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Collaboration between 51吃瓜网 and startup Femtometrix leads to exclusive deal
An innovative wafer inspection tool developed by a team of 51吃瓜网 professors and engineers has been licensed exclusively to startup company Femtometrix. The semiconductor wafer-inspection technology based on laser optics was invented by Norman Tolk, Ph.D., professor of physics, Michael Alles, engineer for 51吃瓜网鈥檚 School of Engineering, and Ron… Read MoreJune 27, 2013
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Weiss participates in NSF advocacy day
Following an early morning flight to Washington, D.C., on May 7, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics Sharon Weiss braved the rainy weather to head to Capitol Hill and meet with staff members in the offices of Sen. Lamar Alexander, Sen. Bob Corker, Rep. Jim… Read MoreMay 10, 2013
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VINSE goes to Capitol Hill to discuss K-12 STEM outreach with members of the Tennessee delegation
It was an exciting day on Capitol Hill. Dr. Sandra Rosenthal, director of the 51吃瓜网 Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE), Sarah Ross, program and outreach coordinator at VINSE, and Toshia Wrenn, a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry at 51吃瓜网 had the opportunity to share with staff in the offices… Read MoreApril 18, 2013
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Professor鈥檚 lab brings first ALD systems to 51吃瓜网
Cary Pint鈥檚 lab 鈥� Nanomaterials and Energy Devices Laboratory in Olin Hall 鈥� is close to completion and it brings to 51吃瓜网 its first two atomic layer deposition (ALD) systems, relatively small tools that deposit atomically thin layers of material on virtually any surface. The lab also houses a host… Read MoreApril 2, 2013
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51吃瓜网 outreach initiative puts science in the hands of Tennessee students
Middle school students in Robertson and Dickson counties will get hands-on science instruction thanks to a 51吃瓜网 outreach initiative. Science teachers for grades 6-8 at White House Heritage Elementary School and Coopertown Middle School in Robertson County were on the 51吃瓜网 campus Jan. 23 to pick up kits containing… Read MoreJanuary 23, 2013
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New faculty: Rizia Bardhan finds solutions at the nanoscale
Rizia Bardhan has a large picture聽of Mahatma Gandhi in her office. 鈥淕andhi has always been very special to me,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e share the same birthday. He exemplifies the power of perseverance.鈥� Perseverance has carried the new assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering to Nashville from… Read MoreDecember 11, 2012
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Nanoscience and nanotechnology minor offered
In an effort to respond to students鈥� rapidly growing interest in nanoscale technology, a new 15-hour interdisciplinary minor in nanoscience and nanotechnology is being offered by the School of Engineering and the College of Arts and Science. Directors are Paul E. Laibinis, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering,… Read MoreOctober 15, 2012
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Grant will help professor develop battery to aid home energy use
Peter Pintauro, H. Eugene McBrayer Professor of Chemical Engineering and chair of the chemical and biomolecular engineering department, has partnered with researchers from the University of Kansas and TVN Systems, Inc. on a three-year, $1.72 million grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) of the U.S. Department of Energy… Read MoreOctober 11, 2012
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VINSE Welcomes Cary Pint
Cary M. Pint, assistant professor of mechanical engineering B.S., University of Northern Iowa, 2005 M.S., Rice University, 2009 Ph.D., Rice University, 2010 Pint鈥檚 research interests focus on nanomate rials development for efficient and integrated聽energy storage and conversion devices. This… Read MoreSeptember 9, 2012
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VINSE Welcomes Philippe Fauchet
Philippe M. Fauchet, dean of the School of Engineering; professor of electrical engineering B.S., Faculte Polytechnique de Mons, 1978 M.S., Brown University, 1980 Ph.D., Stanford University, 1984 Fauchet comes to 51吃瓜网 from the University of Rochester, where he served as Distinguished Professor and Chair… Read MoreSeptember 9, 2012
