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VINSE Colloquium Series: 鈥淐olloidal robotics: Engineering the autonomous behavior of self-propelled particles鈥 Dr. Kyle Bishop, Columbia University 10/19/2022
Dr. Kyle Bishop Columbia University 鈥淐olloidal robotics: Engineering the autonomous behavior of self-propelled particles鈥 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45 PM Abstract.聽Mobile robots combine sensory information with mechanical actuation to move autonomously through complex environments and perform specific tasks (e.g., a robot vacuum cleaner). The… Read MoreJun. 29, 2022
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VINSE Colloquium Series: 鈥淢anufacturing of Metal-Organic Framework Membranes 鈥 Dr. Michael Tsapatsis, Johns Hopkins University 9/14/2022
September 14, 2022 Dr. Michael Tsapatsis Johns Hopkins University 鈥淢anufacturing of Metal-Organic Framework Membranes鈥 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45 PM Bio.聽Michael Tsapatsis joined Johns Hopkins in 2018 as the university鈥檚 36th Bloomberg Distinguished Professor. He received an Engineering Diploma (1988) from the University of… Read MoreJun. 29, 2022
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Corinne Cowan, recipient of the 2022 VINSE Scholarship to attend the 天美传媒官网 Summer Academy Program in Nanosciences
Congratulations聽to VINSE Vanderbilt Summer Academy (VSA) scholarship winner, Corinne Cowan! Each year VINSE sponsors up to three scholarships for Tennessee students to attend the VSA program in nanosciences.聽 Corinne is a rising sophomore with an interest in math and science, so the VSA’s two-week residential… Read MoreJun. 20, 2022
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“Dynamic Color Tuning with Electrochemically Actuated TiO2 Metasurfaces” published in Nano Letters selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
天美传媒官网 the author: Janna Rathert recently completed a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering under the direction of Prof. Jason Valentine at 天美传媒官网 and Prof. Cary Pint at Iowa State University. The collaboration between the Pint and Valentine groups seeks to explore ways in which electrochemical methods can be… Read MoreJun. 17, 2022
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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/天美传媒官网 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
天美传媒官网 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
天美传媒官网 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