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Carter, Hachtel and Slack win for best Oral & Poster Presentation at Annual Conference
Jun. 23, 2015—Three VINSE graduate students received awards at the annual TN-SCORE conference held in Nashville, TN on June 18-19, 2015. Rachel Carter and Jordan Hachtel tied for first place for best oral presentation. Rachel is a Mechanical Engineering graduate student working under the direction of Professor Cary Pint, her talk was “Core/Shell Ni/Ni(OH)2 Foam for a...
Jason Valentine featured in C&EN News and Nature Materials
Jun. 16, 2015—VINSE member Jason Valentine’s work published in ACS Photonics was featured in C&EN magazine and Nature Materials 06/15/2015 “Simple Process Creates Near-Perfect Mirrors Out Of A Metamaterial Photonics: A layer of self-assembled particles allows researchers to etch an almost-perfect reflector that might be used in telescopes and lasers out of silicon By Katherine Bourzacx […] Last...
World’s smallest spirals could guard against identity theft
Jun. 8, 2015—Take gold spirals about the size of a dime…and shrink them down about six million times. The result is the world’s smallest continuous spirals: “nano-spirals” with unique optical properties that would be almost impossible to counterfeit if they were added to identity cards, currency and other important objects. Students and faculty at Vanderbilt University fabricated...
2015 Summer Nanoseminar Schedule
May. 21, 2015—The VINSE summer nanoseminar series provides an opportunity for graduate students or post-docs to share their current research with the larger VINSE community to foster discussion and collaboration. Each seminar will consist of 2 talks of 15-20 minutes each with 10-15 minutes of questions. The goal of these talks is to discuss and challenge the...
Engineer uses cotton candy to build artificial blood vessels
Apr. 1, 2015—Vanderbilt University mechanical engineer Leon Bellan is working to create artificial human capillary blood vessels using cotton candy and gelatin. His goal is for researchers to use these man-made capillaries to help keep artificial organs and other tissues alive, which could dramatically impact the field of regenerative medicine. Vascular toolbox Bellan’s lab is hoping these...
IMS student Kelsey Beavers featured in Research News @ Vanderbilt
Mar. 27, 2015—Kelsey Beavers, a Vanderbilt University Ph.D. candidate in interdisciplinary materials science, is exploring how inserting engineering into biological processes can lead to a healthier society. (Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt University) Behind the pathology for a variety of painful and deadly diseases lie genes that aren’t doing their jobs. They may be blocking the healing process for foot...
VINSE Colloquium Series: Student Selected Keynote Address “Quantum Dots and Perovskites for Solution-Processed Optoelectronics” Dr. Ted Sargent, University of Toronto, 04/01/15
Mar. 13, 2015—APRIL 1, 2015. Dr. Ted Sargent Canada Research Chair in Nanotechnology University of Toronto “Quantum Dots and Perovskites for Solution-Processed Optoelectronics“ 3:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 2:45 Abstract:The past decade has seen rapid progress in size-tuned colloidal quantum dots, which offer customizable UV, visible, and infrared light absorption and emission. The past few years...
26 High Schools from 16 Middle TN counties are participating in the VINSE Field Trip in Spring 2015
Mar. 2, 2015—26 High Schools representing 16 Middle TN counties are participating in the Spring 2015 VINSE high school field trip program. Groups of up to 20 from each school will to visit our facilities, perform an experiment, utilize our electron microscope, and learn about nanotechnology and energy during a day visit. Spring 2015 Participating Schools: Blackman High...
Scott Guelcher and Sharon Weiss named Inaugural Chancellor Faculty Fellows
Feb. 12, 2015—Fifteen faculty members hailing from a diverse cross section of disciplines have been selected as the first cohort of the Chancellor Faculty Fellows program. “The strong commitment to education, discovery and care demonstrated by these faculty members is having an enormous impact on Vanderbilt and its mission of serving society,” Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos said....
Duvall to receive 2015 Society for Biomaterials Young Investigator Award for regenerative medicine research
Jan. 26, 2015—Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Craig L. Duvall has received a Society for Biomaterials 2015 Young Investigator Award for his achievements in the field of biomaterials research within 10 years of receiving his doctorate. The award will be presented at the Society’s 2015 annual meeting in Charlotte, N.C., April 15-18. His manuscript, “Conjugation of Palmitic Acid...