October 5, 2001
Vanderbilt wins NSF multidisciplinary grant for reliability, risk engineering program
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Teaching engineers to design safer and more reliable aircraft, automobiles, environmental remediation projects, buildings, bridges and other, similarly complex engineering systems is the goal of a new program at Vanderbilt University.
Contact: David F. Salisbury, (615) 322-NEWS
David.F.Salisbury@Vanderbilt.edu-VU-
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