Vanderbilt

Leslie Gillespie-Marthaler touring a site adjoining Sterling Ranch in Colorado. (Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University) Leslie Gillespie-Marthaler spent almost two decades as a U.S. Army officer, defense contractor and Pentagon and EPA employee, promoting sustainability across installations and federal agencies. She helped break barriers in two areas dominated by… Read More

A team of 30 Vanderbilt University students and professors from across the disciplines spent a series of information-packed, 14-hour days in suburban Denver to understand better how their work will lead to smart, sustainable cities. They returned from that winter break trip with the context of research already underway –… Read More

Megan Woodruff (CE’17) and Phil Hawkins (CS’17) present Pocket Docket to the Human-Computer Interaction class. (Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University) Future engineers and others who excel in an increasingly popular computer science course must start by thinking past the coding challenges, past the array of possible devices, and all… Read More

ViTAL founder Jenna Gorlewicz (PhD’13) fields a question from the audience at the fourth annual VISE Symposium. (Vanderbilt University/Joe Howell) The world’s smartest technology means nothing if there’s no market for it. And the best business and marketing plan is pointless if there’s not effective engineering to… Read More

By Heidi Hall VUSE Communications   Guilt and nagging just don’t work on me. My do-gooder, bus-riding friends who constantly hounded me about adding to traffic congestion and hurting the environment with my car? I just learned to avoid them. Show me that there’s a great reason to make… Read More

Owen Graduate School of Management Dean Eric Johnson and TI:GER Executive Director Marie Thursby, both seated, listen to Team Venostent's presentation in the Innovation Realization class. (Vanderbilt University/Heidi Hall) A Georgia Institute of Technology professor is bringing her ground-breaking, nationally recognized entrepreneurship program here, teaming Vanderbilt School… Read More

Zachary Diggins with the website he's designing for Companions Journeying Together. (Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University) Zachary Diggins’ research revolves around the effects of gamma radiation on robots — vital work so that one day machines, not people, can be used to address disasters such as… Read More

Can Envarli Avid social media users might not know Can Envarli (BS’05), but they almost certainly know his work. Twitter created a stir in January when it announced the launch of its native video platform, allowing users to both upload video in multiple formats and shoot and… Read More

Justin Cox (Courtesy Atlas Brew Works) Justin Cox (BE’04) faced a conundrum four years ago – keep working at a steady, prestigious job with the federal government or turn his home brewing passion into a business. The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering alumnus decided he wanted no… Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Engineering's Innovation Center, due to open next year, will connect the university with Nashville's existing makerspaces and further encourage entrepreneurship. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced Tuesday it will partner with the city of Nashville, rewarding agencies that encourage entrepreneurship with grants to… Read More