2017
Collaborations Gone Haywire
Jan. 27, 2017—Graduate students are often the point of contact for complex communications among researchers across campus, the nation and the world. But what happens when projects get off track? Biomedical engineering Ph.D. student and VISE affiliate Megan Poorman shared tips from her experience.
The Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering (VISE): Bringing Engineers and Surgeons Together to Improve Patient Care
Jan. 27, 2017—Innovation in processes, devices, and systems is at the center of recent advances that are transforming medical interventional procedures. The conception, development, realization, and evaluation of novel solutions that will further advance surgical and procedural patient care is complex and requires close trans-institutional interaction between clinicians, engineers, and scientists. This necessitates environments in which technical...
VISE Seminar: High Throughput Histological and Metabolic Imaging of Surgical Specimens
Jan. 13, 2017—Speaker: Michael G. Giacomelli Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical Optical Imaging and Biophotonics Group Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Research Lab of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Date: Thursday, January 19, 2017 Time: 12:20 start, lunch 12:15 Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Title: High throughput histological and metabolic imaging of surgical specimens Abstract: Optical imaging of preserved,...
VISE Seminar: Computational Modeling to Enable Therapeutic Intervention: Applications in Radiation Oncology
Jan. 9, 2017—Title: Computational Modeling to Enable Therapeutic Intervention: Applications in Radiation Oncology Dual Speaker Format: Albert Attia, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, VUMC and Jared A. Weis, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, VU Date: Thursday, January 12, 2017 Time: 12:20pm start, 12:15pm lunch Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: Patients with intracranial metastasis treated...
Vanderbilt School of Engineering offers new master of cyber-physical systems degree
Jan. 4, 2017—A new master’s degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering is designed to prepare students to meet the dramatic rise in workforce needs in such high-profile fields as the Internet of Things – the advanced connectivity of devices and systems – the security of cyber domains, the smart grid and defense. Beyond courses in...