Events

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… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Jenna Dombroski, Biomedical Engineering *under the direction of Mike King “Nano-vaccines and dendritic cell processing for anti-cancer therapies” 05.18.23  |  12:00PM CST  |  5326 Stevenson Center  |   Zoom 1 in 8 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime, representing a need for effective preventative measures… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Rabeb Layouni, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering *under the direction of Sharon Weiss & Paul Laibinis “Investigation of Design and Surface Treatment of Porous Silicon for Robust, Selective, and Sensitive Optical Biosensing” 05.02.23  |  1:00PM CST  |  306 Featheringill Hall Porous silicon (PSi) has attracted interest as a… Read More

VINSE is excited to announce that Dr. Michael J. Sailor from the University of California, San Diego will give the keynote lecture “Nanostructured Silicon as a Therapeutic Tool” at the 23rd annual Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Forum on December 8, 2023. Michael J. Sailor is Distinguished Professor at the University of… Read More

IMS hosted an Open House on Sunday, March 5 and Monday, March 6. Overall, 8 exceptional students visited from all over the US, with three other acceptances delivered to students overseas. The students visited with various IMS faculty, toured Vanderbilt’s campus, saw the cleanroom and were able to meet… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Hanyu Zheng, Electrical Engineering *under the direction of Dr. Jason Valentine “Compound Meta-optic for Complete Wavefront Control” 03.07.23  |  2:00pm CST  |  Stevenson 2212 Optical metasurfaces, based on subwavelength structuring, offer a compact platform for manipulation of the amplitude, phase and polarization state of light. Independent control over these properties,… Read More

AFM is an advanced multi-parametric imaging technique. It delivers very high-resolution 3D images of the topography of the sample. It also enables the characterization of the nano-mechanical, nano-electrical, and nano-magnetic properties of the surface. Users will learn about the theory of AFM as well as practical applications, operational tips for… Read More

Microfluidic devices can enable “labs on chips” that consume less reagents and have faster analysis times than similar experiments performed in a traditional lab environment. Applications of microfluidic devices include portable sensors for point-of-care analysis, molecular and cell biology studies, and high-throughput, multiplexed assays. This short course will introduce… Read More

Electron microscopy is a critical component for the characterization of material and biological specimens at the nanoscale. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) both use electron beams to reveal structure, but in very different ways. Although these instruments have been made very accessible with the… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Chuchuan Hong, Electrical Engineering *under the direction of Justus Ndukaife “Nanoscale optical trapping and sensing: from plasmons to Mie resonances” 03.08.23  |  10:00am  |  349A Featheringill Hall Optical tweezers use tightly focused laser beam to manipulate microscopic objects. However, the conventional optical tweezers are restricted… Read More