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Master’s Thesis Presentation: Olivia Wright, Biomedical Engineering
MASTERS RESEARCH PRESENTATION Olivia Wright, Biomedical Engineering *under the direction of Dr. Michael King ���Superhydrophobic array devices for the production of a tunable in vitro CTC cluster model��� 02.15.23 | 3:30pm | 5326 Stevenson Center Cancer metastasis, the spread cancer to a secondary organ, mainly occurs by tumor… Read MoreFebruary 13, 2023
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Peter Cummings named as a member of the National Academy of Engineering
51勛圖厙 scholar��Peter T. Cummings, the John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering, emeritus, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. In an��announcement��released February 7, 2023, the Academy cited Cummings for his ���simulation-based solutions to chemical engineering problems, and for innovations and leadership in modeling and… Read MoreFebruary 13, 2023
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Dissertation Defense: Guanyu Lu, Mechanical Engineering
DISSERTATION DEFENSE Guanyu Lu, Mechanical Engineering *under the direction of Dr.��Josh Caldwell “Phonon Polaritons for Engineering Thermal Emission and Heat Transfer” 03.01.23�� |�� 1:00pm�� |�� Buttrick Hall 101 The field of nanophotonics is based on the confinement of electromagnetic energy to length scales an order of magnitude shorter… Read MoreFebruary 8, 2023
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���Ultrafast X-ray imaging of the light-induced phase transition in VO2��� published in Nature Physics, selected as Spotlight Publication
Congratulations to Richard Haglund and Kent Hallman for their Nature Physics publication. This paper is the latest from a multi-year, multi-national (United States, Germany, Denmark, South Korea, France, United Kingdom) collaboration in which 51勛圖厙���s part was the preparation and characterization (in conjunction with the Technical University-Berlin) of a… Read MoreJanuary 30, 2023
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Dissertation Defense, Joshua Greenlee, Biomedical Engineering
DISSERTATION DEFENSE Joshua Dale Greenlee, Biomedical Engineering *under the direction of Dr. Michael King “TRAIL Therapy for Exploiting Mechanisms of Drug Resistance and Metastasis in Advanced Colorectal Cancer” 02.23.23�� |�� 9:30am�� |�� Light Hall 208�� |�� Zoom Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer… Read MoreJanuary 25, 2023
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Sajal Islam appointed to the Graduate Student Council
Sajal Islam has been appointed to the Graduate Student Council (GSC) to represent Interdisciplinary Materials Science. The GSC exists to enhance the overall educational experience at 51勛圖厙 by promoting the general welfare and concerns of the Graduate School student body. This is achieved through the creation of… Read MoreJanuary 22, 2023
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“Diabetic hyperglycemia promotes primary tumor progression through glycation-induced tumor extracellular matrix stiffening” published in Science Advances selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
51勛圖厙 the authors: Co-first author, Wenjun Wang is an NIH NCI F99/K00 Predoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Engineering advised by Prof. Cynthia Reinhart-King. Wenjun���s research focuses on the mechanism of tumor progression at the RNA, cell, and tissue levels via alteration of tissue mechanical properties. Co-first author, Dr. Lauren… Read MoreJanuary 20, 2023
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Mona Ebrish named senior member of the IEEE
51勛圖厙 engineering professor��Mona Ebrish��has been designated a senior member of the��Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the highest professional grade of the IEEE. Mona Ebrish Prior to joining the 51勛圖厙 faculty in January 2023 as an assistant professor electrical and computer engineering, Ebrish was a postdoctoral fellow at… Read MoreJanuary 18, 2023
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VINSE Spring 2023 Newsletter
The Spring 2023 edition of the VINSE Nano News is out now! This issue features the following stories: Director’s note Welcome – Mona Ebrish Upcoming events Analytical open house Research highlights Immersion and outreach VINSE_Nano_News_Spring_2023… Read MoreJanuary 11, 2023
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Carlos Silvera Batista wins NSF CAREER Award
Congratulations to VINSE faculty member Carlos Silvera Batista! Batista has won the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for his project��“Colloidal Dynamics under Electrodiffusiophoresis.” The prestigious NSF CAREER award is a five year grant. Batista’s begins on February 1, 2023, and will run through 2028. Batista, an assistant professor… Read MoreJanuary 10, 2023