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VECTOR has partnered with 19 public & private partners to launch TennSMART Consortium
Jan. 29, 2018—The goal of this TennSMART consortium is accelerating development and use of technologies for autonomous and connected vehicles and smart infrastructure, among other areas. The following five focus areas are included: Connected and automated vehicles Heavy duty trucking and freight efficiency Cybersecurity Electric vehicles Multimodal commuting Use the link below for more information regarding the...
Professor Dan Work Receives Two Additonal Honors
Jan. 29, 2018—Professor Dan Work was named on the 2018 Pioneers by Connect World list of 10 Innovators of loT (internet of Things) under 40. Professor work will also be a Gilbreath Lecturer at the National Meeting of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) on February 8, 2018 in Irvine, CA. Congrats Dan! New CE...
Professor Janey Camp interview by The Briefing Powered by Dartmouth for SiriusXM Radio
Jan. 29, 2018—Professor Janey Camp discusses infrastructure conditions, and improvements our roads, waterways, dams and other infrastructure need to compete globally. Hosted by Dartmouth Professor Randall Balmer. Aired on Saturday, January 27th, 2018. Listen to the clip below.
Gradate Students Raphael Stern & Will Barbour named 2018 Dwight David Eisenhower Fellows from US DOT
Jan. 29, 2018—The Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) awards fellowships to students pursuing degrees in transportation-related disciplines. Stern and Barbour received this award at the 2018 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Congrats Rafi & Will! From Left: Will Barbour, Dan Work, and Rafi Stern
Graduate Student Charles Doktycz receives Eisenhower Fellowship
Jan. 25, 2018—Congrats Charles!
Professor Janey Camp featured as Guest Columnist for the Tennessean
Jan. 5, 2018—Use the link below to read Professor Janey Camp’s article “Nashville Needs to Prepare for the Flood of the Future” featured in the Tennessean on January 3rd, 2018. http://nashvilletennessean.tn.newsmemory.com/publink.php?shareid=26a37c20b
Vanderbilt EWB Trip lead by Professor Janey Camp
Jan. 3, 2018—Use the link below for the Channel 5 interview about a Vanderbilt Engineers Without Borders trip, now underway to Guatemala, lead by Professor Janey Camp. This trip will focus on an assessment into communities in Guatemala to help meet some of their engineering needs and improve sanitation safety around the school grounds. https://www.newschannel5.com/news/vanderbilt-students-to-help-repair-school-in-guatemala
VECTOR Group Attends SRA 2017 Annual Meeting
Dec. 13, 2017— This years SRA annual meeting was held in Arlington, VA from December 10th-14th, 2017. The SRA Annual meeting provides opportunity to discuss all avenues of risk analysis with other risk enthusiasts. The theme of this years meeting is Risk Analysis: The Profession, The Practitioners, The Research. From...
Graduate Student Jinzhu Yu Wins 2017 SRA EISG Student Merit Competition
Dec. 11, 2017—Congrats Jinzhu on winning the student merit award! The Engineering and Infrastructure Specialty Group (EISG) requires that the finalists for the student merit award in EISG submit a YouTube video on their research. Jinzhu was one of three other finalist who submitted YouTube videos. Take a look at Jinzhu’s YouTube video below featuring his research....
VECTOR and UT study: Unscheduled lock closures cost inland waterway shipper supply chain more than $1 billion annually
Dec. 4, 2017—VECTOR and UT study: Unscheduled lock closures cost inland waterway shipper supply chain more than $1 billion annually Lock & Dam 25, near Winfield, Missouri on the Upper Mississippi River, was built in 1939 Unscheduled lock closures create costly ripple effects across the shipper supply chain – adding more than $1 billion in additional transportation...