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VINSE Colloquia Series: “Graphene for Enhancement of Raman Effect” Dr. Dresselhaus; MIT 10/8/14
Oct. 8, 2014—VINSE COLLOQUIUM SERIES Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Emerita Institute Professor MIT, Department of Physics Host: Yaqiong Xu “Graphene for Enhancement of Raman Effect” 4:10 PM, 5326 Stevenson Center 3:45 refreshments 5326 Stevenson Center Hallway Abstract: Results are presented showing enhancement of the Raman spectral signal of molecules by their placement...
‘Queen of Carbon’ Mildred Dresselhaus graces VINSE Colloquium Series
Sep. 29, 2014—Acclaimed MIT Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Emerita, Mildred Dresselhaus, whose decades of research earned her the nickname Queen of Carbon, will explain at the next VINSE Colloquium how placing molecules on a graphene substrate enhances their Raman spectral signal. KEEP READING>
SIGN-UP for VINSE High School Field Trip Program for Spring 2015
Aug. 16, 2014—Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) is pleased to be able to invite groups of high school students, group size 20 or smaller, to visit our facilities, perform an experiment, utilize our electron microscope, and learn about nanotechnology and energy during a day visit. Our field trip program has hosted over 800 high...
2014 Summer Nanoseminar Series
May. 30, 2014—Organized by: J. Scott Niezgoda WHAT IS VINSE SUMMER “NANOSEMINAR”? A seminar series in VINSE, 9 amazingly interesting seminars have been scheduled for this summer. During each seminar, two students/post-docs from different research groups will talk about their projects dealing with nanofabrication and science/technology as related to it. The focus of the seminar is...
VINSE High School Field Trip program Fall 2013 & Spring 2014
May. 15, 2014—Small groups of students from across middle Tennessee high schools learned how to squeeze electricity from a blackberry. The students mashed blackberries, extracted their juice, soaked an electrode in the juice, coated another electrode with graphite and clipped them together to make a solar cell. After the solar cells were finished, the students got to measure...
Inaugural Student Selected VINSE Keynote Address, Dr. El-Sayed “Nano-technology Meets Biology in the Cancer Cell”
Mar. 11, 2014—Inaugural Student Selected VINSE Keynote Address Dr. Mostafa A. El-Sayed Julius Brown Chair and Regents Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Director, Laser Dynamics Lab Georgia Institute of Technology “Nano-Technology Meets Biology in the Cancer Cell” Abstract: Using biochemical-targeting methods, one can conjugate the plasmonic nanoparticles to many parts of the cell, healthy or sick....
Vanderbilt outreach initiative puts science in the hands of Tennessee students
Jan. 23, 2013—Middle school students in Robertson and Dickson counties will get hands-on science instruction thanks to a Vanderbilt University outreach initiative. Science teachers for grades 6-8 at White House Heritage Elementary School and Coopertown Middle School in Robertson County were on the Vanderbilt campus Jan. 23 to pick up kits containing science lessons and to learn...
Director of German nanosciences institute is NanoDay! keynote speaker
Oct. 16, 2012—Research seminars, poster presentations part of Oct. 24 event The director of a nanosciences institute in Dresden, Germany, is the keynote speaker at the 13th Annual Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Forum Oct. 24 at Vanderbilt University. The Forum and NanoDay! activities are sponsored by the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) and the Interdisciplinary...
Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff share discoveries at USA Science & Engineering Festival
Apr. 25, 2012—A group of Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff will share their research and passion for science and technology with middle and high school students at the nation’s largest science fair April 27-29 in Washington, D.C. The second annual USA Science & Engineering Festival and Book Fair, held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, showcases...