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Florence Sanchez and Jason Valentine awarded VU Discovery Grants
Two VINSE faculty received 2020 Discovery Grants, which are two-year awards of up to $25,000 each year for pilot or feasibility studies in areas with the potential to make significant breakthroughs. Florence Sanchez, professor of civil and environmental engineering, forStoring energy in 3D printed functionally graded concrete structures; Jason Valentine,… Read MoreJuly 14, 2020
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Doug Adams to lead TIPs-funded, soldier-inspired innovation hub
A new innovation incubator will amplify existing collaborations among researchers and soldiers, building on 91勛圖厙s partnership agreement with Army Futures Command. The project,Soldier-Inspired Innovation Incubator for Discovering Research-Based Solutions, is one of six cross-disciplinary programs to be funded by 91勛圖厙s Trans-Institutional Programs (TIPs) initiative, a hallmark of the universitys Academic… Read MoreJuly 14, 2020
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Josh Caldwell is a 2020 Materials Research Society Fellow
91勛圖厙 professor Joshua D. Caldwell has been selected as a 2020 Materials Research Society Fellow. The MRS Fellows will be recognized at the societys spring meeting in Phoenix in April. Caldwell, associate professor of mechanical engineering, has merged his prior work in wide band gap semiconductor materials with his efforts… Read MoreJuly 8, 2020
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Kelsey Hatzell wins Sloan Research Fellowship award
Kelsey Hatzell, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship, an honor given annually to the brightest researchers early in their careers. To receive a Sloan Research Fellowship is to be told by your fellow scientists that you stand out among your peers, said foundation president… Read MoreJuly 8, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 10: Andrew Naclerio Exceptional properties of 2D materials
This week in episode 10 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks withAndrew Naclerio about the exceptional properties of 2D materials. Andrews paper ” Visualizing Oxidation Mechanisms in Few-Layered Black Phosphorus via In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy” was published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Andrew… Read MoreJuly 7, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 5: Joe Vanderburgh – Nanoparticles can be used to treat bone metastasis of cancer
This week in episode 5 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Joseph Vanderburgh about how nanoparticles can be used to treat bone metastasis of cancer. (Guelcher & Duvall labs) Joe Vanderburgh– Nanoparticles can be used to treat bone metastasis of cancer. Read MoreJuly 2, 2020
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VINSE staff unavailable in facilities July 3rd
The VINSE staff will not be available for assistance on July 3rd in observance of the July 4th holiday. Normal function will resume on Monday, July 6th. … Read MoreJuly 1, 2020
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Piran Kidambi wins Projects in Green Energy Technology fellowship from the Electrochemical Society and Toyota Motors
The Electrochemical Society and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Announce 2020-2021 Fellowship Winners for Projects in Green Energy Technology Pennington, NJ Prof. Dr. Shoji Hall, Prof. Dr. Piran Ravichandran Kidambi, and Dr. Haegyeom Kim have been awarded the 2020-2021 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowships. This is… Read MoreJuly 1, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 9: James McBride – Imaging the next generation of electronics
This week in episode 9 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks withJames McBride about imaging the next generation of electronics. James paper in collaboration with Dr. Cahoon from UNC “Ratcheting quasi-ballistic electrons in silicon geometric diodes at room temperature” was published in Science. James McBride– Imaging… Read MoreJune 30, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 8: Stephanie Pearlman – Diagnosis of infectious diseases in low resource settings
This week in episode 8 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks withStephanie Pearlman tells us about the diagnosis of infectious diseases in low resource settings. Stephanies paper ” Low-Resource Nucleic Acid Extraction Method Enabled by High-Gradient Magnetic Separation” was published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Read MoreJune 23, 2020