Alisha McCord

Join us for a VINSE student/postdoc social hour.  There will be opportunities to play games together as well as join individual conversations. March 25, 2021 4pm – web Register Here – register before March 19th to receive your goodie box to enjoy during the session. We will use Gather… Read More

Join us for a VINSE faculty social hour.  Register before the deadline below to receive a goodie package to enjoy during the gathering. There will be opportunities to connect with colleagues and join individual conversations. REGISTER HERE – register by March 12th We will use Gather to host this event. Links… Read More

Last week the Spring 2021 installment of the VINSE newsletter was released. A Director’s coffee hour will be held on Friday, February 19th, giving our community an opportunity to discuss the new initiatives within VINSE and current research. February 19, 2021 11am – 12pm Grab your favorite beverage and join… Read More

You will find the following topics covered in this edition: Director’s note Upcoming events VINSE/DSI collaborations Staff Engineer II opening Virtual training VINSE Spring Newsletter  … Read More

March 24, 2021 Kristofer Reyes Assistant professor, Department of Materials Design and Innovation University at Buffalo “Closed-loop design for autonomous materials development” 4PM via Zoom Webinar Click HERE to register Abstract: Closed-loop, sequential learning is a key paradigm in autonomous materials development. Within this framework, aspects… Read More

March 31, 2021 Dr. Manish Kumar Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering University of Texas at Austin “Biomimetic and Biomimetic Membranes: An ongoing journey” 4PM via Zoom Webinar Click HERE to register Abstract: Membranes are rapidly becoming the fastest growing platform for water purification, wastewater reuse, and… Read More

March 3, 2021 Deb Kelly Director of the Center for Structural Oncology Huck Chair in Molecular Biophysics Professor of Biomedical Engineering Penn State University “Revealing Molecular Adversaries of Human Health with High-Resolution Imaging” 4PM via Zoom Webinar Click HERE to register… Read More

Congratulations Alyssa Livingood, NSF REU fellow 2019, on being FIRST AUTHOR on a published paper in ACS Photonics!  Being a first author on a paper is a major accomplishment and we at VINSE are very proud of Alyssa’s accomplishment.  Alyssa is currently studying to receive her B.S. in Computer Engineering at… Read More

by Marissa Shapiro Jan. 14, 2021, 1:05 PM Vanderbilt researchers have developed the next generation of ultrafast data transmission that may make it possible to make already high-performance computing “on demand.” The technology unjams bottlenecks in data streams using a hybrid silicon-vanadium dioxide waveguide that can turn light… Read More

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. After two sessions in which 10 finalists presented their… Read More