Joint VINSE & Physics Colloquium Series: “Nonlinear and Singular Optics in Photonic Meta-Structures” Dr. Natalia Litchinitser; University at Buffalo, The State University of New York 01/26/17
Jan. 13, 2017—January 26, 2017 Natalia M. Litchinitser University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Professor of Electrical Engineering “Nonlinear and Singular Optics in Photonic Meta-Structures” 4:00 PM, 4327 Stevenson Center Refreshments served at 3:30 PM in 6333 Stevenson Center Abstract The emergence of synthetic photonic media, or metamaterials, has revealed many unique electromagnetic phenomena,...
Craig Duvall named PECASE recipient
Jan. 13, 2017—Congratulations to Craig Duvall – Craig has been named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), announced in a recent White House press release. <– White House Press Release –>
Joint VINSE & Physics Colloquium Series: “Fundamental Excitations in Solids” Dr. Xiaoqin Elaine Li; UT Austin 1/19/17
Jan. 9, 2017—Thursday January 19, 2017 Xiaoqin Elaine Li UT Austin Associate Professor of Physics Title: “Fundamental Excitations in Solids” 4:00 PM, 4327 Stevenson Center Refreshments served at 3:30 PM in 6333 Stevenson Center Abstract Fundamental excitations (e.g. plasmons, excitons, phonons and magnons) determine both the equilibrium and non-equilibrium properties of solids such as metals, semiconductors, and...
VINSE Colloquium Series: “Light-Matter Interactions in Engineered Optical Media” Dr. Natalia M. Litchinitser; University at Buffalo, The State University of New York 12/07/16
Dec. 5, 2016—December 7, 2016 Natalia M. Litchinitser University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Professor of Electrical Engineering “Light-Matter Interactions in Engineered Optical Media” 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45 Abstract Structured light and structured matter are two fascinating branches of modern optics that recently started having a significant impact on...
VINSE Colloquium Series: “Organic and Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Thin Film Deposition by Resonant Infrared, Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation” Dr. Adrienne D. Stiff Roberts; Duke University 02/15/17
Dec. 4, 2016—February 15, 2017 Adrienne D. Stiff-Roberts Duke University Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering “Organic and Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Thin Film Deposition by Resonant Infrared, Matrix-AssistedPulsed Laser Evaporation” 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45 Abstract Over the past fifteen years, matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE) has been developed to deposit organic thin...
Philippe Fauchet named 2016 AAAS Fellow
Dec. 2, 2016—Philippe Fauchet, dean of the Vanderbilt School of Engineering, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this year. Fauchet is recognized for “extraordinary scientific and engineering research accomplishment in photonics, energy, and the semiconductor/biology interface, and for distinguished academic leadership.” <–Full Article–>
Adams, Rosenthal and Jennings Featured in and Nanowerk and Vanderbilt Research News
Nov. 23, 2016—Mood ring materials – a new way to detect damage in failing infrastructure “Mood ring materials” could play an important role in minimizing and mitigating damage to the nation’s failing infrastructure. The American Society of Civil Engineers has estimated that more than $3.6 trillion in investment is needed by 2020 to rehabilitate and modernize the...
Pint featured in Forbes and Vanderbilt Research News
Nov. 9, 2016—How Scientists Turned Junkyard Scrap Metal Into A Battery Inspired by an archaeological find, researchers have built a pill-bottle-sized battery starting from junkyard scrap metal. The scientists say their approach could someday be used to repurpose metal alloys commonly found around the house for energy storage applications. As renewable energy sources like solar become a...
2016 VINSE High Impact Paper Award Winners
Oct. 27, 2016—First Place – Bandgap Engineering of Strained Monolayer and Bilayer MoS2 Nano Letters Hiram Conley, Bin Wang, Jed Ziegler, Richard Haglund, Sokrates Pantelides, Kirill Bolotin Second Place – Realization of an all-dielectric zero-index optical metamaterial Nature Photonics Parikshit Moitra, Yuanmu Yang, Zachary Anderson, Ivan Kravchenko, Dayrl Briggs, Jason Valentine Third Place –Balancing Cationic and Hydrophobic...
Galloway receives international Gagarin Award for contributions to radiation effects research
Oct. 26, 2016—Kenneth F. Galloway received the 2016 Yuri Gagarin Award at the 2016 RADECS conference in Bremen, Germany. Galloway is a Distinguished Professor of Engineering, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and former dean of the Vanderbilt School of Engineering. The Radiation Effects in Components and Systems Association was established in Europe in 1991...