IMS

Sen Yang, a 4th years Ph.D. student in Interdisciplinary Materials Science from Vanderbilt University, was awarded the 2021 Vanderbilt IMS Best Student Paper Award for his work entitled “Nanoparticle Trapping in a Quasi-BIC System”.  The award comes with a $500 prize and a corresponding plaque. This work was completed under… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Nicholas Hortance, Interdisciplinary Materials Science *under the direction of Dr. David Cliffel & Dr. Kelsey Hatzell “Investigating Solid Electrolytes and Catalysts for Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis” 07.14.22 | 10:00am CST | 5502 Stevenson Center | Zoom Ammonia (NH3) is a vital chemical to the agricultural and explosives… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Kan Li, Interdisciplinary Materials Science *under the direction of Dr. Ronald Schrimpf “Laser-induced single event effects, total-ionizing-dose effects, and low-frequency noise in advanced FinFETs” Tuesday, May 24, 2022 | 12:00 | Zoom In this dissertation, radiation effects and low-frequency noise are studied in advanced FinFETs. Read More

Join the VINSE community at the Nashville Sounds Game Night.  This is a family event, so feel free to include your family and invite members from your research groups. Nashville Sounds vs. Gwinnett Stripers, June 24th @ 7:05PM Postgame Fireworks Limited tickets available, reserve your tickets here. Read More

Tao Hong Tao Hong, a second-year Ph.D. student in interdisciplinary materials science, and Hari Srinivasan, an incoming Ph.D. student in neuroscience, have been named to the 2022 cohort of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship Program for New Americans. Hong, a member of VINSE, is co-advised by Professor… Read More

Photo: Anne Rayner VINSE hosted our Inaugural Friends and Family Day on April 16th, 2022, with more than 250 registered attendees. During the two-hour event members of the nano community were able to participate in 16 different hands-on demonstrations with topics that included electroplating, graphene transfer, hydrophilic and hydrophobic… Read More

Under the direction of Dr. Cary Pint, Kate (Moyer) Vanderburgh worked on sustainably engineering electrode materials and additives for energy storage systems. Read More

KP Arnold, an IMS graduate student advised by Dr. Sharon Weiss, won first place at the inaugural ECE Day poster session with his poster “Realizing Subwavelength Featured Photonic Crystals: Tailoring To Specific Applications and Foundry Scale Processing.” The Vanderbilt Electrical and Computer Engineering Department presented the first ECE Day… Read More

Two prior VINSE REU students were awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. NSF Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 along with a $12,000 allowance for tuition and fees for a research-based master’s or doctoral degree in in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. Annually, the NSF… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE John Williams II, Interdisciplinary Materials Science *Under the direction of Dr. David Cliffel “Novel Biohybrid Photovoltaics for Expeditionary Energy” March 18, 2022, 3:00PM 001 Engineering Science Building Shifts within the priorities of the Department of Defense have led to an increase in modernization efforts. The… Read More