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Vanderbilt Board
member, Children’s Hospital namesake Monroe Carell dies:
Monroe J. Carell Jr., a Nashville executive admired as
much for his generous philanthropy, especially in
support of Vanderbilt University, as for his business
acumen, died peacefully at home June 20 after a
courageous battle with cancer.
(more)
June 2008
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Three VUSE
faculty receive tenure: Three Vanderbilt School of
Engineering faculty members have been promoted to
associate professor with tenure. The promotions were
confirmed by the Board of Trust at its spring meeting
May 15-16.
(more)
June 2008
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Former Vandy
star, CE graduate dies at 71:
William B. "Boyce"
Smith, Jr., 71, who played quarterback at Vanderbilt
before becoming a
National Football League referee and head of
a steel company, passed away June 10 after a lengthy
illness. Smith, who graduated with a degree in civil
engineering, arrived at Vanderbilt without a scholarship
during the 1950's and played his way into a scholarship
and a starting role. For his career, he was 125 of 260,
for 1,663 yards and 15 touchdowns.
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Vanderbilt
Formula SAE team focuses on race car’s engine intake
system:
The Vanderbilt
Motorsports team surpassed last year’s scores in four of
eight categories at the 2008 Formula SAE event May 14-18
in Michigan.
(more)
June 2008
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Professors Jansen:
Love & Research:
As professors of
biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt University,
Duco and Anita share a deep commitment
— not only to
each other, but
also to their respective careers as researchers and
educators. (more)
June 2008
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Former Professor
Peter A. Krenkel dies in Nevada:
Peter A. Krenkel, who taught environmental and water
resources engineering (EVRE) at Vanderbilt from 1959 to
1973, died June 1 at his home in Reno, Nevada, of a
brain tumor. He was 78.
(more)
June 2008
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Aerospace Club gets big
lift from launch win:
Vanderbilt’s
Aerospace Club recently won a prestigious altitude
contest when its rocket reached a height of 5,264 feet
at a launch contest held in late April at a north
Alabama farm.
(more)
June 2008
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Fitzpatrick elected SPIE Fellow:
Professor J. Michael
Fitzpatrick, EE&CS, is among this year’s 72 new Fellows
of the Society honored by SPIE.
Fellows are members of distinction who have made
significant scientific and technical contributions in
the multidisciplinary fields of optics, photonics, and
imaging. Fitzpatrick is recognized for specific
achievements in image registration in medical imaging.
(more)
May 2008
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Alum
named Tennessee’s Outstanding Engineer of the Year:
Outstanding Engineer of the Year by Tennessee Society of
Professional Engineers (TSPE). He received a bachelor’s
degree in civil engineering and a master’s in
environmental and water resources engineering in 1991.
(more)
May 2008
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Engineering
recognizes exemplary faculty, staff:
Dean Kenneth F. Galloway
presented three awards to faculty and staff members for
their achievements in research, teaching and
professional service during the 2007-08 academic year.
(more)
May 2008
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Four faculty members
attain emeritus status: Four retiring engineering faculty
members will be recognized during Vanderbilt's May 9
commencement ceremony when the university honors their years of
service and bestows on them the title of emeritus faculty.
(more)
May 2008
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Managing risk in an increasingly hazardous
world:
If you have a
nagging feeling that life is getting increasingly hazardous, you may be
interested in the new book, “Operational Risk Management,” by Mark D. Abkowitz,
professor of civil and environmental engineering.
(more)
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Engineer student changes plans after winning
art award: When Noah
Walcutt arrived at Vanderbilt to study engineering, he had little or no interest
in art. But a chance decision to take an elective course in sculpture led him to
create an award-winning design melding his engineering skills, musical interests
and new-found artistic creativity into a project that has changed the course of
his life after graduation May 9. (more)
May 2008
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Robert E. Stammer ITE Appointment:
Robert E. Stammer Jr, P.E., associate
professor of civil engineering, has been elected an International Director of
the Institute of Transportation Engineers at the Southern District meeting in
Charleston, S.C. in April. (more)
May 2008
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Dawant offers Senior Day ‘Study Break’
session: A
series of free educational seminars featuring Vanderbilt faculty will be
available to parents and Commencement visitors from 1:30 to 4 p.m. on Senior
Day, Thursday, May 8. Study
Break sessions prove to be popular with the parents and guests of graduates
during three days of campus events surrounding Commencement. (more)
May 2008
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Faculty join group to research
and fight climate change: James Clarke, CE, and Douglas Fisher, EECS, are
members of a diverse group of experts at Vanderbilt University who have created
the Climate Change Research Network.
