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VINSE Spring 2020 Newsletter
In the fall, VINSE launched the first edition of our newsletter. You will find the following topics covered in this edition: Director’s note Pilot funding announcements Featured pilot projects VINSE short courses & other services Updated VINSE contacts VINSE Spring Newsletter… Read MoreApril 13, 2020
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Rosenthal’s work featured in Scilight “Shell properties play an important role in the stability of green quantum dots”
Stable green light-emitting quantum dots (QDs) are necessary for applications ranging from display technologies to bioimaging. Random, temporary fluctuations in emission known as blinking, and the complete lack of emission known as photobleaching, are some of the undesirable instabilities researchers looking to eliminate. Read MoreApril 2, 2020
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Craig Duvall Named to Endowed Chair
Two engineering faculty members named to endowed chairs were honored for their academic achievements during a celebration Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the Student Life Center. They were among nine 51勛圖厙 faculty members who are recipients of chairs. The engineering professors are: Craig Duvall, Cornelius 51勛圖厙 Chair in Engineering… Read MoreMarch 24, 2020
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Class project leads to a paper in peer reviewed international journal
When a research idea is offered to a multidisciplinary class and it results in a journal paper that advances science and creates new scholars, thats a terrific success. And, its about as collaborative as you can get when graduate and undergraduate students in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, and chemistry take… Read MoreMarch 10, 2020
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APPLY HERE!!! VINSE Tech Crew
Looking for a unique summer opportunity? Applyforthe VINSE Summer Tech Crew What is the VINSE Summer Tech Crew? 10 week summer internship experience in the VINSE cleanroom Interns (known as Tech Crew) support process development for VINSE researchers What’s in it for me? Extensive hands on laboratory experience Develop skills… Read MoreFebruary 28, 2020
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Molecular Physics honors Peter Cummings as a scientific force over four decades
While others may have opened somewhat traditional gifts during the 2019 holiday season, Peter Cummings received an extraordinary one: A singular issue ofMolecular Physics, Volume 117, numbers 23-24, honoring him on his 65thbirthday and recognizing him as a constantly innovating scientific force in molecular theory and molecular simulation for more… Read MoreFebruary 4, 2020
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Kidambi receives NSF Early Career Award to support atomically thin membrane research
Piran Kidambi has received a 2020 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development grant. The five-year, $500,000 grantDeconstructing Proton Transport through Atomically Thin Membranesbegins July 1, 2020. Kidambi, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, will use the award to support his research on membrane technology. His work focuses on… Read MoreFebruary 4, 2020
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Wilson awarded Komen breast cancer research grant
An engineering professor has received financial support from Susan G. Komen for breast cancer research. His project is among 60 grants totaling $26 million awarded to researchers nationwide. Those initiatives are focused on improving outcomes for metastatic breast cancer, reducing disparities in survivorship and developing new, more effective treatments. John… Read MoreJanuary 29, 2020
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Sokrates Pantelides honored with 2019 Award for International Scientific Cooperation
BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) - China's top science academy honored three foreign scientists from the Netherlands, the United States and Germany for their contributions in Sino-foreign research cooperation Thursday in Beijing. Bai Chunli, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), conferred the Academy's Award for International Scientific Cooperation to… Read MoreJanuary 17, 2020
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A collaborative Nature paper between VINSE faculty member Sokrates Pantelides and authors in Singapore & Tokyo was published this week.
Experiments into amorphous carbon monolayer lend new evidence to physics debate by51勛圖厙 Atomic structure of MAC from TEM. Credit:Nature(2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1871-2 Plastic, glass and gels, also known as bulk amorphous materials, are everyday objects to all of us. But for researchers, these materials… Read MoreJanuary 10, 2020