VINSE General News
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OSIRIS STEM relocation complete
The Osirirs STEM has been relocated to its new home in the VINSE Imaging Suite located in the basement of the Engineering and Science Building (ESB) Room 011. This is a fully digital 200 kV S/TEM system, designed to deliver revolutionary analytical performance in all imaging and analytical modes. Click… Read MoreApr. 23, 2017
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VINSE outeach program reaches milestone
Students from Portland High School and Kenwood High School visited the VINSE labs on March 8. (Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt) The Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering recently hosted its 100th group of Middle Tennessee high school students for a daylong field trip to the… Read MoreApr. 7, 2017
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Helios FIB-SEM now available in ESB
The Helios FIB-SEM has been relocated to its new home in the VINSE Imaging Suite located in the basement of the Engineering and Science Building (ESB) Room 019. The Helios FIB-SEM provides the capability to fabricate TEM thin sections, modify surfaces using electron and ion beam induced deposition, and is… Read MoreMar. 29, 2017
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Zeiss Merlin SEM relocation schedule
The Merlin SEM is moving to the new VINSE Imaging Suite in the Engineering and Science Building, room 015. Move schedule. April 19 – EDX system will be removed from SEM and packed for relocation April 23 – Last day of service as an imaging tool April 24 – physical move… Read MoreMar. 28, 2017
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Bruker Dimension Icon Atomic Force Microscope – now available in ESB
The Bruker Dimension Icon Atomic Force Microscope has been relocated to its new home in the VINSE Imaging Suite located in the basement of the Engineering and Science Building (ESB) Room 023. The AFM is a state-of-the-art scanning probe instrument that can be used to map a wide variety of… Read MoreFeb. 20, 2017
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IMS grad student Jake Benzing takes home physical sciences award from conference
A Vanderbilt PhD student in interdisciplinary materials science took home a first-place poster award at August’s Microscopy & Microanalysis conference, held last month in Portland, Oregon. Jake Benzing, whose adviser is Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering James Wittig, presented a research poster and abstract titled “Fe-25Mn-3Al-3Si TWIP-TRIP Steel… Read MoreSep. 9, 2015
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Carter, Hachtel and Slack win for best Oral & Poster Presentation at Annual Conference
Three VINSE graduate students received awards at the annual TN-SCORE conference held in Nashville, TN on June 18-19, 2015. Rachel Carter and Jordan Hachtel tied for first place for best oral presentation. Rachel is a Mechanical Engineering graduate student working under the direction of Professor Cary… Read MoreJun. 23, 2015
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MS graduate students Kevin Miller and Kelsey Beavers featured in Vanderbilt News
KEVIN MILLER Kevin Miller reflected in his optoelectronic device. With a slight turn of the tweezers holding it, an inch-long, mirrored chip reflects the face of its creator. Less obvious than Kevin Miller’s smile are tiny filters on the chip’s surface that he hopes will one day… Read MoreJan. 2, 2015
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New facility devoted to multiscale modeling opens on Music Row
Vanderbilt University School of Engineering has established a unique research facility focusing on Multiscale Modeling and Simulation. MuMS is home to four faculty members and their research groups. An Open House and inaugural MuMS Seminar Oct. 9 will celebrate the recent creation of the space located… Read MoreSep. 26, 2014
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Construction of new VINSE facilities in new Engineering and Science Building set to begin May 2014
Vanderbilt’s Board of Trust has approved construction of a seven-story engineering and science building designed to foster project teamwork and offer programs, instrumentation areas and core research space that will promote interdisciplinary work. A clean room and advanced imaging facilities will provide capabilities to advance discoveries in… Read MoreApr. 28, 2014