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VU engineers and VUMC doctors team up for open-source ventilator design
Mar. 30, 2020—As COVID-19 continues to push unprecedented challenges on medical communities, one of the most pressing threats for hospital staff across the country is a dwindling supply of ventilators. Now, an interdisciplinary team of Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty is taking on the challenge by way of a fabricated, open-source ventilator design. Led...
Vanderbilt engineers design breathing system for VUMC if ventilators run out
Mar. 30, 2020—NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Some Vanderbilt University engineers are trying to get ahead of a problem that could happen if the COVID-19 pandemic gets worse in Nashville. Since Saturday Kevin Galloway has been putting together a way to pump an “ambu” bag without any hands. “Trying to think of what do I have available in my...
HED: Rakkasans, Vanderbilt team up on innovation initiative
Mar. 4, 2020—Through an education partnership between Vanderbilt University, the Rakkasans now work together with researchers to discuss innovations for field training and operations during deployment. Army Futures Command and Vanderbilt University signed an education partnership agreement in April 2019, establishing a model that expands opportunities for collaboration between Soldiers and university-based researchers who work in the...
VU Wond’ry PreLaunch ideas target travel, autonomous tech, visual empowerment
Feb. 27, 2020—THE WOND’RY Innovation Center at Vanderbilt University runs a PreLaunch program to help potential entrepreneurs in the VU community determine whether they should pursue their venture ideas. With assistance from Wond’ry Associate Director Deanna Meador, we obtained varying amounts of information on three of the five teams that received microgrants. They were among 13 teams...
Vanderbilt students break classical music conventions
Jan. 23, 2020—Three years ago, Blair student Aislinn Bailie, class of 2019, had the startling realization that after almost two decades of a career in classical music, she had never performed a piece composed by anyone other than a white male. Determined to change this, she put together Vanderbilt’s first contemporary music concert.
Search committee reflects on selection of Diermeier
Dec. 9, 2019—Members of the Chancellor Search Committee reflect on the selection of Daniel Diermeier as Vanderbilt’s ninth chancellor and discuss the qualities he brings to the role. Diermeier’s appointment was announced Dec. 4, when he visited with faculty, staff, students and community members on campus. He will begin his term as chancellor on July 1, 2020. An internationally...
Engineering + empathy lead VU students to help kids with special needs
Nov. 18, 2019—Inspired to make a child’s life better through engineering and design, students from Vanderbilt, occupational therapists and professional engineers worked for three days straight—with little sleep—to build inventions that would make life a little easier for a child with special physical needs. Seven teams from diverse backgrounds took part in Vanderbilt’s third annual TOM Makeathon...
Open Mind: Supporting our veterans, advancing our mission
Nov. 4, 2019—I am excited to announce that on Veterans Day, we will launch a web portal to share stories of the people and programs connected to the military at Vanderbilt that are making an impact—whether through active service, initiatives or life-changing research. There are many ways for Vanderbilt to apply our trans-institutional expertise to find bold...
Art-themed, 36-hour hackathon will draw hundreds of students to Vanderbilt Nov. 1-3
Nov. 1, 2019—In a twist that turns hacking into art, VandyHacks VI will engage more than 550 students from Vanderbilt and Southern and Midwest schools in its hackathon—a 36-hour invention marathon—beginning Friday evening on Nov. 1 and ending Sunday, Nov. 3. Hacking in this context brings together creative thinkers, programmers, designers, builders and more for an intense...