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Vanderbilt initiated startup Zeno Power receives $30M to build the first commercially developed nuclear–powered satellite

Zeno Power, a startup initiated through the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, has received a total of $30 million from the U.S. Department of Defense and private investors to develop and build a flight-ready radioisotope-powered satellite by 2025. It is expected to be the first launch of a commercially developed space nuclear system in history. 

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Engineering professor Ndukaife wins award in Rising Stars of Light global competition

Justus Ndukaife, assistant professor of electrical engineering, spent 20 minutes describing his optical nanotweezers to a panel of five distinguished professors from the United States, Australia, and China during a live online competition—Rising Stars of Light—that has drawn 260,000 viewers worldwide.

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Robot prototype shows promise for microsurgery on eyes and aneurysms

Robot prototype shows promise for microsurgery on eyes and aneurysms

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Anita Mahadevan-Jansen elected to global photonics society’s presidential track

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen of Vanderbilt University elected to SPIE presidential chain

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Vanderbilt University launches the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation

A $10 million gift from alumna Jennifer R. Frist, BS’93, and husband William R. “Billy” Frist will endow a new center focused on supporting and developing the neurodiverse talents of individuals with autism at Vanderbilt University’s School of Engineering.

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Five professors named Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows

Five engineering professors have been named Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows by the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. They join 12 other faculty members in the 2018-2019 class of fellows, the largest class since the program’s inception in 2010.

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Brett Byrum to participate in NAE’s Frontiers of Engineering symposium

A Vanderbilt University engineering professor has been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering’s 24th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium Sept. 5-7 in Lexington, Mass.

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