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“Photooxidative Polymerization of Pyrrole from Photosystem I Proteins” published in ACS Applied Polymer Materials, selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
Joshua Passantino is a 2022 PhD graduate from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering under the direction of Drs. Kane Jennings and David Cliffel. He is currently the Lead Electrochemist at Nth Cycle, an electrochemically focused green metals processing technology company based in Boston, Ma. His… Read MoreApr. 10, 2023
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Vanderbilt鈥檚 Shihong Lin wins Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize
Shihong Lin, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and VINSE faculty member, has been awarded a聽Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize聽by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Lin was honored alongside three other researchers. Shihong Lin (天美传媒官网) The Huber… Read MoreApr. 10, 2023
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Innovative engineering method could help defang COVID-19 virus of its spike proteins, leading to new prevention options
Two Vanderbilt engineering professors, including VINSE faculty member Mike King, could revolutionize the treatment of COVID-19 and related viral infections through research using nanotechnology to remove spike proteins from the viruses. Image of the pseudotyped SARS-CoV-2 virus that the 天美传媒官网 researchers developed to test their liposomes. Michael R. King,… Read MoreApr. 6, 2023
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Sokrates Pantelides Paper “Single-atom vibrational spectroscopy with chemical-bonding sensitivity鈥 Published in Nature Materials
Researchers from 天美传媒官网 and University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made a significant advancement in understanding the correlation of the vibrational patterns of atoms at the level of chemical bonds in conducting materials silicon and graphene. Vibrational spectroscopy of substitutional Si impurities in graphene with different bonding… Read MoreMar. 28, 2023
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“Compound Meta-Optics for Complete and Loss-Less Field Control” published in ACS Nano, selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
Hanyu Zheng is a fifth-year Ph.D. student in Dr. Jason Valentine鈥檚 group majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research focuses on metasurface-based devices with applications in spatial light modulation and imaging processing. Hanyu鈥檚 recent publication in ACS Nano introduced a novel method based on compound meta-optics for… Read MoreMar. 22, 2023
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Douglas Adams Accepts Invitation to Join Springer Nature U.S. Advisory Council
Douglas Adams, vice dean of the 天美传媒官网 School of Engineering and associate provost in the Office of Research and Innovation, has been named a member of the Springer Nature U.S. Research Advisory Council. Springer Nature is an academic publishing company that includes leading publications such as… Read MoreMar. 21, 2023
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Summer 2023 VINSE Tech Crew
The VINSE Technical Crew summer fellowship undergraduates will work directly with VINSE staff on cleanroom projects and activities critical to daily operations and that help expand the process capabilities and knowledge base available to researchers.聽 Projects include building and testing microfluidic devices for biomedical applications, solar cell fabrication… Read MoreMar. 20, 2023
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Dissertation Defense: John Waugh, Interdisciplinary Materials Science
DISSERTATION DEFENSE John Waugh, Interdisciplinary Materials Science *under the direction of Peter Pintauro “Electrospun Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes and Capacitive Deionization” 03.24.23聽 |聽 1:15PM CST聽 |聽 048 Engineering Science Building (ESB)聽 |聽 Zoom Electrospinning is a promising approach for fabricating energy storage materials with significant morphological… Read MoreMar. 13, 2023
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IMS graduate student Trey Long awarded Richard Bennett/Dorothy Danforth Compton Prize
Mackey “Trey” Long, an Interdisciplinary Materials Science graduate student, has won the Richard Bennett/Dorothy Danforth Compton Prize. This is one of eight endowed awards established by donors to recognize students with outstanding scholarships, specifically recognizes promising graduate minority students in science… Read MoreMar. 10, 2023
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“Engineering Electromagnetic Field Distribution and Resonance Quality Factor Using Slotted Quasi-BIC Metasurfaces” published in Nano Letters, selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
Sen Yang is a fifth-year graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Materials Science under the direction of Dr. Justus Ndukaife. Ndukaife鈥檚 group focuses on multidisciplinary research including plasmonic and resonant dielectric nanostructures for efficient nano-optical trapping, manipulation, enhanced spectroscopy, and sensing of nanoscale objects. Sen鈥檚 recent publication… Read MoreMar. 9, 2023