Sarah Ross
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VINSE Director Sandra Rosenthal – named Jack and Pamela Egan Professor of Chemistry
Eleven faculty members who have been named to endowed chairs were praised for their outstanding academic achievements during a celebration at the Student Life Center. “We are a place that values discovery, creativity, great patient care and service in affairs, said Richard McCarty, provost and vice chancellor… Read MoreApr. 6, 2011
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Kirill Bolotin receives NSF Career Award
Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor of Physics Kirill Bolotin has received a Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation. According to the National Science Foundation, CAREER awards support exceptionally promising college and university junior faculty who are committed to the integration of research and education… Read MoreMar. 21, 2011
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James Dickerson receives NSF Career Award
James Dickerson, who came to Vanderbilt in 2004, has pioneered methods for making freestanding, transportable films exclusively from nanoparticles. To do so he has adapted a commercial process called electrophoretic deposition (EPD) that can fabricate large, flexible and self-supporting sheets out of almost any type of nanomaterial. They represent a… Read MoreFeb. 15, 2011
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Hak-Joon Sung receives NSF Career Award
Hak-Joon Sung’s research explores a new approach to regenerate injured small blood vessels as well as create a new tool box for minimally invasive surgery. He will be evaluating the effectiveness of an injectable vascular patch made of a smart biomaterial whose shape, size and thickness can be customized to… Read MoreFeb. 15, 2011
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ARRA grant allows update of nanoscience institute’s air-handling equipment
If there is one thing that nanoscientists need above all else to study the behavior of materials and create devices at the scale of individual atoms, it is an ultra-clean environment. The fresh air that we breathe contains something like one million microscopic particles in a cubic foot, more than… Read MoreOct. 13, 2010
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Sokrates Pantelides named University Distinguised Professor of Physics and Engineering
Sokrates Pantelides, William A. & Nancy F. McMinn Professor of Physics and professor of electrical engineering, has been named a University Distinguished Professor of Physics and Engineering. A reception in his honor was hosted by Dean of Arts and Science Carolyn Dever and Dean of the School of Engineering Kenneth… Read MoreSep. 30, 2010
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Vanderbilt plays key role in $20 million federal grant designed to strengthen Tennessee’s R&D infrastructure
Five years from now, high school and college students throughout Tennessee should have more and better opportunities to learn about and pursue careers in alternative energy science and technology. That is one of the key objectives of a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation that will… Read MoreSep. 9, 2010