2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    VISE affiliates awarded $1.8 million grant to improve surgical guidance during eye surgery

    A team of Vanderbilt University engineers and clinicians have won a five-year $1.8 million National Eye Institute grant to develop and translate novel intraoperative imaging technologies to the ophthalmic surgical suite to enable real-time surgical guidance. “Our group has spent quite a few years working on developing the underlying imaging… Read More

    Oct. 7, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Civil engineers at Vanderbilt host Nashville STEM program, guide interactive experiences on campus

    Vanderbilt’s chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers recently hosted a group of local middle school students for a half-day of hands-on learning. Held on a Saturday, the Sept. 28 event included a lecture, interactive projects and a campus tour, and was a partnership between Vanderbilt ASCE and i3… Read More

    Oct. 3, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt to host national College Inclusion Summit Oct. 23-25

    A special screening of a new film, “Autism Goes to College,” is part of the College Inclusion Summit’s opening day lineup. Registration closes Wednesday, Oct. 16 Vanderbilt University is host to the third annual College Inclusion Summit held by the College Autism Network in collaboration with Vanderbilt’s Frist Center… Read More

    Oct. 2, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Maker Faire at the Wond’ry Oct. 5 celebrates inventive spirit

    Nashville Mini Maker Faire this Saturday (Oct. 5, 2019) has something for all ages. (Vanderbilt/Susan Urmy) Want to learn to fold paper and make origami? See a Mars rover the Vanderbilt Robotics team built for a NASA robotic mining competition that can dig, collect, store and deposit gravel? Campus organizations… Read More

    Sep. 30, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Heidi Hall, celebrated writer and engineering research champion, dies at 49

    A communications leader and champion for the Vanderbilt School of Engineering, Heidi Nieland Hall, died September 25, 2019, in Nashville from metastatic colorectal cancer. She was 49. Heidi Hall Hall, an honored reporter and editor for decades, left The Tennessean to join the engineering school communications team in August 2014. Read More

    Sep. 26, 2019

  • Professor John Wilson

    Wilson awarded Komen breast cancer research grant

    An engineering professor has received financial support from Susan G. Komen for breast cancer research. His project is among 60 grants totaling $26 million awarded to researchers nationwide. Those initiatives are focused on improving outcomes for metastatic breast cancer, reducing disparities in survivorship and developing new, more effective treatments. John… Read More

    Sep. 25, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Antibody developed for rheumatoid arthritis could improve heart attack recovery

    More than one million Americans per year experience myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack, as well as the healing and rebuilding phase that begins shortly thereafter – a complicated process which involves remodeling and repairing the heart. This process is known as the granulation phase and is critical… Read More

    Sep. 23, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    EE alumnus and property tech cofounder to give Chambers Lecture Oct. 15

    When Ben Taylor, BE’15, launched Doorport, he focused on owners of large apartment buildings who might upgrade secure access to their buildings to make life easier for residents. The idea had clicked when he glanced at the wall intercom unit in his new apartment and wondered why he could not… Read More

    Sep. 22, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering school announces faculty appointments

    The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering announces the appointment of three tenure-track junior faculty members representing the biomedical, mechanical, and electrical engineering and computer science departments, and three non-tenure appointments. David Braun David Braun is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering. Prior to joining the engineering faculty, he was assistant… Read More

    Sep. 20, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Research findings from national study of postdoctoral fellows subject of two-day symposium

    Clare McCabe, associate dean of the Graduate School and director of the Vanderbilt Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and the Academic Pathways program. McCabe also is a Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering. (Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt) Richard Pitt, associate professor of sociology (Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt)   Directors… Read More

    Sep. 18, 2019