VINSE Faculty News
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Collaboration between Vanderbilt and startup Femtometrix leads to exclusive deal
An innovative wafer inspection tool developed by a team of Vanderbilt professors and engineers has been licensed exclusively to startup company Femtometrix. The semiconductor wafer-inspection technology based on laser optics was invented by Norman Tolk, Ph.D., professor of physics, Michael Alles, engineer for Vanderbilt University’s School of Engineering, and Ron… Read MoreJun. 27, 2013
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Weiss participates in NSF advocacy day
Following an early morning flight to Washington, D.C., on May 7, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics Sharon Weiss braved the rainy weather to head to Capitol Hill and meet with staff members in the offices of Sen. Lamar Alexander, Sen. Bob Corker, Rep. Jim… Read MoreMay. 10, 2013
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Professor’s lab brings first ALD systems to Vanderbilt
Cary Pint’s lab – Nanomaterials and Energy Devices Laboratory in Olin Hall – is close to completion and it brings to Vanderbilt its first two atomic layer deposition (ALD) systems, relatively small tools that deposit atomically thin layers of material on virtually any surface. The lab also houses a host… Read MoreApr. 2, 2013
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New faculty: Rizia Bardhan finds solutions at the nanoscale
Rizia Bardhan has a large picture of Mahatma Gandhi in her office. “Gandhi has always been very special to me,” she said. “We share the same birthday. He exemplifies the power of perseverance.” Perseverance has carried the new assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering to Nashville from… Read MoreDec. 11, 2012
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Grant will help professor develop battery to aid home energy use
Peter Pintauro, H. Eugene McBrayer Professor of Chemical Engineering and chair of the chemical and biomolecular engineering department, has partnered with researchers from the University of Kansas and TVN Systems, Inc. on a three-year, $1.72 million grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) of the U.S. Department of Energy… Read MoreOct. 11, 2012
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VINSE Welcomes Cary Pint
Cary M. Pint, assistant professor of mechanical engineering B.S., University of Northern Iowa, 2005 M.S., Rice University, 2009 Ph.D., Rice University, 2010 Pint’s research interests focus on nanomate rials development for efficient and integrated energy storage and conversion devices. This… Read MoreSep. 9, 2012
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VINSE Welcomes Philippe Fauchet
Philippe M. Fauchet, dean of the School of Engineering; professor of electrical engineering B.S., Faculte Polytechnique de Mons, 1978 M.S., Brown University, 1980 Ph.D., Stanford University, 1984 Fauchet comes to Vanderbilt from the University of Rochester, where he served as Distinguished Professor and Chair… Read MoreSep. 9, 2012
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VINSE Welcomes Rizia Bardhan
Rizia Bardhan, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering B.A., Westminster College, 2005 M.A., Rice University, 2007 Ph.D., Rice University, 2010 Bardhan’s research focuses on interdisciplinary nanoscience, with the convergence of multiple disciplines: engineering, material science, chemistry, physics… Read MoreSep. 9, 2012
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Spinach power gets a major boost
Spinach power has just gotten a big boost. An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Vanderbilt University have developed a way to combine the photosynthetic protein that converts light into electrochemical energy in spinach with silicon, the material used in solar cells, in a fashion that produces substantially more electrical current… Read MoreSep. 4, 2012
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Richard Haglund named Stevenson Chair of Physics
Twelve Vanderbilt University faculty members were honored for extraordinary contributions to their respective fields during an Aug. 28 celebration of endowed chair holders at the Student Life Center. Jeff Balser, vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, noted during his opening remarks the… Read MoreAug. 30, 2012