Center for Sustainability, Energy and Climate

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Exciting news! 🎉 The 2026 VSEC Symposium will be co-branded with @NewVoicesNASEM, a program of @theNASEM. New Voices members will serve as session co-chairs and presenters, bringing fresh perspectives while expanding the symposium's national reach. Register Now! #VSECSymposium

Join us Sept. 21 for the Mary Ellen Ternes Distinguished Lectureship featuring Dr. David Sailor. 🕒3–4 PM | 📍 Vanderbilt Community Event Space (208 24th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37240) 🔗 forms.gle/qZTfUCLCBT2cm9… #Sustainability #Climate #Energy

🌱 Innovation. Collaboration. Impact. At VSEC, we’re turning ideas into solutions for a more sustainable future. 🌎 🎥 Watch our new video and see how we’re tackling energy, climate, and sustainability challenges head-on: youtu.be/rLtWhXAeh74 #Sustainability #Innovation

VSEC is now accepting proposals for its Seed Project Fund! 🌱 Faculty can receive up to $200K for interdisciplinary, early-stage research. Deadline March 31, 2026 — apply today! 👉 #freeformCompetitionDetail/2005617" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">vanderbilt.infoready4.com/#freeformCompe… #VanderbiltResearch #Sustainability #SeedFunding #EnvironmentalInnovation

📅 Save the Date! The 2026 VSEC Symposium will take place September 2–4, 2026. More information coming soon—stay tuned! #VSEC #Sustainability #Climate #Energy

🎓 Now launching: Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program @VSECVanderbilt Hands-on research. Faculty mentorship. Focused on real-world challenges in sustainability, energy & climate. 📩 courtney.huff-oelberg@vanderbilt.edu #UndergraduateResearch #ClimateResearch

🌍 Join us for the 2026 State of the Environment Conference on Jan 21 @ Vanderbilt University. Topics include: ⚡ Energy 🌿 Land Use & Conservation 🚀 Scholarship & Innovation

🚨 VSEC featured in @Nature 🚨 The article highlights how interdisciplinary collaboration and complex system analysis at VSEC is driving real-world solutions to today’s most complex climate & energy challenges. 🔗 nature.com/articles/d4247… #ClimateAction #ComplexSystems

First of many 🌱 — VSEC’s inaugural Seed Project Fund invests in six projects to drive sustainability, resilience, and climate solutions across disciplines. Over $1.2M awarded. Read more: engineering.vanderbilt.edu/2025/12/01/vse… #Vanderbiltengineering #Sustainability #Research #Innovation

🎬 Sneak peek! We’re taking you behind the scenes of the new AGU film series featuring VSEC. The film highlights how VSEC drives radical interdisciplinary collaboration to turn research into real-world climate + sustainability solutions. Premiering at #AGU25 later this month!🌍✨

Hussam Mahmoud, Director of VSEC, delivered a powerful message at the ASCE 100-year celebration, highlighting the chapter’s century of impact and its role in preparing resilient, community-minded engineers. Read more here: engineering.vanderbilt.edu/2025/11/20/vus… #ASCE100 #VanderbiltEngineering

How do you design a city that thrives under climate stress, tech disruption & human change? Meet the new NSF-funded project by @HibaBaroud and partners across the globe. Read more here: engineering.vanderbilt.edu/2025/10/28/hib… #NSF #Resilience #vanderbiltuniversity #vanderbiltengineering

Big news from @VanderbiltU! Researchers led by Prof. De-en Jiang have unlocked a new class of high-entropy 2D materials — ultra-thin MXenes with unprecedented properties. Their findings could transform energy storage & electronics. ⚡ 🔗 engineering.vanderbilt.edu/.../2d-materia…

Big congrats to Dr. Sankaran Mahadevan at Vanderbilt Engineering’s Civil & Environmental Engineering department for being named an ASCE Distinguished Member! Your leadership and impact in civil engineering are inspiring. 🎓 #ASCE #vanderbiltengineering

🎉 Big news: Two Vanderbilt faculty served as reviewers for a major NASEM report confirming that human-caused greenhouse gases threaten health, infrastructure & the environment. Read more here. #ClimateAction #GreenhouseGases #Engineering #vanderbiltengineering

Don’t miss Dr. Iris Tien (Georgia Tech) discussing how cross-disciplinary research is strengthening coastal resilience to climate hazards. 🌊 📅 Oct. 28 | 🕛 12:10 PM | 📍 FGH 132 #Vanderbiltengineering #climate #Sustainability

Former Governor Phil Bredesen joins us Nov 3rd for a fireside chat on how to bypass polarization and find common ground on energy issues. Part of our Environmental Governance Across Industries series. 🕐 12:10–1:10 PM | Flynn Auditorium #VanderbiltLawSchool #EnergyPolicy

“Extreme heat + aging bridges = danger. A quick nondestructive test could be the game-changer we need. #BridgeSafety #Resilience” Link: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

🚨 New @theNASEM report: Human-caused greenhouse gases still endanger U.S. health & welfare — with stronger evidence since 2009. 🔗nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/29239/… #ClimateAction #HealthAndClimate #SciencePolicy #NationalAcademies #vadnerbiltengineering