How do design choices impact the way fluids move? On Friday, February 6th, VINSE hosted 7 students from Summit High School in the Cleanroom Microfluidics Lab. During their visit, students entered the VINSE cleanroom, containing the cleanest air in Middle Tennessee, and participated in immersive, hands-on learning!
They created microscopic channel patterns using light-based techniques, assembled flexible and rigid components to build functional microfluidic systems, and observed fluid flow with the same instrumentation used by researchers in academic and industrial settings. Students also had the opportunity to design, fabricate, and evaluate their own paper-based microfluidic devices.
Special thanks to VINSE NanoGuides Ginny An, Owen Meilander, Andrew Steiner, and Chris Whittington for making this event engaging!
If your school is interested in this hands-on learning opportunity, please contact vinse@vanderbilt.edu for more information.