Events

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

25th NanoDay! Special Edition T-Shirt VINSE is inviting the Vanderbilt community to help create the 2026 NanoDay! t-shirt. Submit an original design representing NanoDay! and VINSE for a chance to have your artwork featured on this year’s t-shirt. The winning designer will receive a $300 cash prize, and… Read More

Join VINSE Director Sharon Weiss to discuss new initiatives, pilot funding, tech crew, and other ways VINSE can help support your research. Thursday, September 17, 2026 9:00AM – 10:00AM 226 Engineering Science Building VINSE Conference Room… 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

VINSE is pleased to welcome Dr. Mark W. Grinstaff, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor at Boston University, as our featured keynote speaker at the 26th annual Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Forum aka NanoDay. Keynote Lecture Modified Self-Amplifying RNAs Are the Next Frontier in RNA Therapeutics Dr. Grinstaff will… Read More

Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium   Dr. Brad Berron Research Director of Beam Institute Professor of Chemical Engineering University of Kentucky Engineering the Future of Kentucky Bourbon 09.09.26  |  4:10PM |  136 Featheringill Hall Kentucky’s bourbon industry produces over $10 billion in… Read More

Instructor: Hanna TerletskaDirector, QRISE Center at MTSU Curious about how quantum computers work and how you can start programming one? This full-day workshop takes you on a journey from the fundamental principles of quantum science to writing and running real quantum algorithms on IBM’s quantum hardware. Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Tao Hong, Interdisciplinary Materials Science *under the supervision of Jason Valentine “Metasurface-on-chip Flow Cytometer for Fluorescence Quantification” 5.13.26 | 9:30 am | 306 FGH | Zoom Fluorescence flow cytometry (FFC) is a fundamental technique to cellular and molecular analysis, yet conventional instruments rely on bulky free-space… Read More