Friends and Family Day

Gown up in cleanroom garb and go inside the cleanroom. Learn what a cleanroom is and why it is important. Attendees will also have access to our Advanced Imaging Suite, Analytical Support core, and our 3D printing facility.

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2nd Friends & Family Day

Saturday, April 5, 2025
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Engineering Science Building

Every three years, the VINSE community comes together to welcome the larger Nashville community to learn about nanoscience through facility tours and hands-on demonstrations such as 3D printing, electroplating, graphene transfer, hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties, light diffraction and ferrofluids.

friends and family day

Discover Answers to Unique Questions Like:

  • How can scientists make a nickel look like a penny?
  • Can something be a liquid and a solid?
  • How does something assemble itself?
  • How can you win a Nobel Prize with just a pencil and tape?
  • Why are rainbows not the same?
  • Can something that is clear also be colorful?
  • How do you keep sand dry in a bucket of water?

In addition to demonstrations, participants also have the opportunity to tour VINSE’s Cleanroom, Analytical Lab and Advanced Imaging facilities.

friends and family day
friends and family day
friends and family day
friends and family day