Cynthia Paschal

Cynthia Paschal, senior associate dean for undergraduate education in the School of Engineering, is the chair of the Academic Advisory Council of ABET, and she is serving as co-chair elect of the Undergraduate Experience Council of the Engineering Dean’s Council of the American Society for Engineering Education. Cynthia Paschal ABET accredits… Read More

Senior Associate Dean and Biomedical Engineering Professor Cynthia B. Paschal has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows. Dr. Paschal will be inducted during AIMBE’s Annual Event on March 26 along with 174 colleagues who make up the Fellow Class of 2021. The… Read More

A new working group to focus on continuity strategies for the university will include six members of the School of Engineering.  Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente announced the launch of the University Continuity Working Group today. The group will advise university leadership by providing feedback and recommendations that… Read More

Cheryl Noe, A&S’89, executive director of C.U.R.E. Nashville, captures volunteers in a selfie at the event. Left to right, Cynthia Paschal, senior associate dean for undergraduate education and a biomedical engineering professor, Buist Richardson, and Abdul Makembe, MA’79, Project C.U.R.E. Ambassador Board member. Cynthia Paschal, Vanderbilt senior associate dean… Read More

BME students Christia Victoriano and Noah Mallory operate on an electrosurgical foot pedal at one of three hospitals in Guatemala where they and classmates spent spring break repairing medical devices. For a class of biomedical engineering undergraduates spring break was about frayed wires, disconnected connectors and malfunctioning monitors rather than… Read More

For Cynthia B. Paschal, this academic year has been one of her busiest—assuming two major leadership roles on campus—but it’s also been one of her most rewarding. In January, Paschal became senior associate dean for undergraduate education in the School of Engineering. Her wide range of responsibilities includes welcoming new… Read More

Philippe Fauchet, Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of the School of Engineering, has announced a new structure for his office with a number of colleagues taking on new roles and responsibilities. “These decisions reflect thoughtful review of our goals, especially our plans for strategic initiatives and growth, and more effective… Read More

Garrett Spiegel, BE’10, right, and Jeff Huber, left, cofounded Standard Cyborg, a San Francisco company whose software is used across the world to enable easier design of orthotics and prosthetics. When it began, Standard Cyborg set out to make design of custom-fabricated orthotics and prosthetics easier and quicker – especially in… Read More

Cynthia Paschal (John Russell/Vanderbilt) Cynthia B. Paschal, associate dean of the School of Engineering, associate professor of biomedical engineering and of radiology and radiological sciences, has been appointed the next university marshal, the first woman at Vanderbilt to assume the role. The title of marshal has its roots… Read More

Vanderbilt biomedical engineering undergraduates and engineering students from Universidad del Valle de Guatemala worked in teams to repair equipment at four hospitals in Guatemala over spring break. An anesthesia vaporizer that doesn’t deliver enough anesthesia; a rattling infant incubator with a tilted impeller; an infusion pump stuck in permanent “hold” mode;… Read More