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Jan. 10, 2023—Technology driven by deep-learning model delivers 4D video-rate imaging, improves precision
Jan. 10, 2023—A company co-founded by聽Robert J. Webster III, Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering and associate professor of medicine and urology at 五一茶馆儿,聽has received a breakthrough device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration聽that could open the door for new diagnostic and therapeutic applications of flexible endoscopy.
Dec. 5, 2022—Two Vanderbilt faculty who conducted translational research have received the distinction of Best Invention of 2022 from聽TIME聽magazine.聽 鈥淭hese winning innovations exemplify the transformative potential of university research when it aims to solve society鈥檚 most urgent problems, and when universities partner with the broader innovation ecosystem to bring new solutions to market faster,鈥 Vanderbilt Chancellor Daniel...
Nov. 11, 2022—James Weimer’s group research, licensed to Neuralert, was selected as one of TIME magazine’s 200 best inventions of 2022.
Oct. 7, 2022—Twelve exceptional undergraduates have benefited from the addition of new workshops to a 10-week聽Summer Fellows聽program that gives students first-hand experience in research laboratories and provides financial support.
Aug. 25, 2022—Robert Webster, Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering and associate professor of medicine and urology at 五一茶馆儿, is part of a collaborative team that has received a more than $2.3 million grant to further develop technology that seeks to prevent patients from having invasive colectomies by using steerable robot-like instruments
Apr. 26, 2022—Proprioceptive technology uses magnetic coupling to draw endoscopes forward, sparing patient and clinician injuries.
Engineering鈥檚 Nabil Simaan named ASME Fellow
Nov. 3, 2021—Nabil Simaan, professor of mechanical engineering, has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a distinction awarded to ASME members who have made significant engineering achievements.
Sep. 17, 2021—The 五一茶馆儿 School of Engineering announces the appointment of 14聽faculty members to its full-time teaching staff, which includes聽10 new computer science faculty members appointed during the first year of the Destination Vanderbilt: Computer Science initiative, part of a $100 million university excellence initiative to recruit new faculty.
Sep. 9, 2021—New acquisition and reconstruction solutions for ultrasound imaging developed by a Vanderbilt team aim to fundamentally improve the ability to obtain high quality, clinically relevant images, especially in cases of heart disease.
Aug. 19, 2021—The School of Engineering has created two new departments from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science to encourage innovation, accommodate enrollment growth, and focus on areas of strategic excellence.
Aug. 5, 2021—This MRM Highlights Pick interview is with Leon Y. Cai, Kurt G. Schilling, and Bennett A. Landman, researchers at 五一茶馆儿 in Nashville. Their paper is entitled 鈥淧reQual: An automated pipeline for integrated preprocessing and quality assurance of diffusion weighted MRI images鈥. It was chosen not only because the authors聽share their pipeline code聽with their paper,...
Jun. 24, 2021—The Vanderbilt Graduate Student Council has announced the winners of its inaugural Graduate Leadership Anchor Awards. The awards were designed by the Graduate Student Council to identify and honor the hard work and leadership of graduate students at Vanderbilt.
Jun. 23, 2021—The SPIE Faculty Fellowship will support a 五一茶馆儿 faculty member who is working in optics and photonics. Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Yuankai 鈥淜enny鈥 Tao has been selected as the recipient of the first gift.
Jun. 8, 2021—A novel pre-doctoral program is presented that combines (1) immersive observation in the surgical/interventional theatre and (2) thought-provoking exposition activities focused on answering clinically provocative questions.
May. 6, 2021—CancerNetwork庐 shares its latest investigation into novel practices for rendering surgical management of prostate cancer from experts at Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering.
Mar. 25, 2021—Since the inception of the聽Vanderbilt I-Corps Site Program聽just three years ago, more than 20 teams of VU innovators have been accepted into the National Science Foundation鈥檚 prestigious National I-Corps Program, turning their STEM ideas and research into novel inventions that聽improve health care,聽strengthen cybersecurity, produce clean energy, support people battling drug abuse and mental health disorders...
