2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Graduate’s path to traumatic brain injury research was littered with roadside bombs

    U.S. Army Capt. David M. Barry has found himself at the forefront of cutting-edge research for improving methods for assessing and treating traumatic brain injury [TBI], delivering research findings that contain both professional and personal components at symposiums and forums. David Barry The distinguished engineering graduate (summa cum laude, Engineering… Read More

    May. 3, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Seniors’ smart car seat could prevent child deaths

    A reporter interviews senior Chelsea Stowell about the car seat project. Vanderbilt engineering students are working to prevent children from being left alone in hot cars by creating a ‘smart’ car seat. As part of a senior design project, six students invented the “Kidsense Car Seat.” It is powered… Read More

    May. 2, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Second doctoral student secures NDSEG fellowship

    Courtney Mitchell, a graduate student in chemical engineering, is the second Vanderbilt engineering student in in three weeks to be awarded a 2013 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship through the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Awarded annually to only about 200 students who intend to pursue a… Read More

    May. 1, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt wins $9.3M DARPA contract to evolve tools for military vehicle design

    Vanderbilt University engineers in the Institute for Software Integrated Systems have been awarded a $9.3 million contract over two years to continue their work to mature META tools that are part of a flagship Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Adaptive Vehicle Make (AVM) program. AVM is a portfolio… Read More

    Apr. 30, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Three junior faculty to be recognized at Celebration of Teaching event

    Landman Three engineering faculty members will be honored for their achievements as 2012-2013 Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows May 3 at the annual Celebration of Teaching event sponsored by the Center for Teaching and the Graduate School. The 2013 event has been expanded to include a variety of panels and presentations… Read More

    Apr. 29, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    New computer speeds clinical data collection

    Software engineer Jay Cowan with the new computer, called a data warehouse appliance, that is helping Vanderbilt scientists more quickly search, filter, analyze and annotate the de-identified medical records of approximately 2 million patients. (photo by Joe Howell) Tucked in a data center in the… Read More

    Apr. 26, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Music helps put mechanical engineering student’s brain ‘in balance’

    Marince Near the end of his freshman year in 2011, mechanical engineering student Christopher Marince was feeling the stress of working on a dual major in Vanderbilt University’s Accelerated Graduate Program. Now he’d expected the strain of an academic workload, but there was something else bothering him. “I felt frustrated… Read More

    Apr. 26, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Tracking gunfire with a smartphone

    Vanderbilt computer scientists have developed a smartphone-based system for identifying the location where gunshots are fired. (Courtesy of ISIS) You are walking down the street with a friend. A shot is fired. The two of you duck behind the nearest cover and you pull out your smartphone. A map of… Read More

    Apr. 25, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    New Owen School dean is an engineer

    M. Eric Johnson won’t start his new job as dean of Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management until July 1, but he’s already working on some ideas for the school and considering what he wants to accomplish during his tenure, Businessweek reported in a April 23 article. First, he plans… Read More

    Apr. 24, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering claims 6 of 10 best-paying master’s degrees

    Six of 10 best-paying master’s degrees are in engineering, according to an article published today on monster.com. A master’s in electrical engineering is no. 1, edging out a master’s in finance. In the article, Katie Bardaro, lead analyst at PayScale.com, says many of the top-paying master’s degrees are in technical… Read More

    Apr. 22, 2013