‘VINSE General News’
Congratulations to VINSE’s 2022 Graduates
May. 14, 2022—VINSE would like to congratulate all of the 2022 Vanderbilt graduates, especially those associated with VINSE. These students carried out research within our facilities, were members of our VINSE Tech Crew or participated in NanoDay! and colloquia events. We wish you all the best as you begin then next phase of your career. VINSE Undergraduate...
VINSE Night at the Nashville Sounds
May. 9, 2022—Join the VINSE community at the Nashville Sounds Game Night. This is a family event, so feel free to include your family and invite members from your research groups. Nashville Sounds vs. Gwinnett Stripers, June 24th @ 7:05PM Postgame Fireworks Limited tickets available, reserve your tickets here.
VINSE Workshop: LinkedIn
May. 6, 2022—Join Dr. Rui Wang for tips and strategies that will help make your LinkedIn profile stand out! In this VINSE workshop you will learn the ins and outs of using this social media platform for professional networking and your personal branding. July 1, 2022 | 12:00 | Virtual only | No cost | Pre-registration Required...
Hong named to Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship Program for New Americans
May. 4, 2022—Tao Hong Tao Hong, a second-year Ph.D. student in interdisciplinary materials science, and Hari Srinivasan, an incoming Ph.D. student in neuroscience, have been named to the 2022 cohort of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship Program for New Americans. Hong, a member of VINSE, is co-advised by Professor Jason Valentine and Professor Deyu Li. This merit-based graduate...
2022 VINSE Friends and Family Day
Apr. 19, 2022—VINSE hosted our Inaugural Friends and Family Day on April 16th, 2022, with more than 250 registered attendees. During the two-hour event members of the nano community were able to participate in 16 different hands-on demonstrations with topics that included electroplating, graphene transfer, hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties, light diffraction and ferrofluids. In addition to the...
VINSE Family & Friends Day – Schedule
Apr. 13, 2022—Welcome to VINSE Friends & Family Day! Below is information on where to locate the different activities. If you have any questions, find someone in a blue VINSE shirt. FOOD 1:00-3:00 Califarmia Food Truck – outside ESB, Garland Avenue, food voucher attached to name tag 1:00-3:00 Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream – inside, adjacent to cleanroom windows, 1st floor...
IMS grad student KP Arnold wins 1st place at inaugural ECE Day poster session
Apr. 11, 2022—KP Arnold, an IMS graduate student advised by Dr. Sharon Weiss, won first place at the inaugural ECE Day poster session with his poster “Realizing Subwavelength Featured Photonic Crystals: Tailoring To Specific Applications and Foundry Scale Processing.” The Vanderbilt Electrical and Computer Engineering Department presented the first ECE Day on April 4, 2022. The one-day...
Congratulations 2022 VINSE REU NSF GRFP Winners!
Apr. 4, 2022—Two prior VINSE REU students were awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. NSF Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 along with a $12,000 allowance for tuition and fees for a research-based master’s or doctoral degree in in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. Annually, the NSF awards approximately 2,000 fellowships from an applicant...
Layouni wins best talk at PSST conference
Apr. 1, 2022—Rabeb Layouni was awarded the Lehman Prize for the best talk at the Porous Semiconductors – Science and Technology (PSST) 2022 Conference. Rabeb is a graduate student in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering working under the direction of Professors Sharon Weiss and Paul Laibinis. Congratulations to Rabeb!
Dissertation Defense: Isom Kelly, Biomedical Engineering
Mar. 18, 2022—DISSERTATION DEFENSE Isom Kelly III, Biomedical Engineering *under the direction of Dr. Craig Duvall “Developing Endosomolytic Polymer Porous Silicon Nanocomposites For Delivery of Diverse Gene Therapies” Wednesday, March 23, 2022 1:15PM | 5211 SC Intracellular-acting biologics hold significant promise as genetic and other modes of human therapy, to address diseases that are otherwise insurmountable. RNA interference (RNAi)...