Optics
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SPIE and Vanderbilt University announce $1 million optical engineering faculty fellowship
The SPIE Faculty Fellowship will support a Vanderbilt University faculty member who is working in optics and photonics. Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Yuankai “Kenny” Tao has been selected as the recipient of the first gift. Read MoreJune 23, 2021
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VISE affiliate takes part in Capitol Visit Day with the OSA Foundation
An assistant professor of biomedical engineering was part of the National Photonics Initiative delegation for Capitol Visit Day. L-R Kirby Campbell, St Jude; Carlos Lopez-Mariscal, Underwater Photonics; Phil Roe (TN-R); Tao; Imran Rizvi, UNC Yuankai Kenny Tao, a VISE affiliate and director of the DIIGI Lab, was invited by the… Read MoreApril 5, 2019
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Women of VISE engage Whitsitt Elementary students in optics and ultrasound basics
Gummy bears, laser pointers, slinky toys and gooey, stretchy hands illustrated basics in optics, wave propagation and tumor registration to more than 100 Nashville public elementary students by biomedical engineering graduate students who took E-Week on the road. Read MoreFebruary 25, 2019
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Engineering undergrads from DIIGI lab present their research at SPIE Photonics
A new device that can image diseases of the retina more quickly will soon be tested during ophthalmic surgeries with Vanderbilt Eye Institute collaborators. The prototype was designed by a Vanderbilt engineering undergraduate, who is first author on a paper about the work she will present today at the largest… Read MoreJanuary 30, 2018