‘VINSE Faculty News’
Douglas Adams Accepts Invitation to Join Springer Nature U.S. Advisory Council
Mar. 21, 2023—Douglas Adams, vice dean of the Vanderbilt School of Engineering and associate provost in the Office of Research and Innovation, has been named a member of the Springer Nature U.S. Research Advisory Council. Springer Nature is an academic publishing company that includes leading publications such as the Nature portfolio journals and Scientific American. Adams will attend the USRAC’s annual meeting at Nature’s New...
Peter Cummings named as a member of the National Academy of Engineering
Feb. 13, 2023—Vanderbilt scholar Peter T. Cummings, the John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering, emeritus, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. In an announcement released February 7, 2023, the Academy cited Cummings for his “simulation-based solutions to chemical engineering problems, and for innovations and leadership in modeling and computational nanoscience.” Cummings spent 20 years at Vanderbilt...
Mona Ebrish named senior member of the IEEE
Jan. 18, 2023—Vanderbilt engineering professor Mona Ebrish has been designated a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the highest professional grade of the IEEE. Mona Ebrish Prior to joining the Vanderbilt faculty in January 2023 as an assistant professor electrical and computer engineering, Ebrish was a postdoctoral fellow at the U.S. Naval Research Lab in Washington,...
Carlos Silvera Batista wins NSF CAREER Award
Jan. 10, 2023—Congratulations to VINSE faculty member Carlos Silvera Batista! Batista has won the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for his project “Colloidal Dynamics under Electrodiffusiophoresis.” The prestigious NSF CAREER award is a five year grant. Batista’s begins on February 1, 2023, and will run through 2028. Batista, an assistant professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, joined...
New VINSE Faculty: Mona Ebrish
Jan. 5, 2023—We are excited to welcome Dr. Mona Ebrish as our newest VINSE faculty member! Ebrish, who is joining Vanderbilt’s Electrical & Computer Engineering Department this spring, received her Bachelors from University of Tripoli in Electrical Engineering. In 2009, she received the Fulbright Fellowship and attended University of Minnesota for her Masters and PhD. Before coming to...
Michael R. King named National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Dec. 8, 2022—Vanderbilt University engineering professor and VINSE faculty member Michael R. King has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. The NAI Fellows Program recognizes academic inventors who have created or facilitated outstanding inventions that make a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society. Election to NAI...
Piran Kidambi named 2023 Vice Chair and 2024 Chair of CNMS User Committee
Dec. 7, 2022—VINSE faculty member Piran Kidambi has been named the 2023 Vice Chair Center for the Center for Nanophase Materials Science User Executive Committee. After he serves his term as the Vice Chair, he will step up as the Chair of the 2024 committee. The Center for Nanophase Materials Science at Oak Ridge National Laboratory fosters collaboration...
VINSE Faculty Member Dr. James Crowe wins ‘TIME’ Best Invention of 2022
Dec. 5, 2022—Two Vanderbilt faculty who conducted translational research have received the distinction of Best Invention of 2022 from TIME magazine. TIME’s Best Inventions of 2022 Cover “These winning innovations exemplify the transformative potential of university research when it aims to solve society’s most urgent problems, and when universities partner with the broader innovation ecosystem to bring new solutions...
Shihong Lin named Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate
Nov. 15, 2022—Congratulations to Shihong Lin, who has been named one of Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers for 2022. 6,938 researchers from 69 countries have been named this year. Of the world’s population of scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers are 1 in 1,000. Highly Cited Researchers have demonstrated significant and broad influence reflected in their publication of...
Reinhart-King named University Distinguished Professor
Sep. 29, 2022—In recognition of her cutting-edge research and leadership in the field of biomedical engineering, Cynthia Reinhart-King has been named a University Distinguished Professor, Vanderbilt’s highest faculty distinction. Reinhart-King, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research in the School of Engineering, will now have an additional primary faculty appointment in the School of Medicine Basic Sciences. “I’m...