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Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Colloquium   Dr. Daniel Lopez Liang Professor of Electrical Engineering Director, Nanofabrication Lab, Materials Research Institute Founder, Mid-Atlantic Semiconductor Hub (MASH) Penn State University Ultrathin mechanical systems: an emerging field with new physics and unique applications. 10.22.25  | … Read More

Join us on Monday, October 13 from 4:00–6:00 PM for the 19th annual VINSE Fall Faculty Celebration. This annual tradition brings together the VINSE community to welcome new members, celebrate faculty promotions, and recognize outstanding accomplishments. Welcome New Members Andrea Locke Bryant… Read More

Mark your calendars! VINSE and Interdisciplinary Materials Science (IMS) are co-hosting a tailgate party on Saturday, November 8 before the Auburn vs. Vanderbilt football game. Kickoff time has not yet been announced, but we encourage you to save the date. Join us at Tailgate… Read More

Shannon Martello, a graduate student in Dr. Marjan Rafat’s lab, has been awarded an NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship, a prestigious award designed to support promising doctoral candidates in biomedical and behavioral research. F31 fellowships provide stipend support and resources to help students complete their dissertation research and develop into independent… Read More

VINSE graduate student Chris Whittington, a Ph.D. student in Interdisciplinary Materials Science at Vanderbilt University, received the Best Poster Presentation Award at the 2025 SPIE Optics + Photonics Conference, held August 17–21 in San Diego, CA. His poster, “Heterogeneous Integration of VO₂ Nanopatches on… Read More

Emily Rouse Graduate Student, Chemistry Tim Hanusa Research Group One of the primary synthetic techniques used in the Hanusa group is solventless synthesis, specifically, mechanochemistry. Mechanochemistry involves driving chemical reactions through the application of mechanical force. This approach offers a sustainable alternative to conventional synthesis by minimizing or… Read More

VINSE graduate student Owen Meilander, a Ph.D. student in Interdisciplinary Materials Science working under the direction of Professor Mona Ebrish, received the Best Student Poster Presentation Award at the 2025 Lester Eastman Conference on High Performance Devices, held August 11–12 at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. His poster,… Read More

Join VINSE Director, Sharon Weiss to discuss new initiatives, pilot funding, tech crew, and other ways VINSE can help support your research. Wednesday, September 10, 2025 9:30-10:30 AM 226 ESB, VINSE Conference Room… Read More

Şahpar Nil Özer Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering & Economics Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholar As an undergraduate at Vanderbilt University, I’ve built my academic path around the intersection of mechanical engineering, economics, and nanoscience, a combination that reflects my curiosity about both how the world works and how innovations move… Read More

Patricia Poley Biomedical Engineering Craig Duvall Research Group Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are chemicals that contain oxygen and are chemically reactive and unstable due to their possession of an unpaired electron. Common ROS species in the body include hydrogen peroxide and superoxide anions. At low levels, ROS exist… Read More