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Reflecting back on the accomplishments of our VINSE community over the past several months, I continue to be amazed not only by our successes that receive broad recognition, but also by the day-to-day creativity and innovation that happen during conversations and brainstorming meetings between students, faculty, and other researchers. For example, a conversation between Mingze He, a graduate student in Josh Caldwell’s group, and a graduate student in Bennett Landman’s group led to an innovative approach to designing infrared thermal emitters, a Nature Materials publication, and a Chancellor’s Award for Research. Please take advantage of the opportunities to chat with your colleagues at the many VINSE-sponsored events, and maybe come up with the next ground-breaking research discovery! Upcoming dates of note include NanoDay! on Nov. 4 and VINSE short courses in microfluidics and electron microscopy on Dec. 19-20 (see right sidebar for more details and a full calendar of events). Finally, I hope everyone has had an opportunity to meet and welcome the three new VINSE team members who joined our community in the past six months – Megan Dernberger (cleanroom staff), Dr. Ben Schmidt (cleanroom manager), and Jamie Kuntz (program coordinator) – as well as Prof. De-en Jiang, a new faculty member in ChBE. De-en joined the VINSE community last month and has already taken the initiative to organize a VINSE-ORNL workshop on nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications to be held at Vanderbilt on November 21 (please contact De-en for more details).

Have a great semester!

Sharon Weiss
Director, VINSE

Megan Dernberger

Cleanroom Staff

Benjamin Schmidt

Cleanroom Manager

Jamie Kuntz

Program Coordinator

The 22nd Annual Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Forum - also called NanoDay! - will be held on November 4. This yearly forum is an opportunity for faculty, postdocs, and students engaged in nanoscience and nanotechnology research to share their work during the poster session and a series of talks.

This year's keynote speaker is Dmitri Basov, a Higgins Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics at Columbia University. His talk will be on the illuminating topic of "Shedding Nano-light on Quantum Materials."

Please register using the link below to attend NanoDay! and to present at the poster session!

Submit entries to vinse@vanderbilt.edu no later than September 30- multiple submissions are encouraged! Click the buttons below for more details on submission requirements.

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There is a lot to celebrate in the VINSE community, which makes it the perfect time for the 16th Annual Fall Faculty Celebration! At the event we will recognize the accomplishments of our community, celebrate faculty promotions, and welcome new VINSE members.

The event, by invite only, will be held on September 26.

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VINSE offered the Microfluidics and Electron Microscopy short courses in June, with very favorable feedback from the attendees. Due to high demand, both courses will be offered again in December.

Please give a warm welcome to our newest tech crew members! These students have spent the summer working in the cleanroom, developing familiarity operating complex tools and performing nanofabrication and characterization processes to assist with the development of new processes and techniques of research interest. They will be familiar faces in VINSE facilities over 2022-2023 academic year.

The new tech crew members are: