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Congratulations are in order for Janet Macdonald on her promotion to Associate Professor of Chemistry with tenure. The Macdonald group is a nanoparticle synthesis group in the Department of Chemistry at 五一茶馆儿. Janet and her students contribute fundamental knowledge to problems in green energy and catalysis. Read More

Three prior VINSE REU students were awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships this year. 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鈥檚 or doctoral degree in in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. Annually, the… Read More

Each summer, VINSE welcomes 10 undergraduate researchers to campus for hands-on projects with our faculty in cutting-edge areas of nanoscale science and engineering. Participants gain an authentic interdisciplinary experience 鈥� where physicists, chemists, biologists, and engineers of every discipline work side-by-side to tackle complex challenges… Read More

VINSE short courses on Microfluidics and TEM have been postponed from early June to late August. Please check out the descriptions of the short courses on page 3 and send an email to vinse@vanderbilt.edu if you are interested in participating. Microfluidic Device Fabrication Microfluidic devices can enable “labs… Read More

In the fall, VINSE launched the first edition of our newsletter. You will find the following topics covered in this edition: Director’s note Pilot funding announcements Featured pilot projects VINSE short courses & other services Updated VINSE contacts VINSE Spring Newsletter… Read More

Stable green light-emitting quantum dots (QDs) are necessary for applications ranging from display technologies to bioimaging. Random, temporary fluctuations in emission known as 鈥渂linking,鈥� and the complete lack of emission known as 鈥減hotobleaching,鈥� are some of the undesirable instabilities researchers looking to eliminate. Read More

Two engineering faculty members named to endowed chairs were honored for their academic achievements during a celebration Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the Student Life Center. They were among nine Vanderbilt faculty members who are recipients of chairs. The engineering professors are: Craig Duvall, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Engineering… Read More

When a research idea is offered to a multidisciplinary class and it results in a journal paper that advances science and creates new scholars, that鈥檚 a terrific success. 鈥淎nd, it鈥檚 about as collaborative as you can get when graduate and undergraduate students in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, and chemistry take… Read More

Looking for a unique summer opportunity?聽 Apply聽for聽the VINSE Summer Tech Crew What is the VINSE Summer Tech Crew? 10 week summer internship experience in the VINSE cleanroom Interns (known as Tech Crew) support process development for VINSE researchers What’s in it for me? Extensive hands on laboratory experience Develop skills… Read More

While others may have opened somewhat traditional gifts during the 2019 holiday season, Peter Cummings received an extraordinary one:聽 A singular issue of聽Molecular Physics, Volume 117, numbers 23-24, honoring him on his 65th聽birthday and recognizing him as 鈥渁 constantly innovating scientific force鈥� in molecular theory and molecular simulation for more… Read More