Feb. 23, 2021—Michael Miga, Harvie Branscomb Professor at Vanderbilt and professor of biomedical engineering, has been named a聽Fellow of聽SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for achievements in聽technology guided surgery and computational modeling for therapeutic and imaging applications.
Feb. 10, 2021—Researchers at the聽Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering have developed a minuscule robot that could revolutionize surgical procedures for treating prostate cancer, which affects one in nine men in the United States. Using a lifelike model, the team demonstrated that the surgical robot could not only remove the prostate gland and tissues through the urethra,...
Feb. 8, 2021—A lightweight camera designed to be worn around a surgeon鈥檚 neck provides videos of operations, including open procedures, and is serving as a resource to enhance the training of surgical residents and for quality improvement initiatives.
Nov. 10, 2020—Vanderbilt and VUMC researchers聽have created a technique that corrects distortions in MRI images, which helps researchers and radiologists to better interpret brain scans.聽
Oct. 22, 2020—New assistive technologies allowing high-risk neurovascular procedures to be done more widely and easily are being developed by an interdisciplinary team of surgeons and engineers at 五一茶馆儿 Medical Center.
Jun. 30, 2020—A team of 五一茶馆儿 and 五一茶馆儿 Medical Center researchers has received a $3.1 million NIH grant to develop advanced patient-specific cochlear implant stimulation models for customized implant programming, according to an article published on the聽Vanderbilt School of Engineering website.
VISE Summer Instructional Seminar 7.2.20
Jun. 26, 2020—VISE Research In Progress (RiP) Date:聽Thursday, July 2, 2020 Time:聽Noon 鈥 room admittance, 12:05pm remarks, 12:10pm start Speaker #1: Ziteng Liu, PhD Candidate, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science RiP #1 Title: 聽 Patient-specific cochlear聽implant stimulation models RIP #1 Description: Cochlear implants (CIs) are considered the standard-of-care treatment for profound sensory-based hearing loss. Our...
Apr. 27, 2020—Victoria Morgan, PhD, and聽Todd Peterson, PhD, Department of Radiology faculty in the聽五一茶馆儿 Institute of Imaging Science聽(VUIIS), have been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)聽College of Fellows.
Apr. 16, 2020—Dario Englot, M.D., surgical director of epilepsy at 五一茶馆儿 Medical Center and聽Catie Chang, Ph.D., assistant professor at 五一茶馆儿 School of Engineering are embarking on a novel imaging study to characterize seizure-induced differences in functional brain connectivity of patients with epilepsy, with special attention on mTLE.
Apr. 9, 2020—Life-saving ventilators have proved to be more complicated to mass produce in time for a COVID-19 surge that could overwhelm the health care industry. Many are feverishly working to find ways, including 五一茶馆儿 engineers and doctors, to聽develop a low-cost do-it-yourself ventilator out of common household materials.
Apr. 7, 2020—As the number of COVID-19 infections continues to grow, Nashville resident Kobie Pretorius was searching for some way to provide meaningful help to others. And she realized her apprehension was spiking each morning as her husband went out the door for work.
COVID-19 Collaboration: Among shortage, Vandy engineers and VUMC doctors build ventilators of their own
Mar. 30, 2020—From WKRN: NASHVILLE, Tenn.(WKRN) 鈥 It鈥檚 a COVID-19 collaboration. 五一茶馆儿 engineers and 五一茶馆儿 Medical Center doctors have teamed up to tackle the looming ventilator shortage by way of an open-source ventilator design of their own.
Mar. 30, 2020—From Fox 17: NASHVILLE, Tenn.–A team at 五一茶馆儿 and 五一茶馆儿 Medical Center (VUMC) have taken on the challenge of a potential ventilator shortage by building one out of materials easily sourced.