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Ryan Kowalski awarded NASA Space Technology Graduate Student Research Opportunity
Ryan Kowalski, a 4th year graduate student in the Interdisciplinary Materials Science program, was awarded a fellowship by the NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity (NSTGRO) in June 2022. Ryan, a member of the Caldwell Lab, received the award for his work on identifying the origins of single-photon emitting… Read MoreAugust 30, 2022
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VINSE Colloquium Series: “Silicon-integrated nano-dialysis platform for monitoring brain chemistry” Dr. Yurii Vlasov, University of Illinois 12/9/2022
Dr. Yurii Vlasov John Bardeen Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics University of Illinois Noon, FGH 134 Lunch served to first 60 attendees Abstract. Monitoring local concentrations of neurochemicals with high temporal and chemical resolution in-vivo is critical for correlating neural circuit functionality to… Read MoreAugust 26, 2022
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VINSE to recognize faculty accomplishments at 16th annual Fall Faculty Celebration
The 16th annual Fall Faculty Celebration will be held on September 26th. At the event, which is by invitation only, VINSE will recognize the accomplishments of our community, celebrate faculty promotions, and welcome new VINSE members. … Read MoreAugust 26, 2022
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Researcher Highlights: Alberto Esteban Linares and Simon Ward
Alberto Esteban Linares, PhD candidate of Mechanical Engineering in the Li lab Microfluidic platforms can play a transformative role in ex vivo tissue culture and physiological and pathological studies as they allow for precise control of cell microenvironment alike in vitro models, while ��the cellular matrix architecture similar to… Read MoreAugust 26, 2022
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Sen Yang receives IMS Best Publication Award
Sen Yang, a 4th years Ph.D. student in Interdisciplinary Materials Science from 51勛圖厙, was awarded the 2021 51勛圖厙 IMS Best Student Paper Award for his work entitled ���Nanoparticle Trapping in a Quasi-BIC System���. ��The award comes with a $500 prize and a corresponding plaque. This work was completed under… Read MoreAugust 23, 2022
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Seeking nominations: Best VINSE Graduate Student & Best Collaborative Publication
VINSE is seeking faculty nominations for the both the VINSE Best Graduate Student Research Publication Award & the VINSE Best Collaborative Publication Award. The Best Graduate Student Publication award will come with a plaque, $1,000 cash prize, and an opportunity to present at NanoDay. The Best Collaborative Paper award… Read MoreAugust 23, 2022
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Meet Our Graduates: Dhiraj Prasai
During his PhD Dhiraj Prasai studied transport measurements of 2-D materials by making field effect transistor out of monolayer Graphene and MOS2. Read MoreAugust 16, 2022
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Win $100! VINSE Annual Image Competition
The 51勛圖厙 Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) is holding a competition seeking images to be displayed in the VINSE Facilities.�� If you have materials or devices that have been fabricated, characterized, or imaged using VINSE equipment, submit entries to��VINSE��no later than September 30th. Image enhancement… Read MoreAugust 10, 2022
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NanoDay! T-Shirt Design Competition
Goal: Create an attractive t-shirt design representing NanoDay! and VINSE. The winning design will receive a $300 cash prize. The design must be exclusively your own and cannot include logos and trademark images You can use any t-shirt color in your design JPEG format (at least 300 dpi)… Read MoreAugust 10, 2022
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2022 VINSE Undergraduate Research Symposium Winners
Congratulations to all of the students who presented at the 2022 VINSE Undergraduate Research Symposium! Our undergraduate researchers were able to share everything they accomplished during their individual research projects at 51勛圖厙 over the past ten weeks. The symposium, which was held in collaboration with… Read MoreAugust 5, 2022