(more)
Apr 2008
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Experience counts for engineering
seniors and their clients: Senior engineering students solve real-world
design challenges for corporate sponsors during a two-semester design course.
Students will share results with their clients and you can see the
presentations at Senior Design Day, April 22, from 3-5 p.m. in Featheringill
Hall. (more)
Apr 2008
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VU engineering school
names new chemical engineering department chair:
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
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Peter N. Pintauro has been named chair of the chemical engineering department at
Vanderbilt University. Pintauro, presently the Kent Hale Smith Professor of
Engineering and chair of the chemical engineering department at Case Western
Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, was selected after a yearlong national
search. (more)
Apr 2008
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Dean Galloway meets with Sen. Bob Corker to
discuss governmental support for engineering education: VUSE Dean
Kenneth Galloway, joined by engineering students and
deans from across the state, met with Senator Bob Corker
in his Washington, D.C., office on February 27 to
discuss the future of engineering education in
Tennessee. Among the topics of discussion was government
funding of university engineering programs.
(more)
Apr 2008
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Vanderbilt
engineers part of $2.8 million grant to link U.S. troops
to global information grid: As part of a
recent Air Force grant, an Engineering School team led
by Professor Doug Schmidt will help develop a system to
link U.S. combatants seamlessly to the Global
Information Grid. The system will allow troops to access
information they need, no matter where they are or in
what circumstances, and regardless of the connection
device or available bandwidth.
(more)
Apr 2008
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ME student wins first
place in ASME Old Guard regional contest:
Senior Nathan Grady,
mechanical engineering, has won first place in the ASME
Old Guard regional oral competition.
(more)
Apr 2008
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Dr. Sharon Weiss receives
NSF CAREER Award: Dr. Sharon M. Weiss, assistant professor of electrical
engineering, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty
Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award. She will receive $400,000 over
five years to support her efforts to achieve faster and more accurate detection
of biological and chemical materials by using portable porous silicon
waveguides. Her work has impact in medical diagnostics, environmental monitoring
and homeland security.
(more)
Mar 2008
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Dr. Todd
Giorgio named chair of biomedical engineering: Dr. Todd D. Giorgio,
professor of biomedical engineering, has been named chair of the Department of
Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. He succeeds Dr. Thomas R.
Harris, Orrin Henry Ingram Distinguished Professor of Engineering, who is
retiring in May (more).
Mar 2008
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Vanderbilt engineers part of $2.8 million grant to link war fighters to global
information grid: A computer freeze-up in the office is a hassle. In a
fighter jet peppered with enemy fire, it’s a crisis. Getting the increasingly
large and complex systems people have come to rely on to interface and interact
without shutting down has been the focus of engineering professor
Doug Schmidt’s career. As
part of a recent Air Force grant, an engineering school team led by Schmidt will
help develop a system to link war fighters seamlessly to the Global Information
Grid. (more)
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Klein Keynote Speaker at STEM Think Tank
2008: Nashville, Tenn. –
Stacy Klein, associate dean for outreach at Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering
and associate professor of the practice of biomedical engineering, gave the
keynote speech at the STEM Think Tank 2008. Eighty-five leaders in science,
technology, engineering and mathematics education for girls participated in the
conference, which took place Jan. 31- Feb.1, 2008, at Nashville’s Harpeth Hall
School. (more)
Feb 2008
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Prof. Li edits new reference book on
micro-, nanofluidics:
A new reference book on microfluidics and nanofluidics, edited by Dongqing Li,
the H. Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt, is
scheduled for release in May by Springer Publishers in New York.
(more)
Jan 2008
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Dr. John P. Wikswo named Fellow of
the IEEE: John P. Wikswo, Gordon A. Cain University Professor and professor
of biomedical engineering, has been named a Fellow of the IEEE (originally the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). According to the IEEE, the
award recognizes “unusual distinction in the profession and is conferred by the
board of directors on a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments
in any of the IEEE fields of interest.” Dr. Wikswo is being honored “for
contributions to understanding electromagnetic effects on materials and
biological tissues.” (more)
Jan 2008
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Karsai to create advanced software for DARPA: Gabor Karsai, professor of
electrical engineering and computer science at Vanderbilt, and a team of
researchers have been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA) to create advanced software development tools and processes that meet
changing military needs.
