2022

Mayna Nguyễn, a biomedical engineering PhD student, combines her love of optics and music in a laser harp she built and plays. Ph.D. student Mayna Nguyen recently combined a longtime hobby with her study of biomedical optics with dazzling results: a playable laser harp that embodies both her love for… Read More

Eisenhower Fellows, L-R, Matthew Nice, Madeline Allen and Yanbing Wang were honored at the recent Transportation Research Board of the National Academies at its 2022 annual meeting in Washington D.C. Three civil engineering Ph.D. students have received prestigious Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships, an honor that highlights Vanderbilt’s thriving position as… Read More

Christos Constantinidis, professor of biomedical engineering, and Zhaohua Ding, research professor of electrical engineering, have been elected into the 2022 class of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows. Recipients of this honor, considered one of the highest in the biomedical engineering discipline, are chosen for… Read More

Vanderbilt computer engineers will collaborate with colleagues at North Carolina State University on a new $4.8 million project to develop technology to co-design and control microgrids. The award was among 68 grants exceeding $175 million announced this week by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy… Read More

VADL Senior Team, front row (l-r) Marissa Schwarz, Zachary Friedman, Joseph Aquino, Kai Malcolm, Thomas Colicci; back row (l-r) Ozgur Orun, Abdul-Latif Gbadmoshie, Sebastian Bond, Ethan Mayer, Kellen Lively, Brian Knapp. Emeritus trustee creates Dalton Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Laboratory Fund to support lab’s vision A devoted and longstanding Vanderbilt University… Read More

Cynthia “CJ” Warner, president and CEO of Renewable Energy Group Inc., will talk about her professional journey and share thoughts about excelling in business on Thursday, Feb. 24, as part of E-Week. Warner, BE’80, is a member of the School of Engineering Board of Visitors. She earned a bachelor’s degree… Read More

Doug Adams, Daniel F. Flowers Professor and Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will lead a new university initiative to secure mega awards from external sponsors. The appointment was announced February 11 by Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver. It is among six new initiatives… Read More

Sam Blum faces MIT and UVA contestants in quarterfinals Wednesday, Feb. 16 This Vanderbilt senior has struck Jeopardy! gold two times. Who is Sam Blum? Correct question! Sam is an engineering science major who won two free tickets to a taping of Jeopardy! as a high school senior in Aventura,… Read More

The Greater Starkville Development Partnership has chosen Camgian as its most outstanding business of the year by awarding it the 2022 R. Clay Simmons Exemplary Enterprise of the Year. Camgian was presented the award at the Partnership’s annual banquet. Alumnus Gary Butler accepts the 2022 R. Clay Simmons Exemplary Enterprise… Read More

In thinking about developing an app for NetsBlox, a block-based programming language that introduces coding to young learners, Devin Cruz Jean asked himself a simple question: Would he, as a middle school or early high school student, be interested in the data sets NetsBlox could access? The answer was no. Read More