dean of the school of engineering and professor of biomedical engineering and chemical engineering, has been appointed chair of the Diversity Task Force of the Undergraduate Experience Committee within the Engineering Deans Council of the American Society for Engineering Education. Founded in 1893,… Read More