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James E. Crowe Awarded the Earl Sutherland Prize for Achievement in Research
The Earl Sutherland Prize for Achievement in Research is Vanderbilt’s most prestigious faculty honor for achievement in research. This award honors a faculty member who has garnered significant critical recognition on a national or global scale. The award is accompanied by a cash prize of $10,000 and an engraved pewter julep… Read MoreSep. 29, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 22: Kofi Christie – desalination of water – which is used globally to provide people with needed fresh water
Episode 22 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Kofi Christie tells Alice Leach about the desalination of water – which is used globally to provide people with needed fresh water. Kofi’s paper ” Energy efficiency of membrane distillation: Simplified analysis, heat recovery, and the use of waste-heat” was published… Read MoreSep. 29, 2020
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VINSE is hiring hourly undergraduate laboratory assistants
VINSE is hiring undergraduates to work with staff inside the VINSE cleanroom as lab assistants also known as VINSE Tech Crew. The tech crew will work on projects and activities critical to our daily operations and expand the process capabilities and knowledge base available to our researchers. VINSE is also… Read MoreSep. 28, 2020
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Engineers develop better graphene sieve that could advance clean water efforts
Developing atomically thin graphene membranes used to separate salt from water is extraordinarily complex and the effort grows more crucial as population growth, industrialization and climate change strain freshwater resources. Vanderbilt engineers have designed a simple defect-sealing technique to correct variations in pore size in graphene membranes. Vanderbilt engineering researchers… Read MoreSep. 23, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 21: Kyle Hawkins – bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses that live on and inside the human body
Episode 21 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Kyle Hawkins tells Alice Leach about the bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses that live on and inside the human body. Kyle’s paper ” The Microbiome and the Gut-Liver-Brain Axis for Central Nervous System Clinical Pharmacology: Challenges in Specifying and Integrating In Vitro… Read MoreSep. 22, 2020
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VINSE Fall 2020 Newsletter
You will find the following topics covered in this edition: Director’s note New tool capabilities Video content All upcoming events, including the NanoDay! Poster Session & social media competitions VINSE Fall Newsletter … Read MoreSep. 15, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 20: Matt Thompson – improving the reproducibility of soft matter calculations
Episode 20 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Matthew Thompson tells Alice Leach about improving the reproducibility of soft matter calculations. Matt’s paper “Towards molecular simulations that are transparent, reproducible, usable by others, and extensible (TRUE)” was published in Molecular Physics. Matt graduated with a Ph.D. in Chemical and… Read MoreSep. 15, 2020
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Cynthia Reinhart-King receives 2020 Chancellor’s Award for Research
Cynthia Reinhart-King is one of five ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø professors who received a Chancellor’s Award for Research at the Fall Faculty Assembly Aug. 27, 2020. This award recognizes faculty excellence in works published or presented in the last three calendar years. Honorees each receive a cash prize $2,000 and an engraved pewter julep… Read MoreSep. 9, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 19: Austin Howes – optical limiting using materials that change their properties when exposed to external energy sources
Episode 19 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Austin Howes tells Alice Leach about optical limiting using materials that change their properties when exposed to external energy sources. Austin’s paper “Optical Limiting Based on Huygens’ Metasurfaces” was published in Nano Letters. Austin graduated with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering… Read MoreSep. 8, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 18: Timothy Boire – shape memory polymer that could transform vascular surgery
Episode 18 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Tim Boire tells Alice Leach about a shape memory polymer that could transform vascular surgery. Tim’s paper “Effect of pore size and spacing on neovascularization of a biodegradable shape memory polymer perivascular wrap” was published in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research… Read MoreSep. 2, 2020