The Infinite to the Finite
A professor from the Vanderbilt School of Engineering talks with a neurosurgeon in a hallway at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Their discussion fine-tunes ideas that the engineer takes forward in implementation.
9 Questions for GM President Mark Reuss
Mark Reuss, BE’86, was named president of GM North America in December 2009, becoming second in command of one of the auto industry’s largest and most prominent companies. Reuss, a mechanical engineering grad, started with GM in 1983 as a student intern.
Adsorbed in His Work
Can the world burn fossil fuels for energy in a way that doesn’t contribute to global warming? What can be done to protect people from the release of toxic chemicals? How would NASA care for a sick astronaut during long-duration space explorations like a manned mission to Mars?
National Defender
Like other engineers, Philip Reitinger, BE’84, has made a career of building bridges. But the divide that he has spanned is between corporations and government and between technology and policy.
Fall 2010— Impact
A Maxim to Live By
Learn, earn, return. Civil engineer Sam McCleskey, BE’51, has made that phrase his philosophy for every stage of his adult life. That dictum, combined with McCleskey’s success, has in turn made an enduring difference in the lives of students in the School of Engineering.
McCleskey began the learn phase of his adult life when he arrived [...]
Fall 2010— On Campus
Six Awards in Three Years are SMART
A U.S. Department of Defense program has top engineering and science students all over the country competing for a select few scholarships — and Vanderbilt Engineering students have claimed six of them in three years.
The Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program provides full tuition, book fees, health benefits, paid summer [...]
Fall 2010— Unforgettable
Unforgettable — Peter G. Hoadley
I grew up surrounded by engineers. My father and one uncle were civil engineers. Another uncle was a mining engineer, and another was a road builder. It wasn’t much of a surprise in 1959 when I enrolled as an engineering student at Vanderbilt.
Fall 2010— Honors and Awards
Honors and Awards
A.B. Bonds, Peter Cummings, Douglas H. Fisher, Haoxiang Luo, E. Duco Jansen, Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, David Kosson…
Fall 2010— Giving
The Fred J. Lewis Society
July 1, 2009–June 30, 2010
Many of the School of Engineering’s most dedicated donors belong to the Fred J. Lewis Society. Established more than 30 years ago, the Lewis Society honors the legacy of Dean Fred J. Lewis. Under his leadership from 1933 to 1959, the school enjoyed an upsurge in enrollment, expansion of facilities and [...]
A Look Back— Fall 2010
A Look Back
Returning World War II veterans swelled enrollment at Vanderbilt, particularly in the School of Engineering. VUSE’s enrollment went from a wartime low of 158 in 1943-44 to 574 students in 1945-46. It reached a then-record high of 821 undergraduates in 1948-1949.
A report to the Board of Trust stated, “Naturally, classrooms and laboratories have been crowded, [...]
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Explorer of Light
When people discover that Sharon Weiss works in optics, they often ask if she can fix their glasses.
Digest
- Major Emphasis
- Reaction to Reactor Photo?
- Newly Tenured, New Year
- Great Research IDEAS Receive University Funds
- National Center for Health Care Security Relies on Vanderbilt Team
From the Dean
Engineering Is Critical to the Country’s Economic Recovery
Engineers are, and will be, critical contributors to any sustainable economic upturn. They invent, they design, they turn new ideas into marketable products.
The NAE’s 14 Grand Challenges have been broadcast across the engineering community for more than two years now. There is evidence that some of the challenges — energy, sustainability, health care and the [...]
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The Fine Print
The Fine Print
