‘Kellen Arnold’
IMS graduate student KP Arnold awarded NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity Fellowship
Oct. 26, 2023—Kellen P. Arnold, a 4th year Ph.D. candidate in the Interdisciplinary Materials Science program, was awarded a fellowship by the NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity (NSTGRO) in June 2023. Kellen is a member of the Sharon Weiss Group and received the award for his work studying nanoscale design in advanced integrated photonics and identifying...
Winners of the 2023 VINSE Summer Image Competition
Sep. 15, 2023—VINSE is excited to unveil the twelve winning images from our 2023 summer image competition. Since 2017, VINSE celebrates the work of our researchers, seeking images of materials or devices that have been fabricated, characterized or imaged using VINSE equipment with an annual image competition. Congratulations to this year’s winners. Each will receive a $250 cash prize and...
Spotlight Publication “Photonic crystals with split ring unit cells for subwavelength light confinement” published in Optics Letters
May. 27, 2022—About the author: Kellen P. Arnold is currently a second-year graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary materials science under the direction of Dr. Sharon Weiss. The Weiss group focuses on advancing silicon photonics for communications, sensing, and quantum information by leveraging nanoscale light-matter interactions in photonic crystal devices. Kellen’s recent publication proposes a new...
IMS grad student KP Arnold wins 1st place at inaugural ECE Day poster session
Apr. 11, 2022—KP Arnold, an IMS graduate student advised by Dr. Sharon Weiss, won first place at the inaugural ECE Day poster session with his poster “Realizing Subwavelength Featured Photonic Crystals: Tailoring To Specific Applications and Foundry Scale Processing.” The Vanderbilt Electrical and Computer Engineering Department presented the first ECE Day on April 4, 2022. The one-day...
IMS students Nicole Moehring & Kellen Arnold receive Best Student Presentation at ORNL
Aug. 3, 2021—Nicole Moehring and Kellen Arnold received “Best Student Presentation” award at the virtual poster session for the 2021 Joint Nanoscience and Neutron Scattering User Meeting at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In addition to a cash prize both Nicole and Kellen have been invited to present their work at the meeting on August 10th. The User...