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Join VINSE Director, Sharon Weiss to discuss new initiatives, pilot funding, tech crew, and other ways VINSE can help support your research. Wednesday, February 5, 2025 | 9:30-10:30 AM 226 ESB, VINSE Conference Room… Read More

Congratulations to Katja Diaz-Granados, the winner of the 2024 NanoDay! t-shirt design competition. This year’s design showcased a collaboration between a former and current Vanderbilt student. The original artwork was created by Chris Sharp and updated for 2024 by Katja Diaz-Granados. Katja, a student in Interdisciplinary Materials Science, was also… Read More

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 NanoDay! jacket drawing! This marks the fifth year that attendees had the chance to win a VINSE jacket, making it a much-anticipated highlight of NanoDay!  A big round of applause for this year’s lucky winners! Megan Keech, Biomedical Engineering Matthew Galazzo, Interdisciplinary… Read More

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 VINSE NanoDay! Poster Competition! The 24th annual Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Forum Welcomed over 250 registered participants, representing 24 departments at Vanderbilt and partner institutions and 14 of industry collaborators.  A total of 66 posters were presented, highlighting the wide range… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Matthew Galazzo, Interdisciplinary Materials Science *under the direction of David Cliffel and Kane Jennings “Photosystem I:  Biohybrid Devices and Reduction Catalysts for CO2” 12.10.24  |  8:00AM |  Buttrick Hall 206 This dissertation presents the use of Photosystem I (PSI) in proof-of-concept solar redox flow… Read More

Can you measure electricity generated by just shining light on a solar cell? On Wednesday, December 4th, VINSE welcomed 15 students from Community High School to our Cleanroom Solar Cell Lab. Inside the VINSE cleanroom, home of the cleanest… Read More

Kissamy Georges, Bioengineering major at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, is already making waves in the world of research. In summer 2024, she participated in a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) program at Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE). For her VINSE research experience, she worked… Read More

How does a solar cell work and how can you make one? On Friday November 15th, VINSE welcomed 16 students from White House Heritage High School to our Cleanroom Solar Cell Lab. They went inside the VINSE cleanroom, home of the cleanest air in middle Tennessee, and found out… Read More

On Friday, November 8th, VINSE welcomed 9 students from Clarkrange High School to our Forensics Lab. It seems like there was nothing eye-catching at the “crime scene,” but what were the hidden clues? During the forensics lab program, the students solved a whodunnit-themed activity using several types of spectroscopies including… Read More

Congratulations to John Waugh! John’s article “Hierarchically porous electrospun carbon nanofiber for high-rate capacitive deionization electrodes” has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. John Waugh is a 2023 Ph.D. graduate from the Interdisciplinary Materials Science Program under the direction of Dr. Peter Pintauro. He is currently a research scientist… Read More