2nd Friends & Family Day
Saturday, April 5, 2025
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
VINSE, Engineering and Science Building
Parking: 25th Avenue Staff Garage, 2401 Highland Avenue
Important Notes:
- Parking Information: For your convenience, hourly parking is available 25th Avenue Staff Garage, 2401 Highland Avenue. Enter the garage from Highland Avenue, the other entrances are for hospital staff only. There is a pay station at the garage entrance.
- Engineering Science Building: This building is located directly across the street from the 25th Avenue Staff Garage, on Highland Avenue.
- Check-In: When you arrive, please check in at the registration table, where you will be given a ‘passport’ to guide you through the event and help you make the most of your day!
- Cleanroom Tour: Only those 12 years and older (accompanied by an adult) will be allowed to enter the cleanroom. If you're under 12 or prefer not to enter the cleanroom, we’ll have window tours available at 1:30 PM, 2:30 PM, and 3:30 PM.
Hands -on Science Demonstrations
Engage with exciting science activities such as electroplating, graphene transfer, light diffraction, ferrofluids, and more!
Facility Tours
Take a guided tour of VINSE’s Core Facilities including our Cleanroom (for ages 12+), Advanced Imaging Suite, Analytical Lab, and 3D Printing Facility.
Family-Friendly Fun
Dress up in cleanroom gowns, snap photos with cleanroom cutouts, enjoy ice cream and snacks, and have a chance to win fun door prizes.
Thank you to our Industry Affiliates who contributed to this event.
Shoutout to Our Amazing Volunteers
We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all the volunteers who made this event possible. Their time, effort, and dedication are truly invaluable, and we couldn’t have done it without you!
- Grace Adams - VINSE Superuser, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student
- Serena Abraham - Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student
- Lillie Cate Allen - Hillsboro High School
- Huijin 'Ginny' An - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Theodore Anyika - VINSE Superuser, Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student
- Thiago Arnaud - Materials Science Graduate Student
- KP Arnold - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Bradly Baer - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Emma Bartelsen - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Bharat Bharat - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Ben Blakely - Chemistry Graduate Student
- Christina Boyd - Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student
- Dakota Braaten - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Jeb Buchner - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Emily Byrum - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Valentina Calix - Overton High School
- Nina Cassidy - Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student
- Liam Champman - Hillsboro High School
- Maranda Clark - Hillsboro High School
- Rene Colehour - VINSE Staff
- Cal Craven - Vanderbilt Alumni
- Emmanuel Dabuo - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Megan Dernberger - VINSE Staff
- Haley Dishman - Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student
- Owen Dong - Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science, VU Undergraduate
- Emma Endres - Chemistry Graduate Student
- Will Ford - VINSE Tech Crew, VU Undergraduate Student
- Nathaniel Freymeyer - Vanderbilt Staff
- Parker Friedli - VINSE Tech Crew, VU Undergraduate Student
- David Guiracocha - VINSE Tech Crew, VU Undergraduate Student
- Elizabeth Hays - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Darby Heffer - Chemistry Graduate Student
- Gillian Heimple - Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science, VU Undergraduate
- Kenan Hekimci - Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science, VU Undergraduate
- Andrii Holovach - Hillsboro High School
- Sajal Islam - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Jenna Jang - VINSE Tech Crew, VU Undergraduate Student
- Maggie Jones - Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science, VU Undergraduate
- Nathan Karom - Physics Graduate Student
- Vikash Khokhar - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Dmitry Koktysh - VINSE Staff
- Ryan Kowalski - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Alice Leach - Vanderbilt Alumni
- Janell Lees - VINSE Staff
- Trey Mackey - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Zachary Martin - Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student
- Mark Mc Veigh - Materials Science Graduate Student
- James McBride - VINSE Staff
- Christina McGahan - VINSE Staff
- Owen Meilander - VINSE Superuser, Materials Science Graduate Student
- Christina Mercado - Chemistry Graduate Student
- Winston Ndi - VINSE Tech Crew, VU Undergraduate Student
- Kieran Nehil-Puleo - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Samuel Nimmer - Chemistry Graduate Student
- John Okolo - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Erhun Olaye - Vanderbilt Undergraduate Student
- Patricia Poley - Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student
- Courtney Ragle - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Rafael Rodas Aguilar - VINSE Tech Crew, VU Undergraduate Student
- Sarah Ross - VINSE Staff
- Ben Schmidt - VINSE Staff
- Katelyn Schumacher - VU Undergraduate Student
- Rahul Shah - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Soren Smail - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Pat Tellinghuisen - Community Volunteer
- Maxwell Ugwu - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Jason Valentine - Vanderbilt Faculty
- Anurag Veluri - Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student
- Rachel Wang - Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science, VU Undergraduate
- Sharon Weiss - Vanderbilt Faculty
- Chris Whittington - Materials Science Graduate Student
- Linda Xu - Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science, VU Undergraduate
- Joshua Ye - Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science, VU Undergraduate
- Ethan Zhao - Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science, VU Undergraduate
- He Zhou - Chemistry Graduate Student
Fascinating Questions Answered
- How did a researcher win a Nobel Prize with a pencil and tape?
- If a peacock feather is brown, why do the feathers look so colorful?
- How do you keep sand dry in a bucket of water?
- Is a black marker black, or are there hidden colors?
- How is nanoscience making it possible to watch 3D movies without glasses?
- And many more intriguing science discoveries!
