VINSE Faculty News

Sharon Weiss, assistant professor of electrical engineering, has been accepted into the 2012-2013 class of the Defense Science Study Group (DSSG). The DSSG is a program of education and study that introduces selected scientists and engineering professors to the challenges facing national security and encourages them to apply their talents… Read More

The simple E. coli bacterium shown can compute 1,000 times faster than the most powerful computer chip, its memory density is 100 million times higher and it needs 100 millionth the power to operate. (Jenni Ohnstad / Vanderbilt University) It’s common knowledge that the perfect is the enemy of… Read More

David Wright has been named a Kavli Fellow in the Frontiers of Science for 2011.  Kavli fellows are selected by the advisory board of the Kavli Foundation, members of the National Academy of Sciences and organizers of the Kavli/National Academy of Sciences Frontiers in Science Symposia series.  David presented his… Read More

Eleven faculty members who have been named to endowed chairs were praised for their outstanding academic achievements during a celebration at the Student Life Center. “We are a place that values discovery, creativity, great patient care and service in affairs, said Richard McCarty, provost and vice chancellor… Read More

Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor of Physics Kirill Bolotin has received a Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation. According to the National Science Foundation, CAREER awards support exceptionally promising college and university junior faculty who are committed to the integration of research and education… Read More

James Dickerson, who came to Vanderbilt in 2004, has pioneered methods for making freestanding, transportable films exclusively from nanoparticles. To do so he has adapted a commercial process called electrophoretic deposition (EPD) that can fabricate large, flexible and self-supporting sheets out of almost any type of nanomaterial. They represent a… Read More

Hak-Joon Sung’s research explores a new approach to regenerate injured small blood vessels as well as create a new tool box for minimally invasive surgery. He will be evaluating the effectiveness of an injectable vascular patch made of a smart biomaterial whose shape, size and thickness can be customized to… Read More

 If there is one thing that nanoscientists need above all else to study the behavior of materials and create devices at the scale of individual atoms, it is an ultra-clean environment. The fresh air that we breathe contains something like one million microscopic particles in a cubic foot, more than… Read More

Sokrates Pantelides, William A. & Nancy F. McMinn Professor of Physics and professor of electrical engineering, has been named a University Distinguished Professor of Physics and Engineering. A reception in his honor was hosted by Dean of Arts and Science Carolyn Dever and Dean of the School of Engineering Kenneth… Read More

Five years from now, high school and college students throughout Tennessee should have more and better opportunities to learn about and pursue careers in alternative energy science and technology. That is one of the key objectives of a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation that will… Read More