Piran Kidambi wins Projects in Green Energy Technology fellowship from the Electrochemical Society and Toyota Motors
Jul. 1, 2020—The Electrochemical Society and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Announce 2020-2021 Fellowship Winners for Projects in Green Energy Technology Pennington, NJ – Prof. Dr. Shoji Hall, Prof. Dr. Piran Ravichandran Kidambi, and Dr. Haegyeom Kim have been awarded the 2020-2021 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowships. This is the sixth year that the...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 9: James McBride – Imaging the next generation of electronics
Jun. 30, 2020—This week in episode 9 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with James McBride about imaging the next generation of electronics. James’ paper in collaboration with Dr. Cahoon from UNC “Ratcheting quasi-ballistic electrons in silicon geometric diodes at room temperature” was published in Science. James McBride – Imaging the next generation of electronics. Read More | Listen...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 8: Stephanie Pearlman – Diagnosis of infectious diseases in low resource settings
Jun. 23, 2020—This week in episode 8 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Stephanie Pearlman tells us about the diagnosis of infectious diseases in low resource settings. Stephanie’s paper ” Low-Resource Nucleic Acid Extraction Method Enabled by High-Gradient Magnetic Separation” was published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Stephanie is a 4th year graduate student...
VINSE researchers developed a promising treatment for breast cancer metastasis
Jun. 16, 2020—Updated June 13, 2020 (Precision Vaccinations)With a surprisingly simple approach in which cancer cells are first grown, ruptured and converted into nanoparticles, and then used as a vaccine, Vanderbilt University researchers say they have developed what appears to be a promising treatment for breast cancer metastasis. Metastasis is the last stage of cancer, responsible for...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 7: Thomas Folland – Trapping and concentrating light
Jun. 16, 2020—This week in episode 7 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Thomas Folland about trapping and concentrating light. Tom’s paper “Vibrational Coupling to Epsilon-Near-Zero Waveguide Modes” was published in ACS Photonics. Thomas is a Postdoctoral Scholar working with Dr. Josh Caldwell in Mechanical Engineering. Thomas Folland – Trapping and concentrating light. Read More | Listen Now...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 6: Nathan Spear – Exotic optical properties of nanoparticles
Jun. 9, 2020—This week in episode 6 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Nathan Spear about exotic optical properties. Nathan’s paper “Enhanced Broadband and Harmonic Upconversion from Coupled Semiconductor and Metal Nanoparticle Films” was published in ACS Applied Nano Materials. Nathan is a 3rd year Ph.D. student in Interdisciplinary Materials Science working under the direction...
VINSE Colloquium Series “Broad Utilization of the Electromagnetic Spectrum To Enable Nanotechnology to Treat Drinking Water” Dr. Paul Westerhoff, Arizona State University 09/23/2020
Jun. 3, 2020—September 23, 2020 Paul Westerhoff Regents Professor School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment Arizona State University “Broad Utilization of the Electromagnetic Spectrum To Enable Nanotechnology to Treat Drinking Water” 4PM via Zoom Webinar Register for this seminar: HERE
VINSE Colloquium Series: “Creating and Exploring Atomically Thin Metals” Dr. Joshua Robinson, Penn State 10/28/20
Jun. 3, 2020—October 28, 2020 Joshua Alexander Robinson Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Penn State "Creating and Exploring Atomically Thin Metals" 4 PM via Zoom Webinar Register to attend this seminar: HERE
VINSE Colloquium Series: “Photonics at the Intersection of Materials and Devices” Dr. Nathaniel Kinsey, Virginia Commonwealth University 04/07/21
Jun. 3, 2020—April 7, 2021 Nathaniel Kinsey Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Virginia Commonwealth University “Photonics at the Intersection of Materials and Devices” 4PM via Zoom Webinar Click HERE to register Bio Nate received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri – Columbia in 2011. He followed with his Masters of...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 4: Andrew Summers – How computers accelerate scientific research
May. 26, 2020—In the VINSE spotlight podcast, we interview the author of a VINSE Spotlight publication. We find out what their paper is about, the science behind it and how their research fits into the bigger picture. New episodes are posted on Tuesdays. This week in episode 4 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Andrew...