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Vanderbilt University has developed a new, integrated MD/M.Eng. pathway in Surgery and Intervention, a one-year, industry-focused master’s track designed to equip future clinicians with advanced training in medical device engineering and medical AI. Read More

Robert J. Webster, the Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt, has been elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) as well as elevated to IEEE Fellow, a prestigious title awarded by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers to members who have… Read More

Jack Noble always admired his father’s work as a family practice physician, particularly the simple aspect of helping people. It’s a sentiment the Vanderbilt engineer has carried over into his own work of developing innovative technology that aims to not only improve patients’ hearing, but also assist… Read More

Daiwei Lu, a third-year Ph.D. student in computer science at Vanderbilt, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health for a study that aims to create computer vision and machine learning models to improve endoscopic treatment of kidney stones. Read More

VISE welcomes Daniel Gonzales, PhD, to our Fall Seminar Series. Daniel Gonzales, PhD Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Vanderbilt University Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025 Location: SVC 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch,12:00 start Talk Title: Flexible brain implants for stable recordings across species Abstract:  Neurophysiological recordings have… Read More

VISE welcomes Hao Li, PhD, to our Fall Seminar Series. Hao Li, PhD Research Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Vanderbilt University Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025 Location: SVC 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch,12:00 start Title: From Data-driven to Data-centric Medical Image Segmentation Abstract: Recent… Read More

VISE welcomes James Duncan, PhD, to our Fall Seminar Series. James S. Duncan, PhD Ebenezer K. Hunt Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Statistics & Data Science Yale University Date: Thursday, October 16, 2025 Location: SVC 5326 Time: 11:45 am… Read More

A team of researchers led by Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt University, have developed a magnetic robotic valve to provide minimally invasive intervention for gastroesophageal reflux disease and possibly other organ system disorders… Read More

Nissha Medical Technologies to move global engineering and innovation center to Vanderbilt’s Nashville campus.  … Read More

Nissha Medical Technologies (NMT), the medical devices business unit for Japan’s Nissha Co. Ltd, has officially broken ground on renovations to an existing building on Vanderbilt University’s main campus for its new Engineering & Innovation Center of Excellence (CoE). Renovations are scheduled for completion in mid-March 2026, with an open… Read More