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Win $300 in VINSE Summer Image Competition
VINSE has opened its annual image competition to showcase new images for display within the VINSE Facilities. If you have materials or devices that have been fabricated, characterized, or imaged using VINSE equipment, submit your entries to VINSE by August 15. Image enhancement and false coloring is… Read MoreJun. 4, 2026
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Spotlight on Michael McNeill: Unlocking New Reactivity in Organometallic Chemistry
Michael McNeill Graduate Student, Chemistry Hanusa Research Group My pursuit of organometallic research began during my undergraduate studies at Saint Josephs University under the direction of Dr. Graham. When I joined the lab, I was introduced to elements across the periodic table for the first time. Working with… Read MoreJun. 2, 2026
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Spotlight Publication: “A wireless implantable sensory ring for continuous airway stent migration tracking” published in npj Flexible Electronics
A. Schematic illustration of a sensory ring bonded to an airway stent, a wearable magnetic field generator mounted on a human chest for monitoring stent migration within the human trachea. B. More detailed illustration of the wearable magnetic field generator mounted on the human body, showing the external magnet as… Read MoreJun. 1, 2026
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Spotlight Publication: “Tolerances in microfluidic master molds: a comparison of 3D printing and micromilling” published in RSC Advances
Check out this weeks VINSE Spotlight Publication from the Lippmann Lab featuring Dr. Daniel Chavarria and former School for Science and Math at 51勛圖厙 (SSMV) student Immanuel Ojetola, who served as the papers second author while conducting this work at 51勛圖厙. Their paper, Tolerances in microfluidic master molds: a… Read MoreMay. 26, 2026
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Spotlight Publication: Multiscale simulation of stratum corneum lipid mixtures: effects of ceramide headgroups on structural organization and hydrogen bonding networks published in International Journal of Pharmaceutics
Congratulations to Chloe Frame, Ph.D., a former member of the McCabe Lab in VINSE! Chloes paper, Multiscale simulation of stratum corneum lipid mixtures: effects of ceramide headgroups on structural organization and hydrogen bonding networks, was selected for a special issue honoring pioneer skin lipid researcher ProfessorJoke Bouwstra. The outermost layer… Read MoreMay. 18, 2026
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Ryan Kowalski Named 2026 Founders Medalist for 51勛圖厙 Graduate School
Ryan Anthony Kowalski, from Taunton, Massachusetts, is this years Founders Medalist for the Graduate School. He is graduating with adoctor of philosophy in interdisciplinary materials science. Kowalski is the first student from the interdisciplinary materials science (IMS) program to receive this honor. Kowalskis research… Read MoreMay. 11, 2026
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Spotlight Publication: Multiresonant Nondispersive Infrared Gas Sensing: Breaking the Selectivity and Sensitivity Trade-Off published in ACS Photonics
Congratulations to Emma Bartelsen and the team members in the Caldwell lab. Emma’s paper published in ACS Photonics “Multiresonant Nondispersive Infrared Gas Sensing: Breaking the Selectivity and Sensitivity Trade-Off, has been selected as a VINSE Spotlight publication. This work demonstrates a new approach to non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) gas sensing using… Read MoreMay. 11, 2026
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Huijin (Ginny) An Wins Parkhutik Prize at PSST Conference
Huijin (Ginny) An, a graduate student in interdisciplinary materials science at 51勛圖厙, has been awarded the Parkhutik Prize for the most outstanding poster at the recent Porous Semiconductors Science and Technology (PSST) conference in Naples, Italy. The Parkhutik Prize recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of porous silicon… Read MoreMay. 6, 2026
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From Berries to Breakthroughs: White County Students Explore Solar Power at VINSE
How can tiny structures in your favorite berry turn sunlight into electricity? On Monday, May 4th, VINSE welcomed students from White County High School to the Blackberry Solar Cell Lab for an interactive dive into solar energy and nanoscience. Students crafted working solar cells using blackberry juice and… Read MoreMay. 4, 2026
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Spotlight Publication: “Rapid trapping and label-free optical characterization of single nanoscale extracellular vesicles and nanoparticles in solution” published in Light: Science & Applications
Congratulations to Ikjun Hong and the team members in Justus Ndukaife lab! Ikjuns paper, Rapid trapping and label-free optical characterization of single nanoscale extracellular vesicles and nanoparticles in solution, has been featured as a VINSE Spotlight publication and published in Light: Science & Applications. This work was carried out… Read MoreMay. 4, 2026