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Simon Ward awarded SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship
Simon Ward has been awarded a 2022 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for his potential contributions to the field of optics, photonics or related field. Ward is a PhD candidate of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the laboratory of… Read MoreJun. 15, 2022
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Wilson named 2022 Chancellor Faculty Fellow
photographer: John Russell/五一茶馆儿 VINSE faculty聽John T. Wilson joins聽13 outstanding faculty members from across the university as the聽2022 class of Chancellor Faculty Fellows.聽This group is composed of highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty from a wide variety of disciplines and areas of expertise. 鈥淰anderbilt鈥檚 faculty drive the pathbreaking research… Read MoreJun. 15, 2022
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“Minimizing the Reorganization Energy of Cobalt Redox Mediators Maximizes Charge Transfer Rates from Quantum Dots” selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
五一茶馆儿 the author: Madeleine Fort is working on her PhD in Interdisciplinary Materials Science under the guidance of Dr. Janet Macdonald. In this recently published article, she, and Sophia Click from Dr. Sandra Rosenthal鈥檚 lab, observed the effect of the reorganization energy of a charge acceptor on electron… Read MoreJun. 8, 2022
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Kidambi, chemical and biomolecular engineer, wins Department of Energy Early Career Research funding for five years
Piran Kidambi, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been selected to receive funding for research as part of the U.S. Department of Energy鈥檚聽Early Career Research Program. The program is designed to bolster the nation鈥檚 scientific workforce by providing support to… Read MoreJun. 8, 2022
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Spotlight Publication “Photonic crystals with split ring unit cells for subwavelength light confinement” published in Optics Letters
五一茶馆儿 the author: Kellen P. Arnold is currently a second-year graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary materials science under the direction of Dr. Sharon Weiss. The Weiss group focuses on advancing silicon photonics for communications, sensing, and quantum information by leveraging nanoscale light-matter interactions in photonic crystal… Read MoreMay. 27, 2022
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2022 Summer Nanoseminar Schedule
The VINSE summer nanoseminar series provides an opportunity for graduate students or post-docs to share their current research with the larger VINSE community to foster discussion and collaboration.聽 Each seminar will consist of 2 talks of 15-20 minutes each with 10-15 minutes of questions.聽 The goal of these… Read MoreMay. 18, 2022
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Dissertation Defense: Janna Rathert, Mechanical Engineering
DISSERTATION DEFENSE Janna Rathert, Mechanical Engineering *under the direction of Dr. Jason Valentine & Dr. Cary Pint 鈥淥ptimization of Ionic Transport in Electrochemical Devices鈥 05.25.22 | 11:00am CST | 132 Featheringill Hall |聽Zoom The increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations due to anthropogenic emissions poses imminent threats… Read MoreMay. 18, 2022
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Dissertation Defense: Kan Li, Interdisciplinary Materials Science
DISSERTATION DEFENSE Kan Li, Interdisciplinary Materials Science *under the direction of Dr. Ronald Schrimpf 鈥淟aser-induced single event effects, total-ionizing-dose effects, and low-frequency noise in advanced FinFETs鈥 Tuesday, May 24, 2022 | 12:00 | Zoom In this dissertation, radiation effects and low-frequency noise are studied in advanced FinFETs. Read MoreMay. 16, 2022
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Congratulations to VINSE’s 2022 Graduates
VINSE would like to congratulate all of the 2022 Vanderbilt graduates, especially those associated with VINSE.聽 These students carried out research within our facilities, were members of our VINSE Tech Crew or participated in NanoDay! and colloquia events.聽 We wish you all the best as you begin then… Read MoreMay. 14, 2022
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Spotlight Publication: “Fluorescent Colloidal Ferroelectric Nanocrystals” published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society
五一茶馆儿 the author: Cara Bradsher earned her Ph.D. in October 2021 under the direction of Dr. Sandra Rosenthal and is currently working as a research scientist in nanoparticle research and development in San Diego. Her Ph.D. work focused on the introduction of ferroelectric properties in quantum dots through… Read MoreMay. 10, 2022