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VINSE recognizes faculty accomplishments in annual fall faculty celebration
Please congratulate the following members of the VINSE faculty on recent accomplishments and promotions. FFC 2020 program. FACULTY PROMOTIONS We celebrate the recent promotions of the following faculty: Endowed Chairs Craig L. Duvall named Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair Joshua D. Caldwell named Flowers… Read MoreOct. 4, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 22: Kofi Christie – desalination of water – which is used globally to provide people with needed fresh water
Episode 22 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Kofi Christie tells Alice Leach about the desalination of water – which is used globally to provide people with needed fresh water. Kofi’s paper ” Energy efficiency of membrane distillation: Simplified analysis, heat recovery, and the use of waste-heat” was published… Read MoreSep. 29, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 21: Kyle Hawkins – bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses that live on and inside the human body
Episode 21 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Kyle Hawkins tells Alice Leach about the bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses that live on and inside the human body. Kyle’s paper ” The Microbiome and the Gut-Liver-Brain Axis for Central Nervous System Clinical Pharmacology: Challenges in Specifying and Integrating In Vitro… Read MoreSep. 22, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 20: Matt Thompson – improving the reproducibility of soft matter calculations
Episode 20 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Matthew Thompson tells Alice Leach about improving the reproducibility of soft matter calculations. Matt’s paper “Towards molecular simulations that are transparent, reproducible, usable by others, and extensible (TRUE)” was published in Molecular Physics. Matt graduated with a Ph.D. in Chemical and… Read MoreSep. 15, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 19: Austin Howes – optical limiting using materials that change their properties when exposed to external energy sources
Episode 19 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Austin Howes tells Alice Leach about optical limiting using materials that change their properties when exposed to external energy sources. Austin’s paper “Optical Limiting Based on Huygens’ Metasurfaces” was published in Nano Letters. Austin graduated with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering… Read MoreSep. 8, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 18: Timothy Boire – shape memory polymer that could transform vascular surgery
Episode 18 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Tim Boire tells Alice Leach about a shape memory polymer that could transform vascular surgery. Tim’s paper “Effect of pore size and spacing on neovascularization of a biodegradable shape memory polymer perivascular wrap” was published in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research… Read MoreSep. 2, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 17: Ross Koby – Mechanochemistry!
Episode 17 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Ross Koby tells Alice Leach about his weekly grind – Mechanochemistry! Ross’s paper ” An h3-Bound Allyl Ligand on Magnesium in a Mechanochemically Generated Mg/K Allyl Complex” was published in Angewandte Chemie-International. Ross is a 5th year graduate student in Chemistry… Read MoreAug. 25, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 16: Kaitlyn Ryder – sending electronics to space
Episode 16 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Kaitlyn Ryder about sending electronics to space. Kaitlyn’s paper “Comparison of Sensitive Volumes Associated With Ion- and Laser-Induced Charge Collection in an Epitaxial Silicon Diode” was published in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. Kaitlyn is a 4th… Read MoreAug. 18, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 15: Guanyu Lu – capturing waste heat to use in optical communication
Episode 15 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Guanyu Lu about capturing waste heat to use in optical communication. Guanyu’s paper ” Narrowband Polaritonic Thermal Emitters Driven by Waste Heat” was published in ACS Omega. Guanyu Lu is a 3rd year graduate student in Mechanical… Read MoreAug. 11, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 14: Jenna Dombroski – progress toward a breast cancer vaccine!
Episode 14 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Jenna A. Dombroski about progress toward a breast cancer vaccine! Jenna’s paper “Fabrication and Characterization of Tumor Nano-Lysate as a Preventative Vaccine for Breast Cancer” was published in Langmuir. Jenna is a prior VINSE REU student and… Read MoreAug. 4, 2020