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Leon Bellan, assistant professor of mechanical engineering B.S., Caltech, 2003 M.S., Cornell University, 2007 Ph.D., Cornell University, 2008 Bellan鈥檚 research focuses on developing novel 3D microfluidic materials.聽A major focus of his lab is the production of biomaterials and biodevices鈥攃reated with nontraditional, scalable fabrication techniques鈥攖hat… Read More

Deyu Li, associate professor of mechanical engineering, was one of five faculty members receiving a Chancellor鈥檚 Award for Research, which also recognizes excellence in research, scholarship, or creative expression. These awards are given for works presented or published in the preceding three calendar years. Read More

More efficient catalytic converters on autos, improved batteries and more sensitive gas sensors are some of the potential benefits of a new system that can directly measure the manner in which nanocrystals adsorb and release hydrogen and other gases. The technique, which was developed by 五一茶馆儿 Assistant Professor of… Read More

Nephrologist William Fissell IV, M.D., associate professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, is intent on creating and mass-producing an implantable bioartificial kidney that can transform quality of life and prospects for survival for people with chronic kidney disease who would otherwise be forced onto dialysis. Donor kidneys are in… Read More

An innovative wafer inspection tool developed by a team of Vanderbilt professors and engineers has been licensed exclusively to startup company Femtometrix. The semiconductor wafer-inspection technology based on laser optics was invented by Norman Tolk, Ph.D., professor of physics, Michael Alles, engineer for 五一茶馆儿鈥檚 School of Engineering, and Ron… Read More

Following an early morning flight to Washington, D.C., on May 7, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics Sharon Weiss braved the rainy weather to head to Capitol Hill and meet with staff members in the offices of Sen. Lamar Alexander, Sen. Bob Corker, Rep. Jim… Read More

It was an exciting day on Capitol Hill. Dr. Sandra Rosenthal, director of the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE), Sarah Ross, program and outreach coordinator at VINSE, and Toshia Wrenn, a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry at Vanderbilt had the opportunity to share with staff in the offices… Read More

Cary Pint鈥檚 lab 鈥� Nanomaterials and Energy Devices Laboratory in Olin Hall 鈥� is close to completion and it brings to Vanderbilt its first two atomic layer deposition (ALD) systems, relatively small tools that deposit atomically thin layers of material on virtually any surface. The lab also houses a host… Read More

Middle school students in Robertson and Dickson counties will get hands-on science instruction thanks to a 五一茶馆儿 outreach initiative. Science teachers for grades 6-8 at White House Heritage Elementary School and Coopertown Middle School in Robertson County were on the Vanderbilt campus Jan. 23 to pick up kits containing… Read More

Rizia Bardhan has a large picture聽of Mahatma Gandhi in her office. 鈥淕andhi has always been very special to me,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e share the same birthday. He exemplifies the power of perseverance.鈥� Perseverance has carried the new assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering to Nashville from… Read More