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Meet the 18 undergraduate students participating in the VINSE REU and Tech Crew Programs
Learn more about the 13 VINSE REU Interns and 5 Tech Crew members. Learn more about the 2023 summer mentoring team … Read MoreMay. 3, 2023
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“Utilizing Toray Paper as a Metal-Free, High Surface Area Electrode for Photosystem I-Driven Mediated Electron Transfer” published in Energy Technology, selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
Christopher Stachurski is a 2021 PhD graduate from the Department of Chemistry under the direction of Drs. David Cliffel and Kane Jennings. He is current an Assistant Research Professor at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD working with Drs. Paul Trulove and David Durkin on using… Read MoreMay. 2, 2023
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Dissertation Defense: Rabeb Layouni, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
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 MoreApr. 24, 2023
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Caldwell collaboration wins prestigious Office of Naval Research MURI grant
Josh Caldwell (Vanderbilt University) Josh Caldwell, director of the Interdisciplinary Material Sciences program and professor of mechanical engineering, has been awarded a grant from the Office of Naval Research’s Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative. The five-year grant, which provides up to $1.5 million in funding annually,… Read MoreApr. 21, 2023
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VINSE faculty member Shihong Lin and graduate student Carlisle DeJulius were among those recognized at the Graduate School Honors Banquet
Vice Provost for Graduate Education André Christie-Mizell honored outstanding graduate students and members of the graduate faculty at the inaugural Graduate School Honors Banquet on March 31, recognizing the 2023 recipients of the Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award and new awards to be presented annually. VINSE faculty member Shihong Lin… Read MoreApr. 20, 2023
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Provost commissions Women in STEM Initiative, Cynthia Reinhart-King Co-Chair
A new Women in STEM Initiative will address the need for a larger and more skilled U.S. workforce in science, engineering and math by inspiring, supporting and mentoring young women to develop their fullest potential within those fields. Launched by the Office of the Provost, the initiative builds on Vanderbilt’s… Read MoreApr. 12, 2023
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Michael J. Sailor to give keynote lecture at the 23rd annual Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Forum
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 MoreApr. 11, 2023
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“Photooxidative Polymerization of Pyrrole from Photosystem I Proteins” published in ACS Applied Polymer Materials, selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
Joshua Passantino is a 2022 PhD graduate from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering under the direction of Drs. Kane Jennings and David Cliffel. He is currently the Lead Electrochemist at Nth Cycle, an electrochemically focused green metals processing technology company based in Boston, Ma. His… Read MoreApr. 10, 2023
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Vanderbilt’s Shihong Lin wins Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize
Shihong Lin, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and VINSE faculty member, has been awarded a Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Lin was honored alongside three other researchers. Shihong Lin (Vanderbilt University) The Huber… Read MoreApr. 10, 2023