Sarah Ross

  • VINSE Welcomes Philippe Fauchet

    VINSE Welcomes Philippe Fauchet

    Philippe M. Fauchet, dean of the School of Engineering; professor of electrical engineering B.S., Faculte Polytechnique de Mons, 1978 M.S., Brown University, 1980 Ph.D., Stanford University, 1984 Fauchet comes to Vanderbilt from the University of Rochester, where he served as Distinguished Professor and Chair… Read More

    Sep. 9, 2012

  • VINSE Welcomes Rizia Bardhan

    VINSE Welcomes Rizia Bardhan

    Rizia Bardhan, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering B.A., Westminster College, 2005  M.A., Rice University, 2007 Ph.D., Rice University, 2010 Bardhan’s research focuses on interdisciplinary nanoscience, with the convergence of multiple disciplines: engineering, material science, chemistry, physics… Read More

    Sep. 9, 2012

  • Spinach power gets a major boost

    Spinach power gets a major boost

    Spinach power has just gotten a big boost. An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Vanderbilt University have developed a way to combine the photosynthetic protein that converts light into electrochemical energy in spinach with silicon, the material used in solar cells, in a fashion that produces substantially more electrical current… Read More

    Sep. 4, 2012

  • Richard Haglund named Stevenson Chair of Physics

    Richard Haglund named Stevenson Chair of Physics

    Twelve Vanderbilt University faculty members were honored for extraordinary contributions to their respective fields during an Aug. 28 celebration of endowed chair holders at the Student Life Center. Jeff Balser, vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, noted during his opening remarks the… Read More

    Aug. 30, 2012

  • New research at Vanderbilt could help make quantum dots the future of superefficient lighting

    New research at Vanderbilt could help make quantum dots the future of superefficient lighting

    Unless you’re in the .05 percent of the population who enjoyed physics in high school, the term “quantum” probably calls to mind James Bond or Scott Bakula. But researchers at Vanderbilt University are working on a project that could bring the word into the everyday vernacular, and perhaps even have… Read More

    Aug. 16, 2012

  • Radiation damage bigger problem in microelectronics than previously thought

    Radiation damage bigger problem in microelectronics than previously thought

    The amount of damage that radiation causes in electronic materials may be at least 10 times greater than previously thought. That is the surprising result of a new characterization method that uses a combination of lasers and acoustic waves to provide scientists with a capability tantamount to X-ray vision: It… Read More

    Jul. 19, 2012

  • Probing the roots of depression by tracking serotonin regulation at a new level

    Probing the roots of depression by tracking serotonin regulation at a new level

    In a process akin to belling an infinitesimal cat, scientists have managed to tag a protein that regulates the neurotransmitter serotonin with tiny fluorescent beads, allowing them to track the movements of single molecules for the first time. The capability, which took nearly a decade to achieve, makes it possible… Read More

    Jun. 27, 2012

  • Bridging the Gap in the Sciences – featuring VINSE IMS graduate students

    Bridging the Gap in the Sciences – featuring VINSE IMS graduate students

    Vanderbilt is on track this year to become the number one producer of minority Ph.D. recipients in physics, astronomy and materials science, an area where minorities are grossly underrepresented. Watch the emotional journey of the latest doctoral graduates from the Fisk-Vanderbilt-Master’s-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program. https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2012/06/08/vucast-extra-bridge-program/  … Read More

    Jun. 8, 2012

  • High school students turn blackberries into solar cells

    High school students turn blackberries into solar cells

    How can you squeeze electricity from a blackberry? A number of local high school students can answer this question from personal experience. They have actually made solar cells out of blackberry juice and measured the electrical power that they produce as part of an educational outreach program started this year… Read More

    May. 21, 2012

  • Steigerwald headed to Capitol Hill as congressional fellow

    Steigerwald headed to Capitol Hill as congressional fellow

    Andrew Steigerwald is trading a Vanderbilt physics laboratory for the halls of Congress. The post-doctoral researcher has been selected by the Materials Research Society (MRS) and the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) as their 2012-2013 Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow. Starting in September he will… Read More

    May. 18, 2012