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  • Sokrates Pantelides, elected a Fellow of the IEEE

    Sokrates Pantelides, elected a Fellow of the IEEE

    Sokrates Pantelides, University Distinguished Professor of Physics and Engineering; William A. and Nancy F. McMinn Professor of Physics and Professor of Electrical Engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the IEEE. Read More

    Nov. 24, 2014

  • New form of crystalline order holds promise for thermoelectric applications

    New form of crystalline order holds promise for thermoelectric applications

    Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope image showing the interlaced crystalline structure. (Wu Zhou/ORNL) Since the 1850s scientists have known that crystalline materials are organized into 14 different basic lattice structures. However, a team of researchers from Vanderbilt University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) now reports… Read More

    Nov. 14, 2014

  • Yaqiong Xu receives SEC faculty travel grant

    Yaqiong Xu receives SEC faculty travel grant

    Ten Vanderbilt faculty members will take part in the 2014-15 SEC Faculty Travel Grant Program. Now in its third year, the program provides support for selected faculty members to collaborate with colleagues at other Southeastern Conference member institutions. In addition, seven faculty from other SEC schools will collaborate at Vanderbilt. Read More

    Oct. 30, 2014

  • Improving breast cancer chemo by testing tumors in a dish

    Improving breast cancer chemo by testing tumors in a dish

    One of the tragic realities of cancer is that the drugs used to treat it are highly toxic and their effectiveness varies unpredictably from patient to patient. However, a new “tumor-in-a-dish” technology is poised to change this reality by rapidly assessing how effective specific anti-cancer cocktails will be on an… Read More

    Oct. 28, 2014

  • Coffee-ring diagnostic offers hope in poorest regions

    Coffee-ring diagnostic offers hope in poorest regions

    The ring that an evaporating drop of coffee leaves on the counter might be the solution to saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Research accelerating at Vanderbilt offers new hope in diagnostics for malaria and other diseases. The interdisciplinary team is led by… Read More

    Oct. 24, 2014

  • James Crowe elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

    James Crowe elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

    James Crowe, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Director of Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Keep Reading>… Read More

    Oct. 20, 2014

  • VINSE Welcomes John Wilson, Assistant Professor in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

    VINSE Welcomes John Wilson, Assistant Professor in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

    John T. Wilson, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering B.S., Oregon State University, 2002 Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009 Wilson’s research interests focus on developing molecularly engineered materials for biomedical applications, with an emphasis on intracellular delivery of biologics, cancer immunotherapy and cell-based therapy for diabetes. Read More

    Oct. 4, 2014

  • VINSE New Faculty Member Anita Disney explores role of neurotransmitters in attention

    VINSE New Faculty Member Anita Disney explores role of neurotransmitters in attention

    When Anita Disney was growing up in Adelaide, Australia, friends and family assumed she would become a scientist. After all, her father was a biologist and one of the founding faculty members of Flinders University. But in what she admits may have been a bit of youthful rebellion,… Read More

    Sep. 30, 2014

  • ‘Queen of Carbon’ Mildred Dresselhaus graces VINSE Colloquium Series

    ‘Queen of Carbon’ Mildred Dresselhaus graces VINSE Colloquium Series

    Acclaimed MIT Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Emerita, Mildred Dresselhaus, whose decades of research earned her the nickname Queen of Carbon, will explain at the next VINSE Colloquium how placing molecules on a graphene substrate enhances their Raman spectral signal. KEEP READING>… Read More

    Sep. 29, 2014

  • New facility devoted to multiscale modeling opens on Music Row

    New facility devoted to multiscale modeling opens on Music Row

    Vanderbilt University School of Engineering has established a unique research facility focusing on Multiscale Modeling and Simulation. MuMS is home to four faculty members and their research groups. An Open House and inaugural MuMS Seminar Oct. 9 will celebrate the recent creation of the space located… Read More

    Sep. 26, 2014