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Vanderbilt University’s June 2025 Innovation Catalyst Fund awards include two researchers from the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE). Sharon Weiss, VINSE Director and professor of electrical engineering, was awarded for “Porous Silicon on Paper Platform for Point-of-Care Diagnostics,” a portable, low-cost… Read More

The Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) joined Vanderbilt’s Family Weekend again this year with a booth in the Engineering and Science Building lobby. The display, led by VINSE Cleanroom Manager Ben Schmidt, highlighted the tools and processes used in micro- and nanoscale fabrication. Visitors learned how… Read More

Congratulations to Yueming Yan, recipient of the 2025 VINSE Outstanding Student Publication Award. Yueming’s paper, published in Science Advances, reports on harmonic-induced plasmonic resonant energy transfer between metal and semiconductor nanoparticles, a discovery that pushes the boundaries of nonlinear optics at the nanoscale. This research confirms both experimentally and theoretically… Read More

VINSE is excited to announce that Alexander (Alex) Sorets is the recipient of the 2025 VINSE Best Collaborative Publication Award. Alex’s capstone publication, published in Nucleic Acids Research, represents a landmark study in brain drug delivery that brought together an extraordinary range of collaborations across… Read More

VINSE is excited to welcome two new undergraduate office assistants this semester. ✨ Claire Cabral (Political Science & Human & Organizational Development, Class of 2028) – A student leader passionate about dialogue, youth engagement, and policy, with past work at StoryCorps, the Future of Free Speech think… Read More

Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium   Dr. Paul Braun University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Materials and Structures for 3D Nanophotonics and Solid-State Batteries 02.25.26  |  4:10PM | Emerging concepts in materials science are having deep impacts on both photonics and energy storage. I will present highlights… Read More

For the first time, VINSE is putting the choice in your hands! Throughout September, everyone can cast one vote per day to help decide the winners of the 2025 VINSE  Summer Image Competition. The winning images will appear in the 2026 VINSE calendar and each winner will receive… Read More

The Interdisciplinary Materials Science (IMS) program held its annual Sales Pitch Competition, where students were challenged to deliver a three-minute research talk (no slides allowed) using only a single image or prop to engage the audience. Incoming students served as judges, and cash prizes were awarded to the top presentations. Read More

Vikash Khokhar, a Ph.D. student in Interdisciplinary Materials Science working under the direction of Prof. De-en Jiang, recently presented his research at the ACS Fall Meeting 2025 in Washington DC. His talk, “Structure, Reactivity, and Dynamics of Amine Derived Polydentate… Read More

This issue features our 25th annual NanoDay, exciting faculty and student achievements, Pilot Funding success stories, and new cleanroom capabilities. Explore the highlights and register for upcoming events here:Read the Fall 2025 Newsletter… Read More