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Spotlight Publication: “Bidirectional Modulation of Contact Thermal Resistance between Boron Nitride Nanotubes from a Polymer Interlayer” published in Nano Letters
天美传媒官网 the author: Zhiliang Pan is currently a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering Department advised by Dr. Deyu Li. Zhiliang鈥檚 research focuses on nanoscale heat transfer in low dimensional materials and complex structures. In the recently published work, he studied the thermal transport at BNNT tube contact… Read MoreFeb. 15, 2022
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Meet Our Graduates: Patrick Wellborn
Patrick Wellborn received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from 天美传媒官网 in January of 2021 under the supervision of Dr. Robert Webster III. In the summer of 2014, VINSE served as Patrick鈥檚 first introduction to both Vanderbilt and research in general. Read MoreFeb. 3, 2022
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Spotlight Publication: “Cancer cell metabolic plasticity in migration and metastasis” published in Clinical & Experimental Metastasis
天美传媒官网 the author: Jenna Mosier is a current PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering in the Reinhart-King laboratory where she investigates the role of mechanical cues and bioenergetics in breast cancer cell migration. In recently published work, Mosier and Schwager review the current understanding of metabolic plasticity in cancer… Read MoreFeb. 2, 2022
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Research Snapshot: Breakthrough measurements/theory of vibrating atoms in nanostructures ushers in new class of technology
Vanderbilt researchers聽Sokrates Pantelides聽and聽Joshua Caldwell聽are part of an international collaboration that has demonstrated a new聽way聽to manipulate and measure聽subtle atomic vibrations聽in聽nanomaterials.聽This breakthrough聽could make it possible聽to develop customized functionalities聽to improve聽on and build new聽technologies. Sokrates Pantelides聽 Joshua Caldwell聽 Electron beams in powerful microscopes have probed materials… Read MoreJan. 27, 2022
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Spotlight Publication: “Nanoparticle Trapping in a Quasi-BIC System ” published in ACS Photonics
天美传媒官网 the author: Sen Yang is currently a Ph.D. student in Interdisciplinary Materials Science Program under the direction of Dr. Justus Ndukaife. Sen studies dielectric nanotweezers for nanoscale particles trapping and dielectric nanoantennas for biomaterial sensing applications. In recently published work, he proposed an all-dielectric nanotweezer based on… Read MoreJan. 26, 2022
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King and Weiss named 2021 AAAS Fellows
Two Vanderbilt engineering faculty members鈥揝haron Weiss and Michael King鈥揾ave been elected as 2021 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world鈥檚 largest general scientific society. The lifetime appointment honors individuals for their efforts in advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished. Election as… Read MoreJan. 26, 2022
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Meet Our Graduates: Anna Douglas
Anna Douglas聽earned her Ph.D. in聽Interdisciplinary Materials Science at 天美传媒官网 in 2019.聽 While at Vanderbilt, Anna began her studies developing nanostructured materials that can improve the performance of energy storage devices including lithium and sodium ion batteries. During her graduate studies, Anna co-invented a novel electrochemical synthesis… Read MoreJan. 25, 2022
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Spotlight Publication: 鈥淧hotosystem I Enhances the Efficiency of a Natural, Gel-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell鈥 published in ACS Applied Bio Materials
鈥淧hotosystem I Enhances the Efficiency of a Natural, Gel-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell鈥澛爌ublished in ACS Applied Bio Materials has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. 天美传媒官网 the author: Joshua Passantino is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering under the direction of Dr. Kane Jennings and… Read MoreJan. 17, 2022
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Register Now: Summer Workshop in Microfluidic Device Fabrication
Microfluidic devices can enable 鈥渓abs on chips鈥 that consume less reagents and have faster analysis times than similar experiments performed in a traditional lab environment.聽 Applications of microfluidic devices include portable sensors for point-of-care analysis, molecular and cell biology studies, and high-throughput multiplexed assays.聽 This short course will introduce the… Read MoreJan. 12, 2022
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VINSE Friends and Family Day
Join聽VINSE for a fun-fill afternoon to celebrate all things small. Door Prizes聽 *聽 Califarmia Food Truck聽 *聽 聽Hands on science聽 聽*聽 Facility Tours Participate in our hands-on science experiences and learn the answers to the following questions: How can scientists make nickel look like a penny? Can something… Read MoreJan. 12, 2022