VINSE is hiring hourly undergraduate laboratory assistants
Sep. 28, 2020—VINSE is hiring undergraduates to work with staff inside the VINSE cleanroom as lab assistants also known as VINSE Tech Crew. The tech crew will work on projects and activities critical to our daily operations and expand the process capabilities and knowledge base available to our researchers. VINSE is also taking applications for the 10-week...
Engineers develop better graphene sieve that could advance clean water efforts
Sep. 23, 2020—Developing atomically thin graphene membranes used to separate salt from water is extraordinarily complex and the effort grows more crucial as population growth, industrialization and climate change strain freshwater resources. Vanderbilt engineers have designed a simple defect-sealing technique to correct variations in pore size in graphene membranes. Vanderbilt engineering researchers report a breakthrough in scalable...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 21: Kyle Hawkins – bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses that live on and inside the human body
Sep. 22, 2020—Episode 21 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Kyle Hawkins tells Alice Leach about the bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses that live on and inside the human body. Kyle’s paper ” The Microbiome and the Gut-Liver-Brain Axis for Central Nervous System Clinical Pharmacology: Challenges in Specifying and Integrating In Vitro and In Silico Models” was published in...
VINSE Fall 2020 Newsletter
Sep. 15, 2020—You will find the following topics covered in this edition: Director’s note New tool capabilities Video content All upcoming events, including the NanoDay! Poster Session & social media competitions VINSE Fall Newsletter
Spotlight Podcast Episode 20: Matt Thompson – improving the reproducibility of soft matter calculations
Sep. 15, 2020—Episode 20 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Matthew Thompson tells Alice Leach about improving the reproducibility of soft matter calculations. Matt’s paper “Towards molecular simulations that are transparent, reproducible, usable by others, and extensible (TRUE)” was published in Molecular Physics. Matt graduated with a Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in 2019 under the direction...
Cynthia Reinhart-King receives 2020 Chancellor’s Award for Research
Sep. 9, 2020—Cynthia Reinhart-King is one of five Vanderbilt professors who received a Chancellor’s Award for Research at the Fall Faculty Assembly Aug. 27, 2020. This award recognizes faculty excellence in works published or presented in the last three calendar years. Honorees each receive a cash prize $2,000 and an engraved pewter julep cup. The annual event took place...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 19: Austin Howes – optical limiting using materials that change their properties when exposed to external energy sources
Sep. 8, 2020—Episode 19 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Austin Howes tells Alice Leach about optical limiting using materials that change their properties when exposed to external energy sources. Austin’s paper “Optical Limiting Based on Huygens’ Metasurfaces” was published in Nano Letters. Austin graduated with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 2019 under the direction of Jason...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 18: Timothy Boire – shape memory polymer that could transform vascular surgery
Sep. 2, 2020—Episode 18 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Tim Boire tells Alice Leach about a shape memory polymer that could transform vascular surgery. Tim’s paper “Effect of pore size and spacing on neovascularization of a biodegradable shape memory polymer perivascular wrap” was published in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. Tim graduated from BME in...
Tiny tweezer developed at Vanderbilt can trap molecules on a nanoscale, creating powerful research capabilities into cancer metastasis, neurodegenerative diseases
Sep. 1, 2020—In 2018, one-half of the Nobel Prize was awarded to Arthur Ashkin, the physicist who developed optical tweezers, the use of a tightly focused laser beam to isolate and move micron-scale objects (the size of red blood cells). Now Justus Ndukaife, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Vanderbilt University, has developed the first-ever opto-thermo-electrohydrodynamic tweezers, optical nanotweezers...
VINSE is Launching Faculty Speed Talks
Aug. 31, 2020—This fall VINSE will be hosting faculty speed talks. Join in to hear about current nano research and collaborations, all concentrated into 5-minute presentations. Seminars will be held at the normally scheduled time of 4, through Zoom webinars. Register in advance for these sessions: HERE September 16, 2020 – Nano Electronics & Nano Bio Nano Electronics Richard...