2011

Paul H. King , professor of biomedical engineering, emeritus, is the 2011 recipient of the highest award given by the Biomedical Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). The Theo C. Pilkington Outstanding Educator Award is given to an educator for lifetime achievement in teaching, research… Read More

Northrop Grumman Corporation has named alumnus Kelley Zelickson, BE’79 vice president of Air and Missile Defense Systems for the Defense Technologies division in the company’s Information Systems sector on February 7. Zelickson will lead a team of professionals to provide integrated air, space and missile defense solutions to the… Read More

Graduate student Zhou Xu from the Laibinis group will defend his Ph.D thesis on March 18th 2011 at 11.10 am in 107 Olin Hall. Engineered Microarrayed Surfaces for the Detection of Biomolecules DNA microarrays have become an increasingly important tool for genomic investigations. This work is directed toward establishing methods… Read More

Michael Goldfarb, H. Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected as a recipient of an Edward C. Nagy New Investigator Award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). The award will be presented at the first NIBIB Edward C. Nagy New Investigator Symposium on… Read More

Watch video of speech by Vanderbilt engineering alumnus Chikai Ohazama, Google Inc. product manager and co-founder of Google Earth. Read More

Watch video of talk by Edwin McAlister, director of Air and Missile Defense Programs for Northrop Grumman. Read More

Two junior engineering faculty members – Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Hak-Joon Sung and Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Robert J. Webster III – have been awarded the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development grants. According to the National Science Foundation, CAREER awards support exceptionally promising college and university… Read More

Engineering students at Vanderbilt University will showcase their ingenuity through a series of challenging – but fun – competitions and events celebrating the 60th anniversary of National Engineers Week Feb. 21-25. Two guest speakers are part of the week’s special events. Their presentations will be streamed live at http://news.vanderbilt.edu/ . Read More

Steve Hays, BE ’73, chairman of Gobbell Hays Partners, Inc., has been elected as a fellow of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA). Hays was honored at a special AIHA ceremony held May 26, 2010 in Denver, Colorado. His company will celebrate the achievement with a reception in… Read More

Tennessee high school teams will meet Feb. 18 at Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering as the Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) launches its annual TEAMS competition that challenges students to use practical applications of math and science to answer engineering questions about everyday world challenges. With the 2011 theme, “Smarter… Read More