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Valentine featured on Phys.org and Vanderbilt Research News
Sep. 24, 2015—VINSE member Jason Valentine’s work published in Nature Communications was featured in Phys.org and Research News @ Vanderbilt 09/22/2015 “First circularly polarized light detector on a silicon chip” Invention of the first integrated circularly polarized light detector on a silicon chip opens the door for development of small, portable sensors that could expand the use...
First circularly polarized light detector on a silicon chip
Sep. 22, 2015—Invention of the first integrated circularly polarized light detector on a silicon chip opens the door for development of small, portable sensors that could expand the use of polarized light for drug screening, surveillance, optical communications and quantum computing, among other potential applications. The new detector was developed by a team of Vanderbilt University engineers...
16th Annual Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Forum – NanoDay! 10/14/15 – Keynote Speaker – Nate Lewis, CalTech
Sep. 17, 2015—16th Annual Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Forum Wednesday, October 14, 2015 BUTTRICK HALL 1:10 – 1:25 Welcome Sandra Rosenthal, Chemistry 1:25 – 2:15 New tools in VINSE: Laser Writer, Leon Bellan, MERLIN Scanning Electron Microscope, Anthony Hmelo, Oxford Reaction Ion Etch, Jason Valentine, Dual Beam Focused Ion Beam, Deyu Li, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Bridget Rogers FEATHERINGILL HALL 2:25 – 3:10 POSTER...
IMS grad student Jake Benzing takes home physical sciences award from conference
Sep. 9, 2015—A Vanderbilt PhD student in interdisciplinary materials science took home a first-place poster award at August’s Microscopy & Microanalysis conference, held last month in Portland, Oregon. Jake Benzing, whose adviser is Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering James Wittig, presented a research poster and abstract titled “Fe-25Mn-3Al-3Si TWIP-TRIP Steel Deformed at High Strain Rates” and...
VINSE Colloquium Series: “Superdiffusive Thermal Transport in Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials” Dr. Ali Shakouri; Purdue University 9/30/15
Aug. 26, 2015—September 30, 2015. Ali Shakouri Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University “Superdiffusive Thermal Transport in Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials” 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45 Abstract: Latest research on nanostructured thermoelectrics will be presented. A direct conversion of heat into electricity which has the potential to reach MW and GW scale is the use...
VINSE Colloquium Series: “Nanocrystal Assemblies: A Modular Approach to Materials Design” Dr. Dmitri Talapin; University of Chicago 10/28/15
Aug. 26, 2015—October 28, 2015. Dmitri V. Talapin Department of Chemistry and James Franck Institute University of Chicago “Nanocrystal Assemblies: A Modular Approach to Materials Design” 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45 Abstract: Development of synthetic methods for nanomaterials has introduced new approaches for engineering functional solids. Nanocrystal assemblies provide a powerful platform for...
VINSE Colloquium Series: “New “Nanomedicines”: From Concepts to Clinical Trials” Dr. Justin Hanes; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 11/18/15
Aug. 26, 2015—November 18, 2015. Justin Hanes The Center for Nanomedicine at the Wilmer Eye Institute Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine New “Nanomedicines”: From Concepts to Clinical Trials 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45 Abstract: This talk will highlight a couple of examples of how basic science discoveries have led to the development of...
Experts address promises and problems of 3D printing large structures
Jul. 24, 2015—Every month or so an article comes out reporting that some new object has been made using 3D printing: Everything from jewelry to prosthetic devices to electronic circuit boards to assault rifles to automobiles has now been created in this fashion. The prospect that this revolutionary manufacturing method will have a major impact on how...
Valentine Selected to Participate in NAE’s 2015 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
Jul. 10, 2015—Washington, DC, June 25, 2015 – Eighty-nine of the nation’s brightest young engineers have been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) 21st annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) symposium. Engineers ages 30 to 45 who are performing exceptional engineering research and technical work in a variety of disciplines will come together for the...
Five year, $20 million TN-SCORE program boots state’s energy research capacity
Jun. 30, 2015—For the last five years, scientists and engineers at Vanderbilt University have been collaborating closely with colleagues at other public and private universities and research centers throughout Tennessee in an effort to increase the state’s energy research capacity. This collaboration was made possible by a five-year, $20 million National Science Foundation (NSF) cooperative agreement Tennessee...