‘VINSE General News’
2024 VINSE Undergraduate Research Symposium Winners
Aug. 14, 2024—Congratulations to all of the students who presented at the 2024 VINSE Undergraduate Research Symposium! Our undergraduate researchers were able to share everything they accomplished during their individual research projects at Vanderbilt University over the past ten weeks. The symposium, which was held in collaboration with the Chemical Biology/Chemistry NSF-REU, showcased 37 students from the...
VINSE Colloquium, Dr. Hangbo Zhao, 03/19/25
Aug. 13, 2024—Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium Dr. Hangbo Zhao Assistant Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering University of Southern California Stretchable Sensors for Soft Tissues and Robots 03.19.25 | 4:10PM | 134 Featheringill Hall Bio. Dr. Hangbo Zhao is an assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and the...
VINSE Colloquium, Dr. Kevin Kubarych, 02/19/25
Aug. 13, 2024—Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium Dr. Kevin Kubarych Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics University of Michigan Vibrational Polariton Dynamics Probed with Collinear 2D-IR 02.19.25 | 4:10PM | 134 Featheringill Hall Bio: A native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Kubarych studied physical chemistry at Brown University (Sc.B., 1996) working the lab of Prof. Peter Weber, doing...
VINSE Colloquium, Dr. Jordan Hachtel, 01/15/25
Aug. 13, 2024—Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium Dr. Jordan Hachtel Staff Scientist Oak Ridge National Laboratory New Frontiers in Electron Microscopy with Simultaneous Spatial, Spectral, and Momentum Resolution 01.15.25 | 4:10PM | 134 Featheringill Hall Bio: Jordan Hachtel is a staff scientist in the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory...
VINSE Colloquium: Dr. Flavia Vitale, 12/11/24
Aug. 13, 2024—Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium Dr. Flavia Vitale Associate Professor of Neurology and Bioengineering University of Pennsylvania When nano meets neuro: engineering high-resolution bioelectronics from nanoscale soft conductors 12.11.24 | 4:10PM | 134 Featheringill Hall The ability to record, modulate, and dynamically interface with the activity of cells, tissues, and organs is critical for...
VINSE Colloquium: Dr. Marin Soljačić, 10/16/24
Aug. 13, 2024—Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium Dr. Marin Soljačić Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enabling novel light phenomena at the subwavelength scale 10.16.24 | 4:10PM | 134 Featheringill Hall Bio: Marin Soljačić is a Professor of Physics at MIT. He is a founder of a few companies, including WiTricity...
VINSE Colloquium, Dr. Lauren Garten, 9/4/24
Aug. 13, 2024—Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium Dr. Lauren Garten Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Developing 2D monochalcogenides for piezoelectrics and ferroelectrics 09.04.24 | 4:10PM | 134 Featheringill Hall Lauren Garten is an assistant professor in Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her work focuses on the...
2024 VINSE Undergraduate Summer Symposium
Jul. 29, 2024—13th annual VINSE Undergraduate Research Poster Session 08.01.24 | 1:30-3:30 | Engineering Science Building (ESB) Lobby Join us and show your support for our undergraduate summer researchers at the VINSE 13th Annual Undergraduate Research Poster Session. This is the capstone piece of our 10-week summer program and the students would love to tell you all about what they have...
Grace Adams joins VINSE Superuser program
Jul. 22, 2024—VINSE is excited to welcome Grace Adams to the VINSE Superuser program. Grace is a second year graduate student in the biomedical engineering program and does research in the Gonzales lab. Her research focuses on fabricating and implementing neural probes compatible with two-photon imaging to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying brain-machine interface control. As a...
Win $250 in the VINSE Summer Image Competition
May. 17, 2024—The Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) is holding a competition seeking images to be displayed in the VINSE Facilities. If you have materials or devices that have been fabricated, characterized, or imaged using VINSE equipment, submit entries to VINSE no later than August 15. Image enhancement and false coloring is permitted as well as...