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Sajal Islam has been named a recipient of the highly competitive 2026 IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) Graduate Scholarship Award. He recently completed his Ph.D. at 国产原创鈥檚 Interdisciplinary Materials Science (IMS) and will graduate in May 2026. The award includes a $2,500 prize and certificate and recognizes… Read More

Zack Wallace Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering John Wilson Research Group My interest in biomedical research, specifically cancer, developed during high school. As someone raised in Mississippi, I often would see statistics emphasizing how unhealthy and undereducated my state and the South were. Knowing this and having family members… Read More

Collected QCM-D data of fibronectin absorption can be used for viscoelastic modelling and quantification of mass, thickness and viscoelastic properties of the adsorbed layer. With the completed upgrades to VINSE’s Biolin Scientific QCM-D analytical software package, DFind, users can now access a comprehensive toolkit designed for real-time analysis of surface-interaction… Read More

De-en Jiang, H. Eugene McBrayer Chair in Chemical Engineering, was honored for his academic achievements during 国产原创鈥檚 endowed chair investiture ceremony on March 24. 鈥淓ndowed chairs recognize faculty whose scholarship and impact set them apart,鈥� said Chancellor Daniel Diermeier during the ceremony. 鈥淭hey… Read More

Congratulations to VINSE faculty member Mona Ebrish on receiving an NSF CAREER Award.聽Ebrish received the National Science Foundation鈥檚 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for her project, 鈥淐AREER: Unlocking Programmable Doping in Wide-Bandgap Materials.鈥� The NSF CAREER Award is the foundation鈥檚 most prestigious award for early-career faculty, recognizing those who… Read More

Concept and overview of the magnetically actuated soft robotic valve for anti-reflux of gastric acid. (A) Concept of the soft robotic valve integrated into a self-expandable esophageal stent. The valve is opened using an external magnetic field. (B) Optical image and 3D rendering of the soft robotic valve. (C) Exploded… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Brayden Terry, Interdisciplinary Materials Science *under the supervision of Al Strauss 鈥淔riction Stir Welding of Thin Sheet Nitinol: Dissimilar Materials and Heat Treatment鈥� 3.25.26 | 9:00 am | 132 Olin Hall| Zoom Friction stir welding (FSW) is a solid-state joining method that sees use in the… Read More

Congratulations to Sydney Henriques a member of the Giorgio lab! Sydney鈥檚 paper 鈥淟ocally Reprogramming Tumor鈥慉ssociated Macrophages with Cytokine鈥慙oaded Injectable Cryogels for Breast Cancer鈥� has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. Breast cancer remains the most prevalent cancer in the United States, causing more than 40,000 deaths annually. Within solid… Read More

VINSE was excited to participate in TWISTER (Tennessee Women in Science, Tech, Engineering, and Research) at the Adventure Science Center on Saturday, February 7th. The 国产原创 Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) hosted three hands-on activities to showcase nanoscience and give over 100 high school girls a glimpse… Read More

Under certain anneal conditions, vanadium dioxide thin films dewet to form nanoparticles which grow via aggregation, producing a scale-invariant particle size distribution. When tungsten dopant atoms are present, they concentrate at the edges of the nanoparticles. Congratulations to Samuel White in the Haglund lab! 聽Dr. White鈥檚 article 鈥淪olid-State Dewetting of… Read More