Events

2020 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… Read More

Please note this seminar has been cancelled due to Vanderbilt COVID-19 restrictions.  We are working to reschedule. March 25, 2020 Marin Soljacic Professor of Physics MIT “Enabling novel light phenomena at the subwavelength scale” 4:10 PM, 5326 Stevenson Center Refreshments served at 3:45… Read More

February 26, 2020 John A. Rogers Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery(and by courtesy Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Chemistry); Northwestern University “Semiconductor Nanomaterials for Electronics that Dissolve in Your Body” 4:10 PM, 4327 Stevenson Center… Read More

January 8, 2020 Gregory V. Lowry Walter J. Blenko, Sr. Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering Carnegie Mellon University "Lowering the Environmental Footprint of Agriculture using Efficient and Environmentally Responsive Nano-agrochemicals" 4:10 PM, 5326 Stevenson Center Refreshments served at 3:45 Abstract Engineered nanomaterials have the potential to revolutionize agrochemical efficacy… Read More

The Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) is holding a competition seeking images to be displayed in the VINSE Facilities.  If you have materials or devices that have been fabricated, characterized, or imaged using VINSE equipment, submit them to vinse@vanderbilt.edu for consideration. The winners of this… Read More

Goal: Create an attractive T-shirt design representing NANODAY! & the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Winning design will receive a cash prize of $300.00 The design must be exclusively your own and cannot include : logos and trademark images You can use any t-shirt color in your design JPEG format… Read More

Please note this seminar has been cancelled due to Vanderbilt COVID-19 restrictions.  We are working to reschedule. April 8, 2020 Krishnan Rajeshwar Distinguished University Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry Department University of Texas at Arlington "Fuel from the Sun: Where is that Pot of Gold?" 4:10 PM, 5326 Stevenson… Read More

Please note this seminar has been cancelled due to Vanderbilt COVID-19 restrictions.  We are working to reschedule.   March 11, 2020 Nathaniel Kinsey Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Virginia Commonwealth University “Photonics at the Intersection of Materials and Devices” 4:10 PM, 5326 Stevenson Center Refreshments served… Read More

October 23, 2019 Alexander Paarmann Lattice Dynamics Group Department of Physical Chemistry Fritz Haber Institute Berlin "Nonlinear Phonon Polariton Spectroscopy" 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45… Read More

September 11, 2019 Matthew McDowell Assistant Professor George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering School of Materials Science and Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology "In-situ investigation of reaction mechanisms in electrochemical energy materials" 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45… Read More