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We are proud to recognize VINSE faculty Justus Ndukaife being named to the 2025 cohort of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. This honor recognizes scholarly excellence and supports the development of future academic leaders at 天美传媒官网. Justus Ndukaife is an internationally known expert in nanophotonics and optical nanotweezers. Since joining… Read More

The 天美传媒官网 Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) will onboard our 13th cohort of undergraduate researches on Monday, 26, 2025. Since the VINSE NSF-REU program started in the summer of 2011, VINSE has hosted 145 students. Of these students 95%… Read More

We are proud to recognize two VINSE faculty members for their contributions to engineering research and student mentorship: Deyu Li, professor of mechanical engineering, received the Joe B. Wyatt Distinguished University Professor Award for his groundbreaking work in thermal sciences and innovations in nanoscale energy and materials technologies. Li鈥檚… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Ryan Kowalski, Interdisciplinary Materials Science 聽 聽*Under the supervision of Josh Caldwell and Richard Haglund 聽鈥淚nfrared Light at the Nanoscale: Confinement and Spectroscopy鈥� 聽04.25.25 | 10:30AM | Buttrick Hall 206 | Zoom: 942 8904 4051 Passcode: 450959 Conventional optical microscopy and spectroscopy are limited by the diffraction… Read More

Two former VINSE REU students have been awarded the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. NSF Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $37,000, along with a $16,000 allowance for tuition and fees, to support research-based advanced degrees in NSF-supported STEM disciplines. The… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Alexis Yates, Interdisciplinary Materials Science *under the direction of Ethan Lippmann and Angela Jefferson 鈥淚nvestigating brain endothelial cell mechanics with engineered in vitro models鈥� 04.07.25聽 |聽 1:30PM |聽 298 Featheringill Hall | Zoom: 970 4846 2694 Passcode: 714340 As life expectancy in the US has increased,… Read More

This year, we鈥檙e introducing the VINSE Passport for the VINSE Friends and Family Day, this interactive booklet that guides visitors through exciting, educational activities focused on the tiny world of nanoscience. Explore groundbreaking materials like quantum dots, carbon nanotubes, and microfluidic devices with fun, hands-on experiments. Create a DNA necklace,… Read More

05.20.25聽 |聽 8:30am-4:30pm聽 |聽 001 Engineering Science Building Lunch break from 12:20-1:40 Join us for a hand-on workshop on thin film deposition using the Angstrom Multimode and Angstrom Resistive deposition systems in the VINSE cleanroom.聽 The session will be led by Mike Miller, Ph.D., Director of Business Development at… Read More

On Monday, March 10, VINSE welcomed 11 students from Robertson County鈥檚 homeschool group, Life is a Field Trip, organized by Susan Halsam, for our Cleanroom Solar Cell Lab. Inside the VINSE cleanroom, home of the cleanest air in Middle Tennessee, students explored solar energy through hands-on activities. During the lab,… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Andrey A. Shults, Chemistry *under the direction of Janet Macdonald 鈥淓xploring mechanisms behind phase formations of metal chalcogenide nanoparticles鈥� 03.06.25聽 |聽 1:00PM |聽 5211 Stevenson Center聽 |聽 Zoom Our understanding of nanoparticle phase control is currently limited by our knowledge of the mechanisms responsible. How… Read More