2021

Working from a home office during the pandemic, Thea Henslee is on a team that specializes in data analytics and machine learning at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and she attends a Vanderbilt engineering graduate class in computer science. Thea Henslee is an Army civilian… Read More

Hiba Baroud, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, is a co-principal investigator on a project that will develop and deploy tools to intelligently aid in disaster preparation, response and recovery. The project is centered in Harris County, Texas—a region that suffered through this year’s winter storms and… Read More

From 11 to noon Wednesday, April 7, engineering Dean Philippe Fauchet will match gifts from donors to the school that reach a total of $2,500 during a ‘Power Hour’ challenge on Vanderbilt Giving Day. Philippe Fauchet “Giving Day is an opportunity to help advance the school’s mission of education,… Read More

Vanderbilt civil engineering undergraduates reimagined infrastructure of a future megacity to support vertical gardens as an answer to food shortages. They devised ways to make in-person conferences more sustainable. In a timed transportation engineering challenge, they tasks such as documenting traffic light signal timing and redesigning an existing street for… Read More

Janey Camp (Vanderbilt University) Craig Philip (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt engineers Janey Camp and Craig Philip are co-hosting the “Innovation to Implementation Forum,” an innovation fair and research symposium focused on improving the practical implementation of TDOT’s State Planning and Research-funded research. SPR funding originates from the Federal Highway… Read More

Gbandi Nikabou is a structural engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Civil Design Branch’s Structural Section and a Ph.D. student in civil engineering at Vanderbilt University. (Courtesy Asset) Structural engineer and Vanderbilt civil engineering Ph.D. student Gbandi Nikabou received a Modern-Day Technology Leader award in February during the… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering and the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center have entered an educational partnership agreement that will link top-tier experts from Vanderbilt and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The purpose of the ERDC’s Educational Partnership Agreement is to encourage education in science, mathematics,… Read More

All graduate programs in the School of Engineering made gains in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings, which were released today. Biomedical engineering rose two spots, to No. 17. Chemical engineering rose three places, to No. 33. The other programs improved as follows: mechanical engineering to 37th; civil engineering… Read More

The Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt will host a virtual discussion, “Autism and Disability Representation on Screen,” on Tuesday, March 30, at 10 a.m. CT. The event will be hosted on Zoom and registration is not required. The conversation will touch on the history of disability in the… Read More

The 2021 spring School of Engineering Board of Visitors virtual meeting was not all business. The March 24 event included the introduction of a new Triple ‘Dore member, a ceremony to induct three new members to the Academy of Distinguished Alumni and a Distinguished Friend of the School—all women, and… Read More