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Vanderbilt University’s Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) is hosting a screening of the upcoming film Rule Breakers, inspired by the true story of an all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan that defied politics and tradition to compete in events around the world. Read More

Following an extensive national search, Prof. Michael Miga has been named as the new chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, effective January 1, 2025. Miga, who had served as the interim chair since the Fall of 2023, and is the Harvie Branscomb Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has accepted a three-year… Read More

Virtuoso Surgical Inc. yesterday announced that it has participated in a multi-institution award from the federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) program. The up to $12 million award brings together robotics and artificial intelligence experts from many of the top surgical robotics and computer science labs in the U.S. Read More

Our first Spring 2025 Seminar will be led by Nanshu Lu Carol Cockrell Curran Chair in Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch; noon start Title: Wireless E-Tattoos for… Read More

Join us for our next Fall Seminar with our guest, Ilker Hacihaliloglu, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Radiology Department of Medicine University of British Columbia, Canada Co-founder of PONS Inc. Date: Thursday, November 7, 2024… Read More

A surgical robot capable of performing an entire surgery without human intervention: That’s the goal of a landmark, multi-institution project being led by a Vanderbilt engineer that recently received an award up to $12 million in funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). Read More

VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Victoria Morgan, PhD Professor in the Departments of Radiology and Radiological Sciences Biomedical Engineering Neurology and Neurological Surgery Vanderbilt University Medical Center Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 11:45 for lunch; noon start… Read More

VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Christopher J. Bettinger, PhD Program Manager Biological Technologies Office (BTO) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Date: Monday, September 23, 2024 Location: Student Life Center Meeting Room 1&2 Time: 11:45 for lunch; noon start Title: Breakthrough… Read More

Join us for our next VISE Fall Seminar with Garrett Coyan, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery and Biomedical Engineering Vanderbilt University Medical Center Date: Thursday, September 5, 2024 Time: 11:45 am for lunch, talk starts at noon Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Title:… Read More

Benoit Dawant has been named a Senior Member of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. He joins a distinguished group of international scholars honored in August at the SPIE Optics + Photonics 2024 conference in San Diego. Read More