‘VINSE Outreach’
Five year, $20 million TN-SCORE program boots state’s energy research capacity
Jun. 30, 2015—For the last five years, scientists and engineers at Vanderbilt University have been collaborating closely with colleagues at other public and private universities and research centers throughout Tennessee in an effort to increase the state’s energy research capacity. This collaboration was made possible by a five-year, $20 million National Science Foundation (NSF) cooperative agreement Tennessee...
26 High Schools from 16 Middle TN counties are participating in the VINSE Field Trip in Spring 2015
Mar. 2, 2015—26 High Schools representing 16 Middle TN counties are participating in the Spring 2015 VINSE high school field trip program. Groups of up to 20 from each school will to visit our facilities, perform an experiment, utilize our electron microscope, and learn about nanotechnology and energy during a day visit. Spring 2015 Participating Schools: Blackman High...
SIGN-UP for VINSE High School Field Trip Program for Spring 2015
Aug. 16, 2014—Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) is pleased to be able to invite groups of high school students, group size 20 or smaller, to visit our facilities, perform an experiment, utilize our electron microscope, and learn about nanotechnology and energy during a day visit. Our field trip program has hosted over 800 high...
VINSE High School Field Trip program Fall 2013 & Spring 2014
May. 15, 2014—Small groups of students from across middle Tennessee high schools learned how to squeeze electricity from a blackberry. The students mashed blackberries, extracted their juice, soaked an electrode in the juice, coated another electrode with graphite and clipped them together to make a solar cell. After the solar cells were finished, the students got to measure...
VUCast Extra: Blackberries, electricity, and high school students
Oct. 13, 2013—How do you get students excited about science? Try some blackberries, nanotechnology and solar cells mixed with Tennessee high school students at a Vanderbilt lab. Watch VUCast Extra now.
VINSE goes to Capitol Hill to discuss K-12 STEM outreach with members of the Tennessee delegation
Apr. 18, 2013—It was an exciting day on Capitol Hill. Dr. Sandra Rosenthal, director of the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE), Sarah Ross, program and outreach coordinator at VINSE, and Toshia Wrenn, a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry at Vanderbilt had the opportunity to share with staff in the offices of Senator Lamar Alexander, Senator...
Vanderbilt outreach initiative puts science in the hands of Tennessee students
Jan. 23, 2013—Middle school students in Robertson and Dickson counties will get hands-on science instruction thanks to a Vanderbilt University outreach initiative. Science teachers for grades 6-8 at White House Heritage Elementary School and Coopertown Middle School in Robertson County were on the Vanderbilt campus Jan. 23 to pick up kits containing science lessons and to learn...
High school students turn blackberries into solar cells
May. 21, 2012—How can you squeeze electricity from a blackberry? A number of local high school students can answer this question from personal experience. They have actually made solar cells out of blackberry juice and measured the electrical power that they produce as part of an educational outreach program started this year by the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale...
Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff share discoveries at USA Science & Engineering Festival
Apr. 25, 2012—A group of Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff will share their research and passion for science and technology with middle and high school students at the nation’s largest science fair April 27-29 in Washington, D.C. The second annual USA Science & Engineering Festival and Book Fair, held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, showcases...
Science comes alive for middle school students during Vanderbilt lab visit
Mar. 13, 2012—During a visit to campus on March 12, members of the Joelton Middle School Art2STEM club – an after-school organization for middle school girls that highlights the importance of creativity in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics – got to see what a real future as a scientist might be like. The students...