2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Rewriting how complex software evolves 

    Vanderbilt computer engineers are leading a nearly $9 million project to fundamentally change how complex software systems such as those used in airplanes, logistics, satellites, nuclear power plants and other critical infrastructure evolve. They want to develop technologies that capture the intentions of software engineers and enable rapid code generation… Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Two sweeping public health projects awarded NSF Convergence grants

    BIG DATA SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING  One project aims to set the stage for global monitoring of the biome for the early detection of pathogens and prevention of potential pandemics. A second project targets creation of a standardized platform that will streamline the development, testing and dissemination of technology to… Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    A new look at what drives metastasis

    A bold engineering approach to sort breast cancer cells based on their behavior first has produced compelling data that show less migratory cells create more metastases, contradicting the prevailing hypothesis on how cancer spreads. Preliminary discoveries by Cynthia Reinhart-King, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering, have led to surprising results. Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020

  • Knowing pre-diagnosis conditions can improve screening, tailor treatment

    Knowing pre-diagnosis conditions can improve screening, tailor treatment

    Novel association toolkit available online With the ability to more easily find co-occurring conditions, Vanderbilt researchers already have identified some conditions that appear prior to a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. They parsed the data to look at the medical histories of children less than two years old who… Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Mining EMRs and clinical journals to find novel disease associations

    The Novel Finding Index assigns well-known disease associations a low ranking, as shown above with Alzheimer’s Disease. A new Vanderbilt-developed big data tool reveals novel associations between chronic diseases and lesser-known conditions that may help detect disease earlier and identify new research paths. Using machine learning, anonymized electronic medical records,… Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020

  • Commercial Impact

    Commercial Impact

    In the most recent fiscal year 35 U.S. patents were issued, representing 68 School of Engineering inventors. Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020

  • Numbers of Note

    Numbers of Note

    Four of every 10 first-year students in the most recent class to enroll are women. Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Women in Engineering 1911-2020

    The first woman enrolled in the School of Engineering in 1911. We highlight other milestones and notable alumnae across more than 100 years. Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020

  • Selected Awards

    Selected Awards

    Faculty members have received NSF CAREER Awards, endowed professorships and other honors. Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Targeting chronic pain

    A team of Vanderbilt engineers, clinicians and imaging scientists is developing a focused ultrasound neuromodulation device as a non-invasive and non-addictive method for treating chronic pain. The device will look like an MRI head coil and combine functional MRI with ultrasound neuromodulation. The combination will allow researchers to simultaneously alter neuronal… Read More

    Oct. 1, 2020