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VINSE is excited to welcome Grace Adams to the VINSE Superuser program. Grace is a second year graduate student in the biomedical engineering program and does research in the Gonzales lab. Her research focuses on fabricating and implementing neural probes compatible with two-photon imaging to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Nicholas ‘Cal’ Craven, Interdisciplinary Materials Science *under the direction of Clare McCabe “Reproducibility in Molecular Simulation: Approaches for the Screening Studies of Patchy Nanoparticles and Switchable Monolayer Films” 07.24.24  |  10:00AM CDT  |  044 Engineering Science Building |  Zoom Molecular simulation is a growing branch of scientific study in… Read More

Two VINSE faculty members have been selected for spring 2024 Seeding Success internal funding. Their projects are among 13 chosen across seven colleges and schools. This year’s cycle was highly competitive, with 29 applications. All applicants receive tailored feedback from reviewers, regardless of whether their proposals are funded. The engineering… Read More

Exciting news! Oxford Instruments plc is the newest member of the VINSE Industry Affiliates Program. Oxford Instruments is a leading provider of high-technology products and services to the world’s leading companies and scientific research communities. Oxford Instruments designs and manufactures equipment that can image, analyze and manipulate materials down to… Read More

We are thrilled to announce that Jana Care has joined the VINSE Industry Affiliates Program, becoming our newest member! Jana Care is a global company developing biomarker assays for its proprietary digital health platform with the goal of improving health outcomes for people living with chronic diseases. Their unique approach combines… Read More

VINSE welcomes Thorlabs as the newest member of the Industry Affiliates Program. Thorlabs is a leading designer and manufacturer of photonics equipment for research, manufacturing, and biomedical applications. Founded in 1989, Thorlabs is headquartered in Newton, New Jersey with approximately 2,500 employees at manufacturing and sales offices in the United… Read More

We are excited to announce that DISCO Hi-Tech America, Inc. has joined the VINSE Industry Affiliates Program, becoming its inaugural member! DISCO Corporation, a renowned manufacturer of precision processing equipment and tooling, specializes in producing dicing saws and laser saws for cutting semiconductor silicon wafers and various materials. Additionally, DISCO… Read More

Congratulations to Ikjun Hong! Ikjun’s article “Hybrid Optical and Diffusiophoretic Nanomanipulation Using All-Dielectric Anapole-Enhanced Thermonanophotonics” has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. Ikjun Hong is a third-year graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering under the guidance of Dr. Justus Ndukaife. Dr. Ndukaife’s research group… Read More

Congratulations to Mingze He and Levi Hoogendoorn! Their article “Guided Polaritons along the Forbidden Direction in MoO3 with Geometrical Confinement” has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. Mingze He is a 2023 Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Mechanical Engineering under the direction of Dr. Joshua D. Caldwell. Read More

Congratulations to Everett Allchin! Everett’s paper “Generalized Strategy for Engineering Mammalian Cell-Compatible RNA-Based Biosensors from Random Sequence Libraries” has been selected as a VINSE Spotlight Publication. This work by Allchin et al. from the Lippmann lab designed a framework for producing mammalian cell-compatible biosensors using aptamers selected from a large… Read More