The School of Engineering at Vanderbilt is strongly positioned to prepare students for leadership roles in a rapidly changing technological society.

Students thrive in a dynamic but close-knit learning and research environment. With a low student-to-faculty ratio, a cutting-edge research program, and a broadly stimulating intellectual environment at Vanderbilt, the School has attracted excellent faculty and students from around the world.

A bachelor’s degree from the School of Engineering signifies high levels of scientific and technical skills as well as a richly layered understanding of important contemporary issues.

Tradition of multidisciplinary research

While offering undergraduates a strong and broad foundation in the principles, tools and techniques of engineering, the School has established international reputations in selected areas of engineering that are focused but also draw from the wealth of scientific and medical expertise throughout Vanderbilt.

Vanderbilt is no newcomer to multidisciplinary research, and the School of Engineering has always taken the position that engineering by nature is a multi-disciplinary enterprise. Solving challenging problems requires incorporating knowledge from across the academic spectrum. The School of Engineering is a key player in multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research on campus and throughout the world.

The School plays a pivotal role in such campus-wide multidisciplinary initiatives as:

• Institute for Biophysical Sciences and Bioengineering,
• Institute for Environmental Risk and Resources Management,
• Interdisciplinary Initiative in Nanometer-Scale Materials, Devices and Systems;
• Multidisciplinary Training in Reliability and Risk Engineering and Management.

The School's involvement in these multidisciplinary institutes will add to our portfolio of collaboration and partnership that includes the NSF-sponsored Engineering Research Center for Bioengineering Educational Technologies, Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative, the Center for Transportation Operations and Research, and others.

Great researchers, great teachers

The faculty's research productivity has increased dramatically in the past ten years. World-class research activity includes work in:

• nanoscale science and engineering,
• model-integrated computing,
• hybrid and embedded computer systems
• radiation effects in electronics,
• reliability and risk assessment,
• biomedical optics and imaging,
• laser diagnostics for combustion,
• adsorption processes,
• environmental engineering.

Our faculty continue to receive national and international recognition for their achievements, but they possess an equal commitment to the training and development of their students. Our School has been extremely fortunate in attracting faculty with a passion for both research and teaching.

It is an exciting time to be part of the School of Engineering at Vanderbilt. We hope you gain a sense of that excitement as you read about the School on our Web site.

Kenneth F. Galloway
Dean of Engineering