Sarah Ross
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Valentine Selected to Participate in NAE’s 2015 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
Washington, DC, June 25, 2015 – Eighty-nine of the nation’s brightest young engineers have been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) 21st annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) symposium. Engineers ages 30 to 45 who are performing exceptional engineering research and technical work in a variety of disciplines… Read MoreJul. 10, 2015
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Five year, $20 million TN-SCORE program boots state’s energy research capacity
For the last five years, scientists and engineers at Vanderbilt University have been collaborating closely with colleagues at other public and private universities and research centers throughout Tennessee in an effort to increase the state’s energy research capacity. This collaboration was made possible by a five-year, $20 million… Read MoreJun. 30, 2015
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Carter, Hachtel and Slack win for best Oral & Poster Presentation at Annual Conference
Three VINSE graduate students received awards at the annual TN-SCORE conference held in Nashville, TN on June 18-19, 2015. Rachel Carter and Jordan Hachtel tied for first place for best oral presentation. Rachel is a Mechanical Engineering graduate student working under the direction of Professor Cary… Read MoreJun. 23, 2015
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Jason Valentine featured in C&EN News and Nature Materials
VINSE member Jason Valentine’s work published in ACS Photonics was featured in C&EN magazine and Nature Materials 06/15/2015 “Simple Process Creates Near-Perfect Mirrors Out Of A Metamaterial Photonics: A layer of self-assembled particles allows researchers to etch an almost-perfect reflector that might be used in telescopes and lasers out… Read MoreJun. 16, 2015
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World’s smallest spirals could guard against identity theft
Take gold spirals about the size of a dime…and shrink them down about six million times. The result is the world’s smallest continuous spirals: “nano-spirals” with unique optical properties that would be almost impossible to counterfeit if they were added to identity cards, currency and other important objects. Students and… Read MoreJun. 8, 2015
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2015 Summer Nanoseminar Schedule
The VINSE summer nanoseminar series provides an opportunity for graduate students or post-docs to share their current research with the larger VINSE community to foster discussion and collaboration. Each seminar will consist of 2 talks of 15-20 minutes each with 10-15 minutes of questions. The goal of these talks… Read MoreMay. 21, 2015
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Engineer uses cotton candy to build artificial blood vessels
Vanderbilt University mechanical engineer Leon Bellan is working to create artificial human capillary blood vessels using cotton candy and gelatin. His goal is for researchers to use these man-made capillaries to help keep artificial organs and other tissues alive, which could dramatically impact the field of regenerative medicine. Vascular toolbox… Read MoreApr. 1, 2015
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IMS student Kelsey Beavers featured in Research News @ Vanderbilt
Kelsey Beavers, a Vanderbilt University Ph.D. candidate in interdisciplinary materials science, is exploring how inserting engineering into biological processes can lead to a healthier society. (Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt University) Behind the pathology for a variety of painful and deadly diseases lie genes that aren’t doing their jobs. They… Read MoreMar. 27, 2015
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VINSE Colloquium Series: Student Selected Keynote Address “Quantum Dots and Perovskites for Solution-Processed Optoelectronics” Dr. Ted Sargent, University of Toronto, 04/01/15
APRIL 1, 2015. Dr. Ted Sargent Canada Research Chair in Nanotechnology University of Toronto “Quantum Dots and Perovskites for Solution-Processed Optoelectronics“ 3:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 2:45 Abstract:The past decade has seen rapid progress in size-tuned colloidal quantum dots,… Read MoreMar. 13, 2015
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26 High Schools from 16 Middle TN counties are participating in the VINSE Field Trip in Spring 2015
26 High Schools representing 16 Middle TN counties are participating in the Spring 2015 VINSE high school field trip program. Groups of up to 20 from each school will to visit our facilities, perform an experiment, utilize our electron microscope, and learn about nanotechnology and energy during a day visit. Spring… Read MoreMar. 2, 2015