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In the podcast, we interview the author of a VINSE Spotlight publication. We find out what their paper is about, the science behind it and how their nano research fits into the bigger picture. This week Alice Leach talks to Chris Haycook (from the lab of Todd Giorgio) about… Read More

VINSE would like to congratulate all of the 2020 ¹ú²úÔ­´´ graduates, especially those associated with VINSE.  These students carried out research within our facilities, were members of our VINSE Tech Crew/office staff or participated in NanoDay! and colloquia events.  Although we can’t celebrate in person, we wish you all the… Read More

In the podcast, we interview the author of a VINSE Spotlight publication. We find out what their paper is about, the science behind it and how their nano research fits into the bigger picture. This week Alice Leach talks to Kody Wolfe (from the labs of David Cliffel and Kane… Read More

VINSE introduces the new VINSE Spotlight Podcast. In the podcast, we interview the author of a VINSE Spotlight publication. We find out what their paper is about, the science behind it and how their nano research fits into the bigger picture. This week Alice Leach talks to You… Read More

Mechanical engineering professors Joshua Caldwell and Kelsey Hatzell are inaugural recipients of Flowers Family faculty awards. Caldwell is the Flowers Family Chancellor Faculty Fellow in Engineering. Hatzell is the Flowers Family Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Engineering. The awards target professors who have shown a strong evidence of scientific accomplishment early… Read More

A research team of ¹ú²úÔ­´´ engineers that includes a scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has demonstrated a new ultrathin filter, based on metamaterials, that allows for analog optical image processing. Their work, Flat Optics for Image Differentiation, appears today in the scientific journal, Nature Photonics. While digital image processing… Read More

While VINSE facilities are currently closed for in-person access, we want to continue to engage our users with free consultation and access to our technical staff to help resolve any problems, questions or discuss new ideas for your research. Click here… Read More

Congratulations are in order for Janet Macdonald on her promotion to Associate Professor of Chemistry with tenure. The Macdonald group is a nanoparticle synthesis group in the Department of Chemistry at ¹ú²úÔ­´´. Janet and her students contribute fundamental knowledge to problems in green energy and catalysis. Read More

Three prior VINSE REU students were awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships this year. NSF Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 along with a $12,000 allowance for tuition and fees for a research-based master’s or doctoral degree in in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. Annually, the… Read More

Each summer, VINSE welcomes 10 undergraduate researchers to campus for hands-on projects with our faculty in cutting-edge areas of nanoscale science and engineering. Participants gain an authentic interdisciplinary experience — where physicists, chemists, biologists, and engineers of every discipline work side-by-side to tackle complex challenges… Read More