Sarah Ross

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

Episode 13 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Michael Kosson about how to print 3D cement. Michael’s paper ” Early-Age Performance of 3D Printed Carbon Nanofiber and Carbon Microfiber Cement Composites” was published in Journal of the Transportation Research Record.  Michael is a graduate student in… Read More

Episode 12 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Matthew Gerboth about how heat moves through materials at the nanoscale. Matt’s paper ” Effects of acoustic softening on thermal conductivity beyond group velocity” was published in Journal of Applied Physics.  Matthew is a graduate student in Interdisciplinary… Read More

Episode 11 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with John Slack about how fuel cells convert chemical energy into electricity. John’s paper ” Polyvinylidene Fluoride on Nanofiber Cathode Structure and Durability in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells” was published in Journal of The Electrochemical Society.   John… Read More