Spotlight Podcast Episode 32: Krishen Appavoo – phase change material, vanadium dioxide. Typically an insulator, when given a small amount of energy, it becomes conducting and has applications in next generation electronic devices
Dec. 31, 2020—In Episode 32 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Kannatassen ‘Krishen’ Appavoo tells Alice Leach about the phase change material, vanadium dioxide. Typically an insulator, when given a small amount of energy, it becomes conducting and has applications in next generation electronic devices. Krishen’s paper “Doping-driven electronic and lattice dynamics in the phase-change material vanadium dioxide”...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 31: Yuanzhe Liang– membranes with tiny pores which can be used to separate molecules or ions
Dec. 15, 2020—Episode 31 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Yuanzhe Liang tells Alice Leach about membranes with tiny pores which can be used to separate molecules or ions. Yuanzhe’s paper “Polyamide nanofiltration membrane with highly uniform sub-nanometre pores for sub-1 Å precision separation” was published in Nature Communications. Yuanzhe graduated from Interdisciplinary Materials Science this semester and...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 30: Daniel Shae– cancer vaccine that enhances the body’s immune response to tumor cells
Dec. 8, 2020—Episode 30 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Daniel Shae tells Alice Leach about a cancer vaccine that enhances the body’s immune response to tumor cells. Daniel’s paper “Co-delivery of Peptide Neoantigens and Stimulator of Interferon Genes Agonists Enhances Response to Cancer Vaccines” was published in ACS Nano. Daniel graduated in 2019 from Professor John Wilson’s...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 29: Keefer Rowan – time-dependent phenomena in atoms – the building blocks of matter
Dec. 2, 2020—Episode 29 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Keefer Rowan tells Alice Leach about time-dependent phenomena in atoms – the building blocks of matter. Rowan’s paper “Simulation of a hydrogen atom in a laser field using the time-dependent variational principle” was published in Physical Review E. Keefer (Vandy undergraduate) graduated with a degree in Physics &...
Engineering professor Ndukaife wins award in Rising Stars of Light global competition
Nov. 30, 2020—Justus Ndukaife, assistant professor of electrical engineering, spent 20 minutes describing his optical nanotweezers to a panel of five distinguished professors from the United States, Australia, and China during a live online competition—Rising Stars of Light—that has drawn 260,000 viewers worldwide. After two sessions in which 10 finalists presented their research in a global campaign...
Team examines operating limits in solid-state batteries to improve driving range of electric vehicles
Nov. 18, 2020—There is huge momentum toward adoption of battery electric vehicles primarily because performances are meeting or exceeding the properties of traditional automobiles. Consumers want electric vehicles that have similar driving range (energy density) and charging styles and times (power density) to gasoline powered vehicles. Kelsey Hatzell “One pathway to improving the energy density of the battery, or...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 28: Zhiliang Pan – thermal transport in nanowires with unique structures
Nov. 17, 2020—Episode 28 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Zhiliang Pan tells Alice Leach thermal transport in nanowires with unique structures. Zhiliang’s paper ” Net negative contributions of free electrons to the thermal conductivity of NbSe3 nanowires ” was published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Zhiliang is a 3rd year mechanical engineering graduate student in the lab...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 27: Isom Kelly – porous silicon nanoparticles – tiny chunks of silicon that can be used as drug delivery vehicles
Nov. 10, 2020—Episode 27 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Isom Kelly tells Alice Leach about porous silicon nanoparticles – tiny chunks of silicon that can be used as drug delivery vehicles. Isom’s paper “Tuning Composition of Polymer and Porous Silicon Composite Nanoparticles for Early Endosome Escape of Anti-microRNA Peptide Nucleic Acids” was published in ACS Applied Materials...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 26: Chris Stachurski – carbon dots – tiny luminescent particles of carbon
Nov. 3, 2020—Episode 26 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Chris Stachurski tells Alice Leach about carbon dots – tiny luminescent particles of carbon. Chris’s paper ” Optical and electrochemical tuning of hydrothermally synthesized nitrogen-doped carbon dots” was published in Nanoscale Advances. Chris is a 5th year chemistry graduate student in the lab of David Cliffel. Chris Stachurski –...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 25: Nidhi Jyotsana – knowledge of cancer can inform our study of COVID-19
Oct. 27, 2020—Episode 25 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Nidhi Jyotsana tells Alice Leach how our knowledge of cancer can inform our study of COVID-19. Nidhi’s paper “The Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Risk and Treatment” was published in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. Nidhi was a Research Assistant Professor in the lab of Mike King and is...