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Hijacking human proteins to better deliver anti-cancer drugs
Jul. 24, 2017—Powerful molecules can hitch rides on a plentiful human protein and signal tumors to self-destruct, a team of Vanderbilt University engineers found. Their research gives oncologists a better shot at overcoming the problems of drug resistance, toxicity to patients and a host of other barriers to consistently achieving successful gene therapy for cancer. It is...
Cotton candy capillaries lead to circuit boards that dissolve when cooled
Jun. 27, 2017—Building transient electronics is usually about doing something to make them stop working: blast them with light, soak them with acid, dunk them in water. Professor Leon Bellan’s idea is to dissolve them with neglect: Stop applying heat, and they come apart. Using silver nanowires embedded in a polymer that dissolves in water below 32...
Clare McCabe and Sharon Weiss named to endowed chairs
May. 10, 2017— Clare McCabe McCabe is a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, associate dean of Vanderbilt’s graduate school and director of Postdoctoral Affairs. She uses molecular modeling to understand the thermodynamic and transport properties of complex fluids, nanomaterials and biological systems. Current projects including developing novel lubricants for nano-scale devices, understanding the self-assembly of skin...
Rosenthal and McBride featured in Science Daily, Phys.Org, R&D Magazine & Research News @ Vanderbilt
Mar. 24, 2017—‘Flying saucer’ quantum dots hold secret to brighter, better lasers Research team ‘squashes’ the shape of nanoparticles, enabling inexpensive lasers that continuously emit light in a customized rainbow of colors March 20, 2017. By carefully controlling the size of the quantum dots, researchers can ‘tune’ the frequency, or color, of the emitted light to any...
Craig Duvall named PECASE recipient
Jan. 13, 2017—Congratulations to Craig Duvall – Craig has been named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), announced in a recent White House press release. <– White House Press Release –>
Philippe Fauchet named 2016 AAAS Fellow
Dec. 2, 2016—Philippe Fauchet, dean of the Vanderbilt School of Engineering, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this year. Fauchet is recognized for “extraordinary scientific and engineering research accomplishment in photonics, energy, and the semiconductor/biology interface, and for distinguished academic leadership.” <–Full Article–>
Adams, Rosenthal and Jennings Featured in and Nanowerk and Vanderbilt Research News
Nov. 23, 2016—Mood ring materials – a new way to detect damage in failing infrastructure “Mood ring materials” could play an important role in minimizing and mitigating damage to the nation’s failing infrastructure. The American Society of Civil Engineers has estimated that more than $3.6 trillion in investment is needed by 2020 to rehabilitate and modernize the...
Pint featured in Forbes and Vanderbilt Research News
Nov. 9, 2016—How Scientists Turned Junkyard Scrap Metal Into A Battery Inspired by an archaeological find, researchers have built a pill-bottle-sized battery starting from junkyard scrap metal. The scientists say their approach could someday be used to repurpose metal alloys commonly found around the house for energy storage applications. As renewable energy sources like solar become a...
2016 VINSE High Impact Paper Award Winners
Oct. 27, 2016—First Place – Bandgap Engineering of Strained Monolayer and Bilayer MoS2 Nano Letters Hiram Conley, Bin Wang, Jed Ziegler, Richard Haglund, Sokrates Pantelides, Kirill Bolotin Second Place – Realization of an all-dielectric zero-index optical metamaterial Nature Photonics Parikshit Moitra, Yuanmu Yang, Zachary Anderson, Ivan Kravchenko, Dayrl Briggs, Jason Valentine Third Place –Balancing Cationic and Hydrophobic...
Galloway receives international Gagarin Award for contributions to radiation effects research
Oct. 26, 2016—Kenneth F. Galloway received the 2016 Yuri Gagarin Award at the 2016 RADECS conference in Bremen, Germany. Galloway is a Distinguished Professor of Engineering, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and former dean of the Vanderbilt School of Engineering. The Radiation Effects in Components and Systems Association was established in Europe in 1991...