Sarah Ross
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IMS hosts inaugural tailgate party
IMS students had a great time Saturday night hosting the first annual IMS tailgate. Anchor Down! … Read MoreNov. 15, 2021
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Meet Our Graduates: J. Scott Niezgoda
Scott Niezgoda earned his Ph.D. in Dr. Sandra Rosenthal’s lab at Vanderbilt University, where he studied the photophysics and surface chemistry of quantum dots for application in solar cell technology. While at Vanderbilt, Scott was active in VINSE-lead community outreach to local public high schools in an… Read MoreNov. 12, 2021
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Spotlight Publication: “Optical Momentum Alignment Effect in WSe2 Phototransistor” published in Advanced Optical Materials
“Optical Momentum Alignment Effect in WSe2 Phototransistor” published in Advanced Optical Materials has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. About the author: Yuchen Zhang earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in June 2021 under the direction of Dr. Yaqiong Xu. Yuchen studied two-dimensional optoelectronics with advanced… Read MoreNov. 11, 2021
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Meet Our Graduates: Danielle Richardson
Danielle Richardson received her B.A. with a double major in Political Science and Medicine, Health, and Society (MHS) in 2020 from Vanderbilt University. As an undergraduate, Danielle was on the VINSE Technical Crew where she learned valuable skills in photolithography, etching, deposition, and metrology through her work in the… Read MoreNov. 10, 2021
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Spotlight Publication: “High contrast cleavage detection for enhancing porous silicon sensor sensitivity” published in Optics Express
“High contrast cleavage detection for enhancing porous silicon sensor sensitivity” published in Optics Express has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. About the author: Rabeb Layouni is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering under the direction of Dr. Sharon Weiss and Dr. Paul Laibinis. Read MoreNov. 3, 2021
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Meet Our Graduates: Naiya Soetan
Naiya Soetan earned her Ph.D. in 2018 from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Her dissertation was titled “Impact of composition, shape, and environment on the physical and optoelectronic properties of cesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals” and was done under the direction of Professor Rizia Bardhan. Read MoreOct. 26, 2021
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Spotlight Publication: “3-D Full-Band Monte Carlo Simulation of Hot-Electron Energy Distributions in Gate-All-Around Si Nanowire MOSFETs” published in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
“3-D Full-Band Monte Carlo Simulation of Hot-Electron Energy Distributions in Gate-All-Around Si Nanowire MOSFETs” published in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. About the author: Mahmud Reaz earned his Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Materials Science in July 2021 under the supervision of… Read MoreOct. 22, 2021
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Meet Our Graduates: Jeremy Beam
Jeremy Beam received his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2016 under the supervision of Dr. Charles Lukehart. His research was focused on confined-plume chemical deposition of transition metal borides and oxides initiated by pulsed, infrared tabletop lasers. He then accepted a post-doctoral position at the University of Saskatchewan and studied… Read MoreOct. 19, 2021
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Meet Our Graduates: Thomas Stilson
Thomas Stilson received his B.E. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2019 from Vanderbilt University. As an undergraduate, Thomas served on the VINSE Tech Crew, where he provided friendly after-hours support and a helping hand on equipment transfers during the new facility buildout. Thomas is now a… Read MoreOct. 16, 2021
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Meet Our Graduates: Claire Marvinney
Before starting as a staff scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the new Quantum Information Science Section, Claire Marvinney joined the lab as an Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Fellow in 2018, working first in the Quantum Information Science Group and then in the Quantum Heterostructures… Read MoreOct. 14, 2021