VINSE General News

When precise control of dielectric film thickness is required, plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PE-ALD) may be a solution.  ALD is a chemical vapor deposition technique available within the VINSE Cleanroom core facility on the Picosun R-200 Advanced tool.  The major advantages of ALD compared to other deposition techniques are thickness… Read More

VINSE has recently added a JA Woollam M-2000DI spectroscopic ellipsometer to the Cleanroom core facility, providing an additional option for users to quickly characterize thin films when developing recipes for deposition, etching, and spin coating processes.  This instrument complements the existing JA Woollam M-2000V ellipsometer in the VINSE Analytical Lab. … Read More

Congratulations to all of the students who presented at the 2025 VINSE Undergraduate Research Symposium! Our undergraduate researchers were able to share everything they accomplished during their individual research projects at Vanderbilt University over the past ten weeks. The symposium, which was held in collaboration with the Chemical Biology/Chemistry NSF-REU,… Read More

VINSE will host the 14th Annual VINSE Undergraduate Research Symposium on Thursday, July 31, from 1:30–3:30 p.m. in the Engineering and Science Building (ESB) lobby. —> Click here for full event program This event marks the culmination of a 10-week summer… Read More

  As part of the VINSE NSF-REU Professional Development Series, undergraduate researchers had the opportunity to hear directly from current Vanderbilt graduate students during a dynamic and insightful panel discussion this week. Panelists Jack Loken, Marsalas Whitaker, Elizabeth Hays, Emily Rouse, and Chris Boyd shared… Read More

Therakos is the newest member of the VINSE Industry Affiliates Program! For over 35 years, Therakos has been at the forefront of immune cell therapy, pioneering the clinical use of extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) to help patients around the world. With more than 2 million treatments delivered across 30+ countries since… Read More

Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has received a $622,769 NSF CAREER Award to advance research on magnetic miniature soft robots for precision medicine. His work will integrate wireless microfluidics to enable these tiny robots to perform complex tasks like targeted drug delivery and liquid biopsies, improving… Read More

We are pleased to announce that 2Pi Inc has joined the VINSE Industry Affiliates Program! A leader in optical metasurfaces, 2Pi is redefining the optics landscape with its patented platform technology, enabling a new generation of ultra-compact, lightweight optical components with unprecedented performance and functionality. Their innovations are advancing next-generation… Read More

On Monday, June 23, VINSE hosted a half-day, hands-on workshop titled, “From Atoms to Quantum Computers”, led by Dr. Hanna Terletska, Associate Professor of Physics at Middle Tennessee State University and head of the Quantum@MTSU Initiative. Registration reached capacity at 60 people. Participants included undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs, faculty,… Read More

Ikjun Hong is a graduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering, conducting research in Professor Justus Ndukaife’s lab. His work centers on cutting-edge topics such as nanophotonics-based optical tweezers, label-free imaging, and thermal radiation. As a newly appointed VINSE Superuser, Ikjun brings his expertise to the training and support… Read More