2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Nissan is fan of grads’ fantasy football stock market game

    Stadium Stock Exchange, created by mechanical engineering graduate McArthur Gill (left) and economics major Will Schreiber in their final semester at Vanderbilt, caught Nissan's attention at a ‘pitch day’ event at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center last January. Nissan offered $50,000, and has committed to a second season. SSE is a… Read More

    Jan. 17, 2014

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    Vanderbilt rocket camjet to capture landing hazards during NASA contest

    Vanderbilt NASA Student Launch Team: (Front, L-R ) William Emfinger, Andrew Voss, Brandon Dimmig, Shivaprem Bernath, Chris Twedell, Fred Folz, Dexter Watkins, Mitchell Masia, (Back, L-R) Patrick Foran, Jordan Salik and Kevin Bush. Organizers of the NASA Student Launch Program (SLP) have announced a final field of 27 collegiate… Read More

    Jan. 16, 2014

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    Large university, industry team analyzes single electron that can zap technology

    Vanderbilt School of Engineering group: (L-R) Daniel M .Fleetwood, Andrew L. Sternberg, Robert A. Reed, Cher Xuan Zhang, Michael P. King, Stephanie L. Weeden-Wright, Robert A. Weller, Elizabeth C. Auden, Ronald D. Schrimpf and Brian D. Sierawski. Paper first-authored by engineering graduate student wins IEEE Outstanding Conference Paper Award As… Read More

    Jan. 15, 2014

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    Two engineering alumni named to ‘Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list

    Two Vanderbilt School of Engineering graduates — the co-founder of an alternative energy company and the co-inventor of a portable exoskeleton that helps paraplegics to walk — are among five Vanderbilt alumni who have been named to Forbes magazine’s  30 Under 30. The… Read More

    Jan. 10, 2014