Owen Meilander

  • Vanderbilt University

    Sixteen White House Heritage High School Students Joined Solar Cell Lab Nov 15th.

    How does a solar cell work and how can you make one? On Friday November 15th, VINSE welcomed 16 students from White House Heritage High School to our Cleanroom Solar Cell Lab. They went inside the VINSE cleanroom, home of the cleanest air in middle Tennessee, and found out… Read More

    Nov. 15, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Fourteen Central Magnet School Students Join Forensics Lab October 25th

    On Friday, October 25th, VINSE welcomed 14 students from Central Magnet School to our Forensics Lab. Their task was to gather evidence of the “murderer” using the different tools in the lab before the day’s end! Using several types of spectroscopies including Raman, FTIR, absorption and photoluminescence, clues were revealed. Read More

    Oct. 29, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Winners of the 2024 VINSE Summer Image Competition

    VINSE is excited to unveil the eleven winning images from our 2024 summer image competition. Since 2017, VINSE celebrates the work of our researchers, seeking images of materials or devices that have been fabricated, characterized or imaged using VINSE equipment with an annual image competition. Congratulations to this year’s winners. Read More

    Sep. 13, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Five VINSE/IMS students awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships and Honorable Mention

    Three engineering graduate students in the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering/Interdisciplinary Materials Science program are 2024 recipients of the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program supports students who are pursuing full-time, research-based graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering or… Read More

    May. 22, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Thirteen Students from White County High School Join Cleanroom Solar Cell Lab Today

    How does a solar cell work and how can you make one? On Wednesday, April 3, VINSE welcomed 13 students from White County High School to our Cleanroom Solar Cell Lab. They went inside the VINSE cleanroom, home of the cleanest air in middle Tennessee, and found out with… Read More

    Apr. 3, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Researcher Highlight: Owen Meilander

    Owen Meilander, 2nd year Interdisciplinary Material Science PhD student in Dr. Mona Ebrish’s Lab in the Electrical Engineering department.   Summary of Research: My work focuses on the fabrication and characterization of gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor devices. GaN devices offer many benefits for high power and high frequency applications. Read More

    Jan. 23, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Congratulations to Owen Meilander for completing the first 5 incentives for NanoGuides

    VINSE NanoGuides program is a new initiative launched in Fall 2023. This program formalizes the group of student volunteers who lead many of VINSE’s STEM outreach activities and now receive formal recognition for their passion for science outreach. Among all inaugural NanoGuides, Owen Meilander, a second-year Ph.D. student in… Read More

    Dec. 19, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    Welcome the inaugural group of VINSE NanoGuides

    Meet our inaugural group of VINSE NanoGuides! These students will lead many of VINSE’s STEM outreach activities, including the VINSE high school field trip program, which offers hands-on learning designed to inspire K-12 kids to pursue careers in engineering and science. Theodore Anyika, Electrical and Computer Engineering… Read More

    Oct. 30, 2023