Sarah Ross

Congratulations to Jason Valentine, VINSE Deputy Director and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, for receiving his second Chancellor’s Award for Research. Presented annually to up to 10 faculty, the Chancellor’s Award for Research recognizes excellence in published research, scholarship, or creative expression. The award celebrates outstanding work that advances knowledge,… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Matthew Vasuta, Interdisciplinary Materials Science *under the supervision of Kane Jennings “Multicomponent Thin Films and Membranes by Combined Spin Coating and Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization” 9.21.26 | 1:00 pm | 209 Furman Hall Thermally driven separations such as distillation necessitate large energy demands, motivating the development of selective… Read More

Interdisciplinary Materials Science Ph.D. students Vikash Khokhar and Andrew Steiner received Outstanding Poster Awards at the 4th International MXene Conference, held Aug. 20-22, 2026, in Chicago. Both Steiner and Khokhar are Ph.D. students in Vanderbilt University’s Interdisciplinary Materials Science program and conduct research under the direction of Dr. De-en Jiang… Read More

A new VINSE shirt designed by Sarah Ross showcases the many areas connected through nanoscience. With nano at the center of what we do, the design highlights key research thrusts at VINSE: materials, energy, biology, medicine, computation, electronics, quantum science, and optics. The design reflects the interdisciplinary nature of… Read More

Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium Dr. Eva Harth Professor, University of Houston Director, Center of Excellence in Polymer Chemistry  The Future of Plastics beyond Sustainability – Developing Polyolefins and Hybrids for Specific Applications 10.07.26  |  4:10PM |  136 Featheringill Hall Eva Harth is… Read More

VINSE will host the 15th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Thursday, July 30, in the Engineering Science Building. The symposium will feature two poster sessions from 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-3:30 p.m. → Click here to view the full symposium program. Read More

Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium Dr. Rachel Carter Associate Professor University of Kansas Evidence of Interplay between Temperature and Battery Phenomena 03.24.27  |  4:10PM | Rachel Carter is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kansas. At KU she… Read More

Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium Dr. Thomas Werfel Associate Professor University of Mississippi Patient-specific protein corona signatures predict nanoparticle uptake and therapeutic response 02.24.27  |  4:10PM | Thomas Werfel is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Mississippi (UM). Read More

Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium Dr. Bozhi Tian University of Chicago Nano-enabled Photostimulation for Bioelectronic Medicine 04.07.27  |  4:10PM | Photostimulation has emerged as a powerful strategy for interrogating and modulating biological systems with high spatiotemporal precision. Recent advances in nanoscience have transformed… Read More

This study investigates the effects of 3D culture conditions on extracellular vesicle (EV) production by mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in a gelatin-based hydrogel matrix (GelMA). The EVs from both conditions were found to have similar morphological and molecular properties, but EVs derived from 3D cultures accelerated gap-closure in a scratch-assay. Read More