Sharon Weiss

Emanuela (Emi) Riglioni and Owen Meilander, graduate students in interdisciplinary materials science at Vanderbilt University, have been awarded Best Student Poster Presentation at the 2026 Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Users Meeting, held at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Their presentations showcase cutting-edge advances in materials science and highlight ongoing collaborations… 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

CIE 1931 color space values extracted from (a) smartphone images of the multichromatic (RGB) and monochromatic (R, G, B) PSi rugate filters. The smartphone images of the filters are shown in the inset. (b) Comparison of x y chromaticity coordinates calculated from reflectance spectrum measurements and extracted from smartphone images… Read More

Huijin (Ginny) An, a graduate student in interdisciplinary materials science at Vanderbilt University, has been awarded the Parkhutik Prize for the most outstanding poster at the recent Porous Semiconductors Science and Technology (PSST) conference in Naples, Italy. The Parkhutik Prize recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of porous silicon… Read More

We are proud to welcome our 2026 cohort of summer interns, marking the 15th year of the NSF REU program alongside the continued growth of the Summer Tech Crew, established in 2016. Together, these programs provide students with hands-on research and facility experience that supports innovation in nanoscale science and… Read More

Porous Silicon Membrane-on-Paper Biosensor Congratulations to Huijin ‘Ginny’ An in the Weiss group! Ginny’s article “Porous Silicon on Paper: A Platform for Quantitative Rapid Diagnostic Tests” has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. Porous silicon (PSi) is a versatile nanophotonic material widely utilized in… 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, February 4, 2026 9:30AM – 10:30AM 226 Engineering Science Building VINSE Conference Room… Read More

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

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

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