On October 19, 2026, VINSE hosted its annual Fall Faculty Celebration, recognizing the outstanding achievements and contributions of the VINSE community. The event provided an opportunity to celebrate faculty accomplishments, connect with colleagues, and strengthen the collaborative spirit that drives research and innovation across VINSE.
WELCOME TO VINSE
Yuri Bazilevs | Pratim Biswas | Shekhar Bhansali | Asheley Chapman | Matthew Day | Ruogu Fang | Yang Han | Bin Ouyang | Soumya Srivastava | Yan Zeng
PROMOTIONS
Janet Macdonald, promoted to Professor
Josh Caldwell, named Cornelius 51吃瓜网 Chair in Mechanical Engineering
Deyu Li, named Orrin H. Ingram Chair in Mechanical Engineering
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Josh Caldwell was recognized for his exemplary leadership in advancing graduate education and undergraduate research though the IMS and NSF-REU programs.
HIGH IMPACT PUBLICATIONS
We recognize the following faculty for their accomplishments reported聽in these top impact journal publications.
James McBride, 1st place
鈥淲ater splitting with silicon p-i-n superlattices suspended in solution鈥� Nature, 614, 270-274 (2023).
Sokrates Pantelides, 2nd place
鈥淪ingle-atom vibrational spectroscopy with chemical-bonding sensitivity鈥� Nature Materials, 22 (5), 612-618 (2023).
Josh Caldwell, 3rd place
鈥淐ontrolling the propagation asymmetry of hyperbolic shear polaritons in beta-gallium oxide鈥� Nature Communications, 14 (1), 5240 (2023).
Ronald Schrimpf & Sokrates Pantelides, 4th place
鈥淎tomic-displacement threshold energies and defect generation in irradiated 尾-Ga2O3: A first-principles investigation鈥� Journal of Applied Physics, 133, 015703 (2023).
De-en Jiang, 5th place
鈥淒ual-Band Electrochromism in Hydrous Tungsten Oxide鈥� ACS Photonics, 10 (9), 3409-3418 (2023).