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Our latest paper on thermal emission engineering with bound states in the continuum (BIC) has been featured on back cover of Advanced Optical Materials!

Mar. 11, 2026—We are excited to share that our latest work on controlling thermal radiation using bound states in the continuum (BICs) has been featured as the Back Cover of Advanced Optical Materials (Vol. 14, Issue 6). https://lnkd.in/eQHYHGBM Thermal radiation is typically considered broadband and incoherent. In this work, we demonstrate that through nanophotonic engineering and BIC-enabled...

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Prof. Ndukaife wins Best and Brightest: Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award!

Oct. 1, 2023—Ndukaife wins distinguished Office of Naval Research Award  

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Professor Ndukaife is the recipient of the 2023 Kaminow Outstanding Early Career Professional Prize!

Aug. 16, 2023—Ndukaife was recognized for For unwavering commitment to teaching, mentoring, and community service by fostering the growth and development of students and early-career professionals within his local community and in Africa.

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Prof. Ndukaife wins NIH MIRA R35 Outstanding Investigator Award at NIGMS

Aug. 9, 2023—https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2023/08/04/justus-ndukaife-wins-1-9m-from-national-institutes-of-health-to-build-on-foundational-knowledge-of-nanoscale-cellular-particles/

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Professor Ndukaife receives Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research!

Aug. 26, 2021—https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2021/08/30/thirteen-faculty-members-honored-at-fall-faculty-assembly/  

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Our latest paper on dynamic manipulation of single nanodiamonds with NV center appears in Nano Letters!

Jun. 11, 2021—https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00357    

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New NSF Award to support the development of resonant dielectric nanotweezers

Jul. 9, 2019—We have received a new grant from the Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) division of the National Science Foundation to develop resonant dielectric nanotweezers

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Professor Ndukaife receives Faculty Teaching Fellowship

Jun. 13, 2019—https://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/news/2019/three-engineering-faculty-selected-as-2019-20-junior-faculty-teaching-fellows/

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