2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Customized CI programming targets improved auditory nerve stimulation

    Cochlear implants can help someone with serious hearing loss better understand human speech, converse on the phone, enjoy music and watch television. When successful, the device allows a user to perceive different types of sounds, such as doors slamming and dogs barking. In the United States, however, it is estimated… Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020

  • Electronics institute advances employer partnerships and undergraduate training

    Electronics institute advances employer partnerships and undergraduate training

    The Institute for Space and Defense Electronics is answering a market need for highly specialized knowledge at two distinct but vital points—training for radiation effects engineers and internships for undergraduates in a subject usually reserved for graduate students. As the largest academic program of its kind in the U.S., ISDE is… Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020

  • Evaluating maritime transportation amid climate uncertainty

    Evaluating maritime transportation amid climate uncertainty

    As the Arctic ocean responds to a warming climate it becomes a less icy, more viable and eventually more convenient shipping route. Maybe. Vanderbilt researchers are analyzing whether the Northern Sea Route that runs along the border of northern Russia is quicker and less costly to shippers, and weighing environmental… Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Run 50% faster—with a spring in your step 

    Running feet take turns hovering in the air for the briefest of moments. During that time, the airborne foot does nothing to advance the cause of running. But what if it could? A pair of Vanderbilt engineers has proposed a pogo stick-like device that takes advantage of the airtime, allowing… Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Closing out Navy project shows the many moving parts

    For her summer internship, a civil engineering major helped close out a huge construction project for the U.S. Navy. Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    NIH backs team’s sustained work in T-cell immune response with $11 million P01 grant

    REGENERATIVE MEDICINE Parsing T-cell activation is precursor to manipulating immune response to better fight diseases For more than a decade Matt Lang and collaborators across the U.S. have worked to recreate key components of T-cells and how they know when to start fighting disease. Conventional wisdom suggested that T-cells… Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Automating CPS Engineering with AI co-designers

    Future cyber-physical systems will rely less on human control and more machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence processors. Smart grid, driver-assist and autonomous automobile systems, health and biomedical monitoring, smart cities, robotics systems, and new agricultural technologies are just a few CPS that interact with users in a lot… Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Adjusting bus capacity for COVID-19 protocols

    COVID-19 concerns pose distinct challenges for public transit providers. In an NSF-funded project, Vanderbilt engineers are applying artificial intelligence to analyze Nashville and Chattanooga bus occupancy as well as changes in overall demand for public transit. The goal is a real-time map of available seats within physical distancing protocols available… Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020

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    Collaboration with VUMC distinguishes Ph.D. journey

    Close collaboration with VUMC attracted mechanical engineering Ph.D. candidate attracted to Vanderbilt. Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020

  • Vanderbilt leads green energy project to better manage microgrids and local energy systems

    Vanderbilt leads green energy project to better manage microgrids and local energy systems

    Microgrids can be major sources of renewable energy—if they are managed properly. Solving energy management is more than flipping a switch or connecting and disconnecting to the main grid when necessary. Such actions require a high degree of precision, involving complex computer controls and logic. Gabor Karsai, professor of electrical… Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020