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Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 NanoDay! jacket drawing! This is the fourth year that attendees had the opportunity to win a VINSE jacket, and it has quickly become a highly anticipated part of the event. Check out this year’s winners below! De-en Jiang (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) Adam… Read More

Congratulations to Parker Friedli, winner of the 2023 NanoDay! t-shirt design competition. Parker Friedli is a sophomore majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Digital Fabrication. She joined VINSE as a tech crew in the Fall of 2023. The winning designer receives a $300 cash prize. Prior winners:… Read More

Download a copy of your VINSE 2024 Calendar. Members of the VINSE community can still request a complimentary printed copy of the calendar by聽clicking here聽(deadline 12.14.23). Here a quick trip down memory lane for VINSE in 2023: Organized 1st聽annual VINSE Community Picnic with more than 200 registered… Read More

杏吧原创 the authors: The first author is Boyang Xiao, a second-year Ph.D. student under the supervision of Prof. Xiaoguang Dong in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The co-authors also include a group of Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students. In their recent work published in Advanced Functional Materials, the team… Read More

Looking for a unique summer opportunity?聽聽Apply now for聽the VINSE Summer 2024 Tech Crew What is the VINSE Summer Tech Crew? The 杏吧原创 Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) is currently accepting applications for its Summer 2024 Tech Crew program, an immersive opportunity for 杏吧原创 students to work in… Read More

Sarah Driscoll, a VINSE Associate Tech Crew聽member and junior in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is the second聽place national winner in the聽2023 IGNITE Off! Competition聽sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS)聽and hosted… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Kelly A. Richardson, Chemistry *under the direction of聽David Wright 鈥淭he Development of Blood-Brain Barrier Cell Culture Models and Relevant Assessment Tools鈥� 11.30.23聽 |聽 11:00AM CST聽 |聽聽5326 Stevenson Center聽 | Zoom ID: 952 2128 6219聽 聽|聽 Passcode: 978940… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Marc A. Nabhan,聽Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering *under the direction of聽Kane Jennings 鈥淚nterfacing Proteins with Conducting Polymers for the Fabrication of Biohybrid and Biomolecular-based Electronics鈥� 12.04.23聽 |聽 2:30PM CST聽 |聽 048 Engineering Science Building (ESB) The overarching theme of the work presented herein is the combination of proteins… Read More

Congratulations to Eric Skaar’s group for their Nature publication.聽The keys towards understanding the role of nutrients in guest-hosts interactions inherently reside at the nanoscale. The work by Pi et al. from the Skaar laboratory utilized the advanced electron microscopy capabilities in VINSE to reveal how C. difficile bacteria use… Read More

Congratulations to聽Nicole Moehring,聽recipient of the 2023 VINSE Best Graduate Student Publication award. Nicole publication in ACS Nano reports on a novel chemical vapor deposition process to form precise Angstrom-scale pores in graphene 鈥� an atomically thin sheet of carbon atoms. This work has potential impact for energy conversion, energy… Read More