Sarah Ross

  • VINSE Colloquia Series: “Graphene for Enhancement of Raman Effect” Dr. Dresselhaus; MIT 10/8/14

    VINSE Colloquia Series: “Graphene for Enhancement of Raman Effect” Dr. Dresselhaus; MIT 10/8/14

    VINSE COLLOQUIUM SERIES Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Emerita Institute Professor MIT, Department of Physics Host: Yaqiong Xu “Graphene for Enhancement of Raman Effect” 4:10 PM, 5326 Stevenson Center 3:45 refreshments 5326 Stevenson Center Hallway Abstract: Results are presented showing enhancement… Read More

    Oct. 8, 2014

  • VINSE Welcomes John Wilson, Assistant Professor in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

    VINSE Welcomes John Wilson, Assistant Professor in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

    John T. Wilson, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering B.S., Oregon State University, 2002 Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009 Wilson’s research interests focus on developing molecularly engineered materials for biomedical applications, with an emphasis on intracellular delivery of biologics, cancer immunotherapy and cell-based therapy for diabetes. Read More

    Oct. 4, 2014

  • VINSE New Faculty Member Anita Disney explores role of neurotransmitters in attention

    VINSE New Faculty Member Anita Disney explores role of neurotransmitters in attention

    When Anita Disney was growing up in Adelaide, Australia, friends and family assumed she would become a scientist. After all, her father was a biologist and one of the founding faculty members of Flinders University. But in what she admits may have been a bit of youthful rebellion,… Read More

    Sep. 30, 2014

  • ‘Queen of Carbon’ Mildred Dresselhaus graces VINSE Colloquium Series

    ‘Queen of Carbon’ Mildred Dresselhaus graces VINSE Colloquium Series

    Acclaimed MIT Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Emerita, Mildred Dresselhaus, whose decades of research earned her the nickname Queen of Carbon, will explain at the next VINSE Colloquium how placing molecules on a graphene substrate enhances their Raman spectral signal. KEEP READING>… Read More

    Sep. 29, 2014

  • New facility devoted to multiscale modeling opens on Music Row

    New facility devoted to multiscale modeling opens on Music Row

    Vanderbilt University School of Engineering has established a unique research facility focusing on Multiscale Modeling and Simulation. MuMS is home to four faculty members and their research groups. An Open House and inaugural MuMS Seminar Oct. 9 will celebrate the recent creation of the space located… Read More

    Sep. 26, 2014

  • VINSE Faculty Member Cary Pint named to ’20 under 40′ by American Society for Engineering Education

    VINSE Faculty Member Cary Pint named to ’20 under 40′ by American Society for Engineering Education

    Cary Pint, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Nanomaterials and Energy Devices Laboratory at Vanderbilt University, was named to the American Society for Engineering Education’s Top 20 Under 40 last week. KEEP READING »  … Read More

    Sep. 23, 2014

  • Bolotin and McCabe receive VINSE Distinguished Service Awards

    Bolotin and McCabe receive VINSE Distinguished Service Awards

    Kirill Bolotin and Clare McCabe were each awarded a VINSE Distinguished Service Award at the VINSE fall faculty celebration.  Kirill was recognized for his vision and creation of the VINSE summer nanoseminar series.  Clare was recognized for her continued leadership and commitment to the VINSE REU. Read More

    Aug. 29, 2014

  • Craig Duvall receives NSF Early Career Award

    Craig Duvall receives NSF Early Career Award

    Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Craig L. Duvall has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development grant. The five-year, $500,000 grant – Polythioketal Hydrogel For SiRNA-Enhanced Regenerative Cell Therapies – will allow Duvall to continue research on advanced drug delivery systems designed to enhance the performance… Read More

    Aug. 28, 2014

  • Three researchers receive EAGER awards

    Three researchers receive EAGER awards

    Three Vanderbilt researchers have received an award designed to better understand how complex behaviors emerge from activity on brain circuitry as part of President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative. Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Donna Webb, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Deyu Li and Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering… Read More

    Aug. 22, 2014

  • Professor touts faster, cheaper way to test for explosives

    Professor touts faster, cheaper way to test for explosives

    A Vanderbilt University professor has come up with a faster and less expensive way to test for explosives residue on surfaces. Prof. Sharon Weiss has modified white gold leaf paper so that its surface provides signal amplification of 100 million times – so that a laser and detector… Read More

    Jul. 28, 2014