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Josh Caldwell named director of Interdisciplinary Materials Science
Jul. 8, 2021—We are pleased to announce that Professor Josh Caldwell has agreed to serve as the new Director of the Interdisciplinary Materials Science graduate program starting July 1, 2021, for a three year term. Prof. Caldwell will concurrently serve as the program’s Director of Graduate Studies (DGS). The IMS graduate program is poised to grow during...
Photonics discovery portends dramatic efficiencies in silicon chips
Mar. 24, 2021—Researchers devised a hybrid, hyperbolic-silicon photonic waveguide platform that transmits mid-IR and near-IR light at the same time, on the same chip, demonstrating dual-band optical processing. Illustration: Caldwell Lab A team led by Vanderbilt engineers has achieved the ability to transmit two different types of optical signals across a single chip at the same time. The...
VINSE recognizes faculty accomplishments in annual fall faculty celebration
Oct. 4, 2020—Please congratulate the following members of the VINSE faculty on recent accomplishments and promotions. FFC 2020 program. FACULTY PROMOTIONS We celebrate the recent promotions of the following faculty: Endowed Chairs Craig L. Duvall named Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair Joshua D. Caldwell named Flowers Family Chancellor Faculty Fellow in Engineering Kelsey B. Hatzell named Flowers Family Dean’s...
Spotlight Podcast Episode 15: Guanyu Lu – capturing waste heat to use in optical communication
Aug. 11, 2020—Episode 15 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Guanyu Lu about capturing waste heat to use in optical communication. Guanyu’s paper ” Narrowband Polaritonic Thermal Emitters Driven by Waste Heat” was published in ACS Omega. Guanyu Lu is a 3rd year graduate student in Mechanical Engineering working under the direction of Dr....
Josh Caldwell is a 2020 Materials Research Society Fellow
Jul. 8, 2020—Vanderbilt professor Joshua D. Caldwell has been selected as a 2020 Materials Research Society Fellow. The MRS Fellows will be recognized at the society’s spring meeting in Phoenix in April. Caldwell, associate professor of mechanical engineering, has merged his prior work in wide band gap semiconductor materials with his efforts in nanophotonics, leading to his...
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...
Caldwell & Hatzell are inaugural Flowers Family Faculty Fellows in Engineering
Apr. 29, 2020—Mechanical engineering professors Joshua Caldwell and Kelsey Hatzell are inaugural recipients of Flowers Family faculty awards. Caldwell is the Flowers Family Chancellor Faculty Fellow in Engineering. Hatzell is the Flowers Family Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Engineering. The awards target professors who have shown a strong evidence of scientific accomplishment early in their careers and are...