Sarah Ross

Congratulations to all of the students who presented at the 2024 VINSE Undergraduate Research Symposium! Our undergraduate researchers were able to share everything they accomplished during their individual research projects at Vanderbilt University over the past ten weeks. The symposium, which was held in collaboration with the Chemical Biology/Chemistry… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Elena Kovalik, Interdisciplinary Materials Science *under the direction of Jason Valentine “Electrochemically Actuated Metasurfaces for Low-Power Nanophotonic and Energy Storage Devices” 08.09.24  |  11:00AM |  044 Engineering Science Building In an age of ubiquitous access to information, metamaterials offer a solution to a wide range of information display… Read More

Professor of Mechanical Engineering Deyu Li has been awarded an inaugural National Science Foundation TRAILBLAZER Engineering Impact Award to extend Max Planck’s theory of thermal radiation from equilibrium thermal sources to a regime where non-equilibrium energy carriers can lead to significantly enhanced radiative heat dissipation. The resulting… Read More

Contact: Lucas Johnson, lucas.l.johnson@vanderbilt.edu Vanderbilt researchers have developed a set of nanoparticles that stimulate the immune system in mice to fight cancer and may eventually do the same in humans. John T. Wilson The research led by John T. Wilson, associate professor of… Read More

Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium   Dr. Hangbo Zhao Assistant Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering University of Southern California Stretchable Sensors for Soft Tissues and Robots 03.19.25  |  4:10PM | 134 Featheringill Hall Bio. Dr. Hangbo Zhao is an assistant professor in the… Read More

Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium   Dr. Kevin Kubarych Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics University of Michigan Vibrational Polariton Dynamics Probed with Collinear 2D-IR 02.19.25  |  4:10PM | 134 Featheringill Hall Bio: A native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Kubarych studied physical chemistry at Brown University (Sc.B.,… Read More

Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium Dr. Jordan Hachtel Staff Scientist Oak Ridge National Laboratory New Frontiers in Electron Microscopy with Simultaneous Spatial, Spectral, and Momentum Resolution 01.15.25  |  4:10PM | 134 Featheringill Hall Bio: Jordan Hachtel is a staff scientist in the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences… Read More

Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium   Dr. Flavia Vitale Associate Professor of Neurology and Bioengineering University of Pennsylvania When nano meets neuro: engineering high-resolution bioelectronics from nanoscale soft conductors 12.11.24  |  4:10PM | 134 Featheringill Hall The ability to record, modulate, and dynamically interface with the activity of cells,… Read More

Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium Dr. Marin Soljačić Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enabling novel light phenomena at the subwavelength scale 10.16.24  |  4:10PM | 134 Featheringill Hall Bio: Marin Soljačić is a Professor of Physics at MIT. He is… Read More

Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium Dr. Lauren Garten Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Developing 2D monochalcogenides for piezoelectrics and ferroelectrics  09.04.24  |  4:10PM | 134 Featheringill Hall Lauren Garten is an assistant professor in Materials Science and Engineering at the… Read More