2016
VINSE Colloquium Series: “Light-Matter Interactions in Engineered Optical Media” Dr. Natalia M. Litchinitser; University at Buffalo, The State University of New York 12/07/16
Dec. 5, 2016—December 7, 2016 Natalia M. Litchinitser University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Professor of Electrical Engineering “Light-Matter Interactions in Engineered Optical Media” 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45 Abstract Structured light and structured matter are two fascinating branches of modern optics that recently started having a significant impact on...
VINSE Colloquium Series: “Organic and Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Thin Film Deposition by Resonant Infrared, Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation” Dr. Adrienne D. Stiff Roberts; Duke University 02/15/17
Dec. 4, 2016—February 15, 2017 Adrienne D. Stiff-Roberts Duke University Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering “Organic and Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Thin Film Deposition by Resonant Infrared, Matrix-AssistedPulsed Laser Evaporation” 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45 Abstract Over the past fifteen years, matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE) has been developed to deposit organic thin...
Philippe Fauchet named 2016 AAAS Fellow
Dec. 2, 2016—Philippe Fauchet, dean of the Vanderbilt School of Engineering, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this year. Fauchet is recognized for “extraordinary scientific and engineering research accomplishment in photonics, energy, and the semiconductor/biology interface, and for distinguished academic leadership.” <–Full Article–>
Adams, Rosenthal and Jennings Featured in and Nanowerk and Vanderbilt Research News
Nov. 23, 2016—Mood ring materials – a new way to detect damage in failing infrastructure “Mood ring materials” could play an important role in minimizing and mitigating damage to the nation’s failing infrastructure. The American Society of Civil Engineers has estimated that more than $3.6 trillion in investment is needed by 2020 to rehabilitate and modernize the...
Pint featured in Forbes and Vanderbilt Research News
Nov. 9, 2016—How Scientists Turned Junkyard Scrap Metal Into A Battery Inspired by an archaeological find, researchers have built a pill-bottle-sized battery starting from junkyard scrap metal. The scientists say their approach could someday be used to repurpose metal alloys commonly found around the house for energy storage applications. As renewable energy sources like solar become a...
2016 VINSE High Impact Paper Award Winners
Oct. 27, 2016—First Place – Bandgap Engineering of Strained Monolayer and Bilayer MoS2 Nano Letters Hiram Conley, Bin Wang, Jed Ziegler, Richard Haglund, Sokrates Pantelides, Kirill Bolotin Second Place – Realization of an all-dielectric zero-index optical metamaterial Nature Photonics Parikshit Moitra, Yuanmu Yang, Zachary Anderson, Ivan Kravchenko, Dayrl Briggs, Jason Valentine Third Place –Balancing Cationic and Hydrophobic...
Galloway receives international Gagarin Award for contributions to radiation effects research
Oct. 26, 2016—Kenneth F. Galloway received the 2016 Yuri Gagarin Award at the 2016 RADECS conference in Bremen, Germany. Galloway is a Distinguished Professor of Engineering, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and former dean of the Vanderbilt School of Engineering. The Radiation Effects in Components and Systems Association was established in Europe in 1991...
17th Annual Nanoscience/Nanotechnology Forum Poster Winners
Oct. 19, 2016—More than 100 faculty, post-docs, graduate and undergraduate students engaged in nanoresearch at Vanderbilt attended the 17th annual Nanoscience/Nanotechnology Forum (“NanoDay!”) on October 19th. 33 posters were submitted in the 2016 student poster competition and the winners are: 1st Place Zhihua Zhu, Electrical Engineering Advisor: Jason Valentine/Richard Haglund “Tunable Metasurfaces Based on Vanadium Dioxide“ 2nd Place Somtochukwu Dimobi,...
Associate Professor of Physics Kalman Varga has been elected fellow of the American Physical Society.
Oct. 18, 2016—Stevenson Professor of Physics Keivan Stassun and Associate Professor of Physics Kalman Varga have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society. The fellowship is considered a prestigious recognition from their professional peers. The criterion for election is exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise, such as outstanding physics research, important applications of physics, leadership in...
VINSE Colloquium Series: “Quantum Dot Purification and Metrics for Rational Control of Shell Growth, Ligand Exchange, and Quantum Yield” Dr. Andrew B. Greytak; University of South Carolina 03/29/17
Sep. 28, 2016—March 29, 2017 Andrew B. Greytak University of South Carolina Assistant Professor of Chemistry “Quantum Dot Purification and Metrics for Rational Control of Shell Growth, Ligand Exchange, and Quantum Yield” 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45 Abstract: The unique and size-tunable fluorescence and absorption spectra of nanocrystal quantum dots (QDs) have led...