‘VINSE Colloquium’
VINSE Colloquium: Student Selected Speaker Dr. Arjun Yodh 04/04/2025
Mar. 14, 2024—11th Annual VINSE Student Selected Seminar Arjun Yodh James M. Skinner Professor of Science and Department Chair University of Pennsylvania Imaging and Spectroscopy of (mostly) Brain Using Diffusing Light 04.04.25 | noon Diffusing light can be used to probe physiology in tissues located far below the body surface. The emerging light fields contain a wealth...
VINSE/BME Joint Seminar Dr. Valeria Milam 02/28/24
Jan. 9, 2024—Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering & Biomedical Engineering Seminar Dr. Valeria Milam Associate Professor and MSE Faculty Fellow Georgia Tech 02.28.24 | 12:20pm | 5326 Stevenson Center Bio. Valeria Tohver Milam joined the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology as an assistant professor in July 2004. She received her...
VINSE Colloquium: Student Selected Speaker Dr. Gang Chen, MIT 04/15/2024
Oct. 30, 2023—10th Annual VINSE Student Selected Seminar Gang Chen Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering; Director, Pappalardo Micro and Nano Engineering Laboratories Photomolecular Evaporation from Hydrogels and Pure Water 04.15.24 | 4:10PM | 134 Featheringill Hall Bio. Gang Chen is the Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He served...
VINSE Colloquium: Dr. Pramod Reddy, 01/24/24
Oct. 30, 2023—Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium Dr. Pramod Reddy Professor, Mechanical Engineering Professor, Materials Science and Engineering University of Michigan Energy Transport and Conversion in Nanoscale Gaps 01.24.24 | 4:10PM | 134 Featheringill Hall Understanding radiative heat transfer in nanoscale gaps and devices is of great current interest due to the strong potential...
VINSE Colloquium: Dr. Jacob Robinson, 03/20/24
Oct. 30, 2023—Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium Jacob Robinson Professor, Rice University Co-Founder and CEO, Motif Neurotech http://www.robinsonlab.com https://motifneuro.tech/ Manipulating brain states with miniature neurotech 03.20.24 | 4:10PM | 134 Featheringill Hall Bio. Jacob Robinson is a Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Bioengineering at Rice University where his group develops miniature technologies to manipulate...
VINSE Entrepreneurship Seminar: Dr. Charleson Bell 02/21/24
Oct. 26, 2023—Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Seminar Dr. Charleson Bell Research Assistant Professor Director of Entrepreneurship and Biomedical Innovation, The Wond’ry I-Corps Hub Director, Mid-South Innovation Hub Course Director, Associate Director of Engineering, Medical Innovators Development Program (MiDP) “Begin Your Journey into Innovation and Entrepreneurship” 02.21.24 | 4:10pm | 134 Featheringill Hall Charleson Bell,...
VINSE Colloquium Series: Dr. Joan Redwing, 11/15/23
Jul. 28, 2023—Dr. Joan Redwing Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering; Director of NSF 2D Crystal Consortium “Ultra-thin 2D Semiconductors for Next Generation Devices“ 11.15.23 | 4:10PM The field of two-dimensional (2D) materials began with the advent of graphene but has expanded to a wide class of materials that occur naturally as layered crystals....
VINSE Colloquium Series: Dr. Chunsheng Wang, 10/18/23
Jul. 28, 2023— Dr. Chunsheng Wang University of Maryland, College Park “Electrolyte Design for Li-ion and Li Metal Batteries” 10.18.23 | 4:10PM The energy density, safety, and cycle life of batteries are critical for electric vehicles (EV), electric aviation, and renewable energy storage. However, current Li-ion batteries still cannot simultaneously meet all the requirements for these applications. We...
VINSE Colloquium Series: Dr. Marc Miskin, 09/13/23
Jul. 28, 2023—Dr. Marc Miskin Assistant Professor Electrical and Systems Engineering University of Pennsylvania “Tiny Robots” 09.13.23 | 4:10PM | 134 Featheringill Hall Nature routinely makes smart, complex, microscopically tiny machines. But how can humans do it? And can we do it in a way that is easy to design and understand? This talk is about building...
VINSE Colloquium Series “Nanowire (Bio)photoelecrochemistry” Student Selected Speaker Dr. Peidong Yang, University of California, Berkeley 04/05/2023
Dec. 1, 2022—9th Annual VINSE Student Selected Seminar Series Peidong Yang S.K. and Angela Chan Distinguished Chair in Energy Department of Chemistry, MSE, University of California, Berkeley Senior Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory “Nanowire (Bio)photoelecrochemistry” 04.05.23 | 11:30 | 044/048 ESB *lunch provided Abstract. Wires of different forms are an integral part of our human society for...