Events Category
16 Students From Springfield High School Join Forensics Lab Today
Mar. 28, 2024—Imagine you are a detective investigating on a murder scene, where do you start? On Thursday, March 28, VINSE welcomed 16 students from Springfield High School to our Forensics Lab. During the forensics lab program, the students solved a whodunnit-themed activity using several types of spectroscopies including Raman, FTIR, absorption and photoluminescence. They also extracted...
8 Students From Waverly High School Join Cleanroom Microfluidics Lab Today
Mar. 27, 2024—How differences in designs can alter the behavior of the fluid? On Wednesday March 27, VINSE welcomed 8 students from Waverly High School to our Cleanroom Microfluidics Lab. They went inside the VINSE cleanroom, home of the cleanest air in middle Tennessee, and found out with hands-on activities! The students stenciled with light to pattern...
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...
92 High School Students Join Blackberry Solar Cell Lab During Spring Break
Mar. 11, 2024—While the Vanderbilt campus is ramping down during spring break, VINSE outreach program is buzzing with energy! On March 11, VINSE welcomed 20 students from Harpeth High School to our Blackberry Solar Cell Lab. They made solar cells out of blackberry juice and measured the electrical power they produced. The students also examined the material...
Field Trip of Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy from Texas
Mar. 6, 2024—On Friday, March 1 VINSE hosted students from Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy from Mansfield Texas to learn about nanoscience and nanotechnology during a day visit. Outreach experiences are tailored to fit into a variety of science courses. For the graphene work and the gowning session, student made their own 2D material, graphene – carbon that...
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: 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...
VINSE Analytical Lab & Cleanroom Open House
Jan. 29, 2024—Interested in learning more about the VINSE Analytical Lab and Cleanroom facility and how our tools could impact your research? Bring your samples to our Open House on February 29, 2024 from 1:00-4:00 and use any tool… at no cost! This event is open to everyone, both current and potential new users. VINSE staff will also be...
24rd Annual Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Forum, NanoDay! 11/22/24
Jan. 24, 2024—A yearly forum for members of the VINSE community engaged in nanoscience and nanotechnology research. Friday, November 22, 2024 11:30 – 6:00 PM Student Life Center Keynote Speaker Xiaoqing Pan is an internationally recognized materials scientist and electron microscopy expert due to his pioneering development and applications of novel transmission electron microscopy (TEM) methods for...
VINSE Director’s Coffee Hour
Jan. 24, 2024—Join VINSE Director, Sharon Weiss to discuss new initiatives, pilot funding, tech crew, and other ways VINSE can help support your research. Wednesday, February 7, 2023 9:30-10:30 AM | 226 ESB VINSE Conference Room