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Meet Our Graduates: Samantha Kaczaral
Nov. 30, 2021—Samantha Kaczaral graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2019 with a degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. While an undergraduate, Samantha was a member of the VINSE Technical Crew. She learned valuable skills including photolithography, thin film deposition techniques, and selective material etching. These skills we applied primarily to photolithography process optimization as well as thermal...
Chuchuan Hong wins VINSE’s 2021 Best Graduate Student Publication Award
Nov. 23, 2021—Congratulations to Chuchuan Hong recipient of the 2021 VINSE Best Graduate Student Publication award. In addition to a cash prize, Chuchuan was selected to give the graduate student presentation at the 21st annual Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Forum. Chuchuan’s recent paper on optical nanotweezers demonstrated a novel approach called opto-thermo- electrohydrodynamic tweezers (OTET) for optical trapping...
Isom Kelly wins Best Collaborative Paper
Nov. 22, 2021—VINSE is excited to announce Isom Kelly is the recipient of the inaugural VINSE Best Collaborative Paper award. Isom’s paper has contributions from two VINSE faculty from different departments and one VINSE technical staff member, and involves research carried out in each of VINSE’s three core facilities: porous silicon nanoparticle fabrication in the cleanroom, characterization in the...
VINSE Image Competition Winners
Nov. 22, 2021—During the month of October VINSE held our annual competition seeking images to be displayed in the VINSE core facilities in Engineering Science Building. Congratulations to Elena Kovalik (graduate student, Interdisciplinary Materials Science) and Andy Du (undergraduate student, Mechanical Engineering) winners of the 2021 VINSE Image Competition.
NanoDay! T-shirt Winner – Chris Sharp
Nov. 22, 2021—Congratulations to Chris Sharp, winner of the 2021 NanoDay! t-shirt design competition. The winning designer receives a $300 cash prize. Prior winners: 2019 – Ruoyu Wang 2018 – Cayla Ontko 2017- Tengfei Cao 2016 – Casey Brock 2015 – John Lonai 2014 – Kelsey Beavers 2013 – Ryan Nicholl 2012 – Gilbert Rodriguez 2011 –...
NanoDay 2021 Poster Winners
Nov. 22, 2021—More than 175 faculty, post-docs, graduate and undergraduate students engaged in nanoresearch at Vanderbilt attended the 21st annual Nanoscience/Nanotechnology Forum (“NanoDay!”) on November 19th. 51 posters were submitted in the 2021 student poster competition and the winners are: 1st Place – $500 Carcia Carson, Biomedical Engineering Advisor: John T. Wilson A pH-Responsive Nanoparticle Platform for Improving Immunogenicity...
Meet Our Graduates: Patia Fann
Nov. 17, 2021—Patia Fann received her B.E. in Electrical Engineering in May 2020. While an undergraduate, Patia worked as part of the VINSE Tech Crew. She assisted in the cleanroom’s move to the new Engineering and Science building and the optimization of photolithography and metal deposition processes. She currently works in Covington, Louisiana as a facilities engineer supporting Chevron’s offshore deepwater...
A look back at VINSE NanoDay! t-shirts
Nov. 16, 2021—The VINSE NanoDay! t-shirt competition was introduced in 2008. Since then, VINSE students have continued to impress the nano community with their creativity. Below are the winning shirt designs from 2008-2019.
IMS hosts inaugural tailgate party
Nov. 15, 2021—IMS students had a great time Saturday night hosting the first annual IMS tailgate. Anchor Down!
Meet Our Graduates: J. Scott Niezgoda
Nov. 12, 2021—Scott Niezgoda earned his Ph.D. in Dr. Sandra Rosenthal’s lab at Vanderbilt University, where he studied the photophysics and surface chemistry of quantum dots for application in solar cell technology. While at Vanderbilt, Scott was active in VINSE-lead community outreach to local public high schools in an effort to make college a distinct possibility for...