The
researchers will work on adapting large-scale software systems to address
emerging threats such as asymmetric warfare. (Asymmetric warfare refers to
conflicts between groups with differing resources, often involving
unconventional warfare
strategies and tactics such as terrorism.)
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Vanderbilt engineering professor named
IEEE fellow:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Robert L. Galloway Jr., professor of biomedical engineering
at the Vanderbilt School of Engineering, has been named an IEEE Fellow,
effective January 1, 2008. Elevation to IEEE Fellow is considered one of the
electrical engineering society’s highest honors.
(more)
Dec 2007
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DENSO gift
powers new biodiesel testing facility.
The Vanderbilt School of Engineering
will soon have a new state-of-the art biodiesel testing facility, thanks to a
$100,000 gift from the DENSO North America Foundation.
Beginning in the
fall of 2008, students from various engineering disciplines will use the
Vanderbilt Multi-User Biodiesel Engine Test Facility to investigate diesel
engine performance parameters and test campus-produced biodiesel fuels,
according to Professor Robert W. Pitz, chair of the Department of Mechanical
Engineering. The facility will be housed in Featheringill Hall and will be
managed by the mechanical engineering department under the direction of
Professor Amrutur V. Anilkumar. (more)
Dec 2007
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Engineering professor creates
animated science education program:
Gautam Biswas, Ph.D.,
Professor of Computer Science, Professor of Computer
Engineering. An animated computer
program created by Dr. Gautam Biswas, professor of computer
science and computer engineering at Vanderbilt, is being used in
Nashville public school classrooms to teach science to middle
school students. But the teachable agent called Betty’s Brain
does much more; it also teaches students how to learn.
(more)
Dec 2007
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Robert S. Rowe, Professor of Civil
Engineering and Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, Emeritus, and
Dean of the School of Engineering, Emeritus, passed away November 3, 2007, in
Sebring, Florida. Dr. Rowe earned his B.C.E. in 1942 from the University of
Delaware. He earned his M.S. in 1949 from Columbia University and his M.E. in
1950 from Yale University. In 1951, Dr. Rowe completed his D.Eng. at Yale
University. Professor Rowe served as Dean of the Vanderbilt University School
of Engineering from 1960 to 1970.
Nov 2007
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Cummings, Cruse elected AAAS Fellows:
Peter T. Cummings, the John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering, and
Thomas A. Cruse, the H. Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
Emeritus, have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed upon them by their peers.
(more)
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ISIS Investigators win DATE Best Paper Award: Professors
and an alumnus of Vanderbilt School of Engineering’s Institute for Software
Integrated Systems (ISIS) will receive a Best Paper Award at the Design,
Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) in Munich in March 2008.
(more)
Nov 2007 |
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Perspectives of project failure by executives and project managers wins prize
for Vanderbilt researchers
An
article examining the factors used by public service
personnel and their contractors to reach
the decision to terminate a project won the second-place
award for best paper at the Academy of Management meeting in
Philadelphia recently.
Oct 2007
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W. Robert Clay, John
W. Johnson, and Edward Thackston
received the Distinguished
Alumnus Award from the Vanderbilt University School of
Engineering during the Engineering Celebration Dinner at
Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, Thursday, Oct. 11.
(more)
Oct 2007
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Peter Cummings, John R. Hall Professor of Chemical
Engineering at Vanderbilt, will receive
the 2007 American Institute of Chemical Engineers [AIChE]
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Award at the
Institute’s annual meeting in November.
(more)
Sep 2007
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Dean
Ken Galloway has won the prestigious Richard F. Shea
Distinguished Member Award from the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma
Sciences Society (NPSS). The annual award
recognizes “outstanding
contributions through leadership and service to the NPSS and to
the fields of Nuclear and Plasma Sciences,”
according to the NPSS website.
(more)
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Vanderbilt engineering professor Robert J. Roselli received
the American Society for Engineering Education’s 2007
William Elgin Wickenden Award at the ASEE Annual Conference
and Exposition held in Honolulu, Hawaii, on June 27. The
award, sponsored by the Journal of Engineering Education, is
given to the authors of the paper judged to be the best
paper published in the scholarly research journal during the
previous January-to-October publication cycle.
(more)
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