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Episode 10 | Meet Our Faculty | Xiaoguang Dong
Mar. 18, 2024—Learn more about Dr. Xiaoguang Dong and his group. The Dong group develops novel stimuli-responsive mechanisms, microdevices, and microrobots for minimally invasive medical operations. Watch on YouTube | Hear more from Xiaoguang Dong Dong Lab
VINSE Colloquium: Student Selected Speaker Dr. Arjun Yodh 04/04/2025
Mar. 14, 2024—11th Annual VINSE Student Selected Seminar Arjun Yodh James M. Skinner Professor of Science and Department Chair University of Pennsylvania Imaging and Spectroscopy of (mostly) Brain Using Diffusing Light 04.04.25 | noon Diffusing light can be used to probe physiology in tissues located far below the body surface. The emerging light fields contain a wealth...
Summer 2024 Short Courses
Feb. 28, 2024—VINSE offers a variety of short courses each year to provide attendees opportunities to advance their skills and knowledge about topics relevant to a technical community. Attendance is open to all interested parties and is not limited to Vanderbilt personnel or VINSE users. Atomic Force Microscopy AFM is an advanced multi-parametric imaging technique. It delivers very...
“Spin Coating Photoactive Photosystem I−PEDOT:PSS Composite Films” published in ACS Applied Polymer Materials, selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
Feb. 21, 2024—About the author: Marc Nabhan, a 2023 PhD graduate from the Department of Chemical Engineering, successfully defended his dissertation under the guidance of Dr. Kane Jennings. Currently serving as the co-founder and CEO of Optomar Technologies, Marc leads the development of a metabolic rate sensor designed for precise calorie counting in medical ICUs. During his...
Dissertation Defense: Jeremy Espano, Interdisciplinary Materials Science
Feb. 20, 2024—DISSERTATION DEFENSE Jeremy Espano, Interdisciplinary Materials Science *under the direction of Janet Macdonald “Understanding the Crystalline Landscape of Metal Chalcogenide Materials” 03.01.24 | 2:30PM CST | 214 Light Hall | The identity and arrangement of atoms determine the properties of all crystalline solids, and when the identity of the atoms is the same, multiple arrangements and different crystalline...
“Engineering endosomolytic nanocarriers of diverse morphologies using confined impingement jet mixing” published in Nanoscale, selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
Feb. 15, 2024—Co-first author Hayden Pagendarm is a 4th year PhD student in Biomedical Engineering program advised by Dr. John T. Wilson. His research is focused on the development of novel technologies to induce antigen-specific immune tolerance, with a focus on engineered proteins and extracellular vesicles. Co-first author Payton Stone is a 4th year PhD student in...
Dissertation Defense: Alexandra Koziel, Chemistry
Feb. 13, 2024—DISSERTATION DEFENSE Alexandra C. Koziel, Chemistry *under the direction of Janet Macdonald “Think Smaller: Understanding Selenium Pathways in Metal Chalcogenide Nanocrystal Synthesis” 03.07.24 | 2:00PM CST | 512 Light Hall As nanochemistry grows as a field and the applications of nanomaterials emerge, the importance of understanding what happens in the reaction flask during synthesis—thinking smaller than the...
Dissertation Defense: Simon Ward, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Feb. 12, 2024—DISSERTATION DEFENSE Simon J. Ward, Electrical and Computer Engineering *under the direction of Sharon Weiss “Improving Biosensor Performance using Machine Learning and Signal Processing” 02.15.24 | 1:00PM CST | 308 Featheringill Hall | Zoom ID: 935 9293 1256 The field of biosensing, encompassing the detection of harmful biological molecules in medical diagnostic, food safety, and environmental monitoring contexts,...
Dissertation Defense: Lauren Wenger, Chemistry
Feb. 10, 2024—DISSERTATION DEFENSE Lauren E. Wenger, Chemistry *under the direction of Timothy Hanusa “Mechanochemical Exploration of the p-Block” 02.20.24 | 1:45PM CST | 1220 MRBIII As environmental concerns over organic solvents rise and chemists become more aware of the interference solvents can play in reactions, solvent-free methods have grown in popularity, including mechanochemical methods. Mechanochemical reactions are induced...
“First principles insights into stability of defected MXenes in water” published in Nanoscale, selected as VINSE spotlight publication
Feb. 9, 2024—Haohong Song is a third year Ph.D. student from Interdisciplinary Materials Science program. His PI is Prof. De-en Jiang. They report on the interfacial chemistry between water and defected Ti3C2O2 MXene at room temperature using first principles molecular dynamics simulations. They investigate how defects such as O vacancy, Ti vacancy, F terminal groups, and Ti–O...