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Spotlight Podcast Episode 17: Ross Koby – Mechanochemistry!
Aug. 25, 2020—Episode 17 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Ross Koby tells Alice Leach about his weekly grind – Mechanochemistry! Ross’s paper ” An h3-Bound Allyl Ligand on Magnesium in a Mechanochemically Generated Mg/K Allyl Complex” was published in Angewandte Chemie-International. Ross is a 5th year graduate student in Chemistry working under the direction of Dr. Timothy...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 16: Kaitlyn Ryder – sending electronics to space
Aug. 18, 2020—Episode 16 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Kaitlyn Ryder about sending electronics to space. Kaitlyn’s paper “Comparison of Sensitive Volumes Associated With Ion- and Laser-Induced Charge Collection in an Epitaxial Silicon Diode” was published in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. Kaitlyn is a 4th year graduate student in Electrical Engineering working...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 15: Guanyu Lu – capturing waste heat to use in optical communication
Aug. 11, 2020—Episode 15 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Guanyu Lu about capturing waste heat to use in optical communication. Guanyu’s paper ” Narrowband Polaritonic Thermal Emitters Driven by Waste Heat” was published in ACS Omega. Guanyu Lu is a 3rd year graduate student in Mechanical Engineering working under the direction of Dr....
Spotlight Podcast Episode 14: Jenna Dombroski – progress toward a breast cancer vaccine!
Aug. 4, 2020—Episode 14 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Jenna A. Dombroski about progress toward a breast cancer vaccine! Jenna’s paper “Fabrication and Characterization of Tumor Nano-Lysate as a Preventative Vaccine for Breast Cancer” was published in Langmuir. Jenna is a prior VINSE REU student and current third year graduate student in Biomedical...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 13: Michael Kosson – 3D print cement
Jul. 29, 2020—Episode 13 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Michael Kosson about how to print 3D cement. Michael’s paper ” Early-Age Performance of 3D Printed Carbon Nanofiber and Carbon Microfiber Cement Composites” was published in Journal of the Transportation Research Record. Michael is a graduate student in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering working under the...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 12: Matthew Gerboth – Heat moves through materials at the nanoscale
Jul. 21, 2020—Episode 12 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Matthew Gerboth about how heat moves through materials at the nanoscale. Matt’s paper ” Effects of acoustic softening on thermal conductivity beyond group velocity” was published in Journal of Applied Physics. Matthew is a graduate student in Interdisciplinary Materials Science working under the direction of...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 11: John Slack – Fuel cells convert chemical energy into electricity
Jul. 15, 2020—Episode 11 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with John Slack about how fuel cells convert chemical energy into electricity. John’s paper ” Polyvinylidene Fluoride on Nanofiber Cathode Structure and Durability in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells” was published in Journal of The Electrochemical Society. John received his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 10: Andrew Naclerio – Exceptional properties of 2D materials
Jul. 7, 2020—This week in episode 10 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Andrew Naclerio about the exceptional properties of 2D materials. Andrew’s paper ” Visualizing Oxidation Mechanisms in Few-Layered Black Phosphorus via In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy” was published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Andrew is a 2nd year student in Chemical...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 5: Joe Vanderburgh – Nanoparticles can be used to treat bone metastasis of cancer
Jul. 2, 2020—This week in episode 5 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Joseph Vanderburgh about how nanoparticles can be used to treat bone metastasis of cancer. (Guelcher & Duvall labs) Joe Vanderburgh – Nanoparticles can be used to treat bone metastasis of cancer. Read More | Listen Now
Piran Kidambi wins Projects in Green Energy Technology fellowship from the Electrochemical Society and Toyota Motors
Jul. 1, 2020—The Electrochemical Society and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Announce 2020-2021 Fellowship Winners for Projects in Green Energy Technology Pennington, NJ – Prof. Dr. Shoji Hall, Prof. Dr. Piran Ravichandran Kidambi, and Dr. Haegyeom Kim have been awarded the 2020-2021 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowships. This is the sixth year that the...