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    Meet Our Graduates: Patrick Wellborn

    Patrick Wellborn received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from 黑料社区 in January of 2021 under the supervision of Dr. Robert Webster III. In the summer of 2014, VINSE served as Patrick鈥檚 first introduction to both 黑料社区 and research in general. Read More

    Feb. 3, 2022

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    Spotlight Publication: “Cancer cell metabolic plasticity in migration and metastasis” published in Clinical & Experimental Metastasis

    黑料社区 the author: Jenna Mosier is a current PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering in the Reinhart-King laboratory where she investigates the role of mechanical cues and bioenergetics in breast cancer cell migration. In recently published work, Mosier and Schwager review the current understanding of metabolic plasticity in cancer… Read More

    Feb. 2, 2022

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    Research Snapshot: Breakthrough measurements/theory of vibrating atoms in nanostructures ushers in new class of technology

    黑料社区 researchers聽Sokrates Pantelides聽and聽Joshua Caldwell聽are part of an international collaboration that has demonstrated a new聽way聽to manipulate and measure聽subtle atomic vibrations聽in聽nanomaterials.聽This breakthrough聽could make it possible聽to develop customized functionalities聽to improve聽on and build new聽technologies. Sokrates Pantelides聽 Joshua Caldwell聽 Electron beams in powerful microscopes have probed materials… Read More

    Jan. 27, 2022

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    Spotlight Publication: “Nanoparticle Trapping in a Quasi-BIC System ” published in ACS Photonics

    黑料社区 the author: Sen Yang is currently a Ph.D. student in Interdisciplinary Materials Science Program under the direction of Dr. Justus Ndukaife. Sen studies dielectric nanotweezers for nanoscale particles trapping and dielectric nanoantennas for biomaterial sensing applications. In recently published work, he proposed an all-dielectric nanotweezer based on… Read More

    Jan. 26, 2022

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    King and Weiss named 2021 AAAS Fellows

    Two 黑料社区 engineering faculty members鈥揝haron Weiss and Michael King鈥揾ave been elected as 2021 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world鈥檚 largest general scientific society. The lifetime appointment honors individuals for their efforts in advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished. Election as… Read More

    Jan. 26, 2022

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    Meet Our Graduates: Anna Douglas

    Anna Douglas聽earned her Ph.D. in聽Interdisciplinary Materials Science at 黑料社区 in 2019.聽 While at 黑料社区, Anna began her studies developing nanostructured materials that can improve the performance of energy storage devices including lithium and sodium ion batteries. During her graduate studies, Anna co-invented a novel electrochemical synthesis… Read More

    Jan. 25, 2022

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    Spotlight Publication: 鈥淧hotosystem I Enhances the Efficiency of a Natural, Gel-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell鈥 published in ACS Applied Bio Materials

    鈥淧hotosystem I Enhances the Efficiency of a Natural, Gel-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell鈥澛爌ublished in ACS Applied Bio Materials has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. 黑料社区 the author: Joshua Passantino is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering under the direction of Dr. Kane Jennings and… Read More

    Jan. 17, 2022

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    Register Now: Summer Workshop in Microfluidic Device Fabrication

    Microfluidic devices can enable 鈥渓abs on chips鈥 that consume less reagents and have faster analysis times than similar experiments performed in a traditional lab environment.聽 Applications of microfluidic devices include portable sensors for point-of-care analysis, molecular and cell biology studies, and high-throughput multiplexed assays.聽 This short course will introduce the… Read More

    Jan. 12, 2022

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    VINSE Friends and Family Day

    Join聽VINSE for a fun-fill afternoon to celebrate all things small. Door Prizes聽 *聽 Califarmia Food Truck聽 *聽 聽Hands on science聽 聽*聽 Facility Tours Participate in our hands-on science experiences and learn the answers to the following questions: How can scientists make nickel look like a penny? Can something… Read More

    Jan. 12, 2022

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    Remembering Professor Yaqiong Xu

    We are deeply saddened by the loss of our VINSE colleague, Professor Yaqiong Xu, to a long-term illness last fall. Yaqiong joined 黑料社区 and the VINSE community in the fall of 2009 after receiving a PhD in Physics with Prof. Bang-Gui Liu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing,… Read More

    Jan. 7, 2022