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August, 2025

Congrats to Adriana! Best Poster Award at VINSE 14th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium

Aug. 1, 2025—Adriana LaVopa, REU student with Caldwell Lab, won the best poster award at the VINSE 14th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. “Local Control of Ferroelectric Switching for Optical Modulation in Al1-xBxN” In the pursuit of space- and energy-efficient devices, nanophotonics offers an avenue towards controlling opto-electronic and optical signals far below the length scales of diffraction-limited...

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VINSE 14th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium – Madeleine Adams and Adriana LaVopa

Aug. 1, 2025—Madeleine and Adriana presented their posters during the VINSE 14th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. Both participants did an amazing job and special thanks to Jeb Buchner and Youngji Kim for working with both. Madeline Adams is an undergraduate mechanical engineering major at Vanderbilt University and is entering her junior year. She has been with the...

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