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VINSE is Launching Faculty Speed Talks
Aug. 31, 2020—This fall VINSE will be hosting faculty speed talks. Join in to hear about current nano research and collaborations, all concentrated into 5-minute presentations. Seminars will be held at the normally scheduled time of 4, through Zoom webinars. Register in advance for these sessions: HERE September 16, 2020 – Nano Electronics & Nano Bio Nano Electronics Richard...
2020 NanoDay! Poster Competition
Aug. 31, 2020—VINSE will host our annual fall poster session as a highly interactive virtual event on Friday, October 23rd. Posters will be evaluated by both a panel of judges and virtual poster session attendees for an opportunity to win up to $500. All actively participating poster session presenters and attendees are eligible to receive a VINSE...
VINSE Image Competition
Aug. 31, 2020—The Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) is holding the annual competition seeking new images to be displayed in the VINSE Facilities. If you have materials or devices that have been fabricated, characterized, or imaged using VINSE equipment, submit them to vinse@vanderbilt.edu. Interesting photos of the tools and facilities are also eligible. Winners...
Social Media Competitions!
Aug. 31, 2020—This semester VINSE will have 4 social media competitions on our Instagram and Facebook pages. Hint: This is a great time to follow us on socials if you haven’t already! Once the competition is posted it will remain open until the end of the month. Winners will receive a VINSE t-shirt! September – Hashtag Sharing...
Craig Duvall named Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society
Aug. 26, 2020—Craig Duvall, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering, has been elevated to the rank of Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society. Duvall and his research program focus on development of technologies for controlled drug release, tissue regeneration and therapeutics, and delivery of intracellular-acting biologic drugs such as siRNA and peptide therapeutics. The applications of these technologies...
VINSE Colloquium Series “Fuel from the Sun: Where is that Pot of Gold?” Dr. Krishnan Rajeshwar, University of Texas Arlington 02/24/2021
Jul. 29, 2020—February 24, 2021 Krishnan Rajeshwar Distinguished University Professor Past President, The Electrochemical Society University of Texas Arlington “Fuel from the Sun: Where is that Pot of Gold?” 4PM via Zoom Webinar Click HERE to register Abstract : Even after ca. four decades of R&D effort, we still do not have a “magic bullet” inorganic semiconductor...
Cynthia Reinhart-King receives $1M W. M. Keck Foundation Grant
Jul. 15, 2020—A bold engineering approach by a Vanderbilt University researcher to sort breast cancer cells based on their behavior first has produced compelling data that show less migratory cells create more metastases, contradicting the prevailing hypothesis on how cancer spreads. Expanding this ambitious research by Cynthia Reinhart-King, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering, to other highly metastatic and...
Florence Sanchez and Jason Valentine awarded VU Discovery Grants
Jul. 14, 2020—Two VINSE faculty received 2020 Discovery Grants, which are two-year awards of up to $25,000 each year for pilot or feasibility studies in areas with the potential to make significant breakthroughs. Florence Sanchez, professor of civil and environmental engineering, for Storing energy in 3D printed functionally graded concrete structures; Jason Valentine, associate professor of mechanical engineering,...
Doug Adams to lead TIPs-funded, soldier-inspired innovation hub
Jul. 14, 2020—A new innovation incubator will amplify existing collaborations among researchers and soldiers, building on Vanderbilt’s partnership agreement with Army Futures Command. The project, Soldier-Inspired Innovation Incubator for Discovering Research-Based Solutions, is one of six cross-disciplinary programs to be funded by Vanderbilt’s Trans-Institutional Programs (TIPs) initiative, a hallmark of the university’s Academic Strategic Plan. The university announced...
Josh Caldwell is a 2020 Materials Research Society Fellow
Jul. 8, 2020—Vanderbilt professor Joshua D. Caldwell has been selected as a 2020 Materials Research Society Fellow. The MRS Fellows will be recognized at the society’s spring meeting in Phoenix in April. Caldwell, associate professor of mechanical engineering, has merged his prior work in wide band gap semiconductor materials with his efforts in nanophotonics, leading to his...