2018
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Family brings 2019 Rose Parade floragraph that honors son to Vanderbilt Nov. 29
Event to promote organ donation, recognize engineering alum is open to university, medical center communities A talented young Vanderbilt mechanical engineer from Indiana had a job with the company he had interned with for three summers, an engagement ring for his girlfriend, and a promising life to lead until a… Read MoreNov. 23, 2018
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Phase change materials may free up valuable real estate for optical data transmission
New research into the phase-changing capabilities of vanadium dioxide and infrared properties of hexagonal boron nitride holds promise for faster, more efficient optical data transmission, particularly in big data “farms” where thousands of computers must communicate to provide answers. Joshua Caldwell A team composed of researchers from Vanderbilt University, the… Read MoreNov. 21, 2018
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BME’s Merryman and collaborators find potential way to prevent rare lung disease
Research by Vanderbilt scientists suggests that it may be possible to prevent or even reverse pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare, progressive disease characterized by narrowing of and high blood pressure in the small arteries of the lungs. A key player in PAH is the proangiogenic cell (PAC), a cell… Read MoreNov. 20, 2018
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VISE affiliates awarded $2.5 million NIH grant for continued epilepsy research
A team of Vanderbilt University engineers and surgeons has received a five-year, $2.5 million National Institutes of Health R01 grant to continue research into epilepsy-related seizures and brain networks. Victoria Morgan, associate professor of radiology and radiological sciences, is the principal investigator. Bennett Landman, associate professor of electrical engineering and… Read MoreNov. 17, 2018
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Online platform assures cyber-physical systems research is legit, results don’t disappear
Janos Sztipanovits (Vanderbilt University) Computer scientists from around the globe are using a one-stop shop to find research results that could help them move the field of cyber-physical systems forward, improving the relationships between humans, computers and the physical world that can make life safer, energy-efficient and… Read MoreNov. 16, 2018
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Find the problem, define the mission, give back – Relode founders share story at Chambers Lecture
Matt Tant and Joe Christopher both graduated from Vanderbilt. They are mission-focused, share a strong faith and believe in paying it forward. Together they founded Relode, a health care staffing platform with growing traction and a successful $12 million Series A round. But they could not be more different. And… Read MoreNov. 12, 2018
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Vanderbilt University launches the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation
A $10 million gift from alumna Jennifer R. Frist, BS’93, and husband William R. “Billy” Frist will endow a new center focused on supporting and developing the neurodiverse talents of individuals with autism at Vanderbilt University’s School of Engineering. The contribution continues the work of a Trans-Institutional Programs (TIPs)… Read MoreNov. 8, 2018
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Vanderbilt University receives $4.5M grant, will match to help fund MoveVU mobility plan
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos (pictured) and Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner John Schroer announced a $4.5 million CMAQ grant, which the university will match, at the FutureVU Mobility Expo Nov. 6 at the Wond’ry. (Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt) MoveVU, Vanderbilt University’s developing mobility strategy for faculty, staff and students,… Read MoreNov. 6, 2018
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Study of Google data collection comes amid increased scrutiny over digital privacy
The study for Digital Content Next found much of the data Google collects from Android-enabled devices happens when the user is not interacting with Google products. (Illustration/Pamela Saxon) Google may not know whether you’ve been bad or good but it knows when you’re sleeping and when you’re awake. If you use… Read MoreNov. 1, 2018
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Former Commodores, now successful startup co-founders, to deliver Chambers Entrepreneurship Lecture Nov. 8
Matt Tant is a health care staffing industry veteran. In 2010, Tant and Joe Christopher co-founded the health care technology staffing firm HCTech and would go on to launch Brentwood, Tennessee-based Relode, a crowd-sourced recruiting platform in 2015. A Vanderbilt University graduate with a degree in human organizational development,… Read MoreOct. 31, 2018