July, 2018
VINSE/VSVS Rural Teacher Training Workshops
Jul. 20, 2018—VINSE in partnership with Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science (VSVS) will offer a series of one-day workshops for all participating VSVS/VINSE rural teachers. More than 50 teachers from Bedford, Giles, Macon, Robertson and Rutherford counties are participating in the outreach program during the 2018-2019 academic year. Click here for more information about this program. Register for August 2018...
Safe solid-state lithium batteries herald ‘paradigm shift’ in energy storage
Jul. 19, 2018—The race to produce safe, powerful and affordable solid-state lithium batteries is accelerating and recent announcements about game-changing research using a solid non-flammable ceramic electrolyte known as garnet has some in the race calling it revolutionary. “This is a paradigm shift in energy storage,” said Kelsey Hatzell, assistant professor of mechanical engineering. A paper –...
The 2018 NanoDay! T-shirt Design Competition Has Begun!
Jul. 18, 2018—Goal: Create an attractive T-shirt design representing NANODAY! & the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Winning design will receive a cash prize of $300.00 The design must be exclusively your own and cannot include : logos and trademark images You can use any t-shirt color in your design JPEG format (at least 300...
The ‘shine’ in gold particles has a new use – finding defects
Jul. 10, 2018—That glint of gold has always captured our eyes, but now the precious metal has a new use – finding defects in 3D printing. Vanderbilt researchers have developed a technique for gold to actually ‘shine’ inside 3D printed parts to highlight any problems. “This is one of the first applications using gold for defect detection....
VINSE engineer Piran Kidambi awarded Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award for research on 2D nanomaterials
Jul. 5, 2018—An engineering professor whose nanomaterials research, particularly materials that are one atom thick, has received a competitive research grant from Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Piran Kidambi, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, is one of 35 junior faculty nationwide to win a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, which provides funds to enrich...