Alumna
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Andrea George is assistant vice chancellor for environmental health and safety
Andrea George, MS’94, PhD’07, has been promoted to assistant vice chancellor for environmental health and safety for Vanderbilt University. Andrea George George will oversee all chemical safety, biological safety, radiation safety and hazardous waste in the university’s research enterprise. She will continue directing a laser… Read MoreMar. 10, 2022
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Alumna Jessica D. Haley joins engineering school’s Board of Visitors
3M engineer Jessica D. Haley (BS’10, MS’10, PhD’15) has joined the School of Engineering’s Board of Visitors. She will attend the board’s virtual meeting today, which includes a ceremony to recognize the newest members of the school’s Academy of Distinguished Alumni and Circle of Distinguished Friends. Jessica Haley While at… Read MoreMar. 23, 2021
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Engineering alumna Kimberly Robinson named U.S. Space & Rocket Center Executive Director and CEO
Kimberly Robinson, a 31-year NASA veteran, has been named the executive director and CEO of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. The Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission said she will begin her new role Feb. 15, 2021. Kimberly Robinson “I look forward to joining the remarkable team at… Read MoreDec. 15, 2020
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Mary Ellen Ternes to lead the American College of Environmental Lawyers in 2020
Mary Ellen Ternes, chemical engineering alumna and member of the External Advisory Committee of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, attended the fall EAC meeting on campus in September. Photo|Susan Urmy, Vanderbilt An American Institute of Chemical Engineers Fellow, one of only two attorney AIChE Fellows, is the president-elect… Read MoreOct. 15, 2019
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Nashville’s own ‘Hidden Figure’ and pioneer for African-American and women engineers dies
Professor Yvonne Y. Clark at Tennessee State University. (Photo/Milton Young webpage) Yvonne Young Clark, 89, was the first woman to receive a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Howard University, the first woman to earn a master’s degree in engineering management from the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, and… Read MoreJan. 31, 2019