News
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Lin recipient of the inaugural round of The Office of the Provost Seeding Success Grant program
Congratulations to VINSE member Dr. Shihong Lin one of 15 recipients of the inaugural round of The Office of the Provost Seeding Success Grant program for his project on “Single-layer and Conductive Graphene Membrane for Electro-regulated Selective Solute Separation”. Read MoreJul. 15, 2021
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IMS Graduate Student John Williams II, promoted from Major to Lt. Colonel in the United States Army
Congratulations to IMS graduate student John Williams II. John was promoted from Major to Lt. Colonel in the United States Army. Originally from Orlando, FL, John earned his BS in Chemistry & Life Science with a Nuclear Engineering Minor from the United States Military Academy, West Point,… Read MoreJul. 12, 2021
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Josh Caldwell named director of Interdisciplinary Materials Science
We are pleased to announce that Professor Josh Caldwell has agreed to serve as the new Director of the Interdisciplinary Materials Science graduate program starting July 1, 2021, for a three year term. Prof. Caldwell will concurrently serve as the program’s Director of Graduate Studies (DGS). Read MoreJul. 8, 2021
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Meet Our Graduates: Liudmyla Prozorovska
Liudmyla Prozorovska graduated with a Ph.D. in the Interdisciplinary Materials Science Program at Vanderbilt University in May 2021. Liuda is a native of Ukraine and, prior to Vanderbilt, an honor graduate of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI), BE and MS in Metallurgy. Liuda’s doctoral research in Prof. Kane Jennings’s lab focused… Read MoreJul. 1, 2021
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Win $50, VINSE Annual Image Competition
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 entries to VINSE no later than October 29. Image enhancement… Read MoreJun. 30, 2021
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VINSE night at the Nashville Sounds
Join the VINSE community at the Nashville Sounds Game Night Nashville Sounds vs. Toledo Mud Hens, August 5th @ 7:05PM If you would like to attend, please email VINSE by July 16th to reserve your free tickets. This is a family event, so feel free to include… Read MoreJun. 30, 2021
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VINSE 2021 Graduates
VINSE would like to congratulate all of the 2021 Vanderbilt graduates, especially those associated with VINSE. These students carried out research within our facilities, were members of our VINSE Tech Crew/office staff or participated in NanoDay! and colloquia events. Although we can’t celebrate in person, we wish you all the… Read MoreMay. 31, 2021
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2021 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 of these talks is… Read MoreMay. 18, 2021
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VINSE Welcomes Summer 2021 Undergraduate Students
Meet the Summer NSF REU Fellows and VINSE Tech Crew Members … Read MoreMay. 10, 2021
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 39: Kent Hallman – using VO2 a phase change material to build photonic devices
This week in the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Kent Hallman tells Alice Leach about using VO2, a phase change material, to build photonic devices. Kent’s paper “Sub-Picosecond Response Time of a Hybrid VO2 :Silicon Waveguide at 1550 nm” was published in Advanced Optical Materials. Kent graduated with a Ph.D. Read MoreMay. 7, 2021