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Janey Camp participates in ASCE Legislative Fly-in
Mar. 27, 2017—Representative Jim Cooper (left) with American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) member Janey Camp (right).
Janey Camp quoted in The CS Monitor: Civil engineers give America’s infrastructure a D+. Is that credible?
Mar. 13, 2017—Civil engineers give America’s infrastructure a D+. Is that credible? March 10, 2017 —The American Society of Civil Engineers has just confirmed what residents of Flint, Mich., and Oroville, Calif., already know too well: America’s infrastructure is in bad shape. On Thursday, the ASCE released its 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, giving a D+ to...
Graduate students Leah Dundon & Tim Ault to sponsor local high school AP Enviro Science student
Mar. 1, 2017—Later this month Graduate students Leah Dundon and Tim Ault will sponsor local high school AP Environmental Science student as an intern in nuclear engineering research as part of Vanderbilt educational outreach initiatives.
Leah Dundun Participated as an official United Nations Observer to COP22
Mar. 1, 2017—Vanderbilt University School of Engineering‘s PhD Candidate Leah Dundon participated as an official United Nation’s Observer to the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, COP22) in Marrakech, Morocco in November 2016. COP22 represented the first effort of the international community to implement the historic 2015 Paris...
Leah Dundon invited as visiting scholar to King’s College in London
Mar. 1, 2017— Graduate student Leah Dundon invited as visiting scholar to King’s College in London for Summer 2017.
Leah Dundon appointed to the Strategic Management Committee of the National Academy of Science’s Transportation Research Board
Mar. 1, 2017—Graduate student Leah Dundon appointed to the Strategic Management Committee of the National Academy of Science’s Transportation Research Board
Enhancing Safety and Resilience of Civil Infrastructure Through Interdisciplinary Research: Vanderbilt’s IRIS Initiative
Feb. 20, 2017—Vanderbilt Associate Professor Caglar Oskay Written by Vanderbilt Associate Professor Caglar Oskay The nation’s civil infrastructure is aging and in poor health. The American Society of Civil Engineers recently assigned a grade of D+ to our nation’s flood protection infrastructure, which protects more than half of the U.S. population and is critical for homeland safety, security, economic vitality and environmental protection. The health...
Janey Camp is new TSPE President
Jan. 23, 2017—Vanderbilt’s Camp is new TSPE president; dual focus will be membership growth, licensing Research Associate Professor Janey Camp is in expert at using GIS tools for research in transportation and resiliency. (Alan Poizner for Vanderbilt University) Candy wrappers and reports littered the conference table, evidence of hours of debate among the 14 engineers seated...
Baroud receives inaugural Littlejohn Dean Faculty Fellowship
Jan. 16, 2017—A civil engineering professor who develops tools that improve infrastructure systems’ reliability and recovery from disasters like hurricanes and floods has received the inaugural Littlejohn Dean Faculty Fellowship. Vanderbilt Engineering School Dean Philippe Fauchet announced Jan. 13 that Hiba Baroud, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, has received the new endowed fellowship for junior...
VECTOR Awarded $1 Million, five year grant
Jan. 16, 2017—Grants seeks better routes to reduce crowding on highways, waterways A major federal grant will fund research into maritime and multimodal transportation at the Vanderbilt Center for Transportation and Operational Resiliency (VECTOR). The $1 million, five-year grant to VECTOR from the U.S. Department of Transportation is through a consortium headed by the University of Arkansas....