Tweet We have talked about the use of nanotechnology in consumer products in this blog before. It seems that “nano” is transitioning from a catchy marketing buzzword to a long-lasting industrial sector. To better understand how nanotechnology is … Continue reading
Tweet About the author: Rui Filipe Serra Maia is a PhD student in Geosciences at Virginia Tech. Check out his profile on the VTSuN student page. Do you think nanotechnology is so complicated that only scientists can use it? If so, you … Continue reading
Tweet About the author: Rui Filipe Serra Maia is a PhD student in Geosciences at Virginia Tech. Check out his profile on the VTSuN student page. Today I am going to tell you about the importance of Atomic Force Microscopy in nanoscience … Continue reading
Tweet We are proud to announce that VTSuN has partnered with The Virginia Tech Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Facility (NCFL) at ICTAS to form a brand new federally-funded research center: Virginia Tech National Center … Continue reading
Tweet About the author: James Dale is a PhD candidate in Geosciences at Virginia Tech. Check out his profile on the VTSuN student page. “Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.” This … Continue reading
Tweet Prologue: It’s #WomensMonth and I was asked to write a little bit about my perspective in interdisciplinary research. This is probably the hardest blog post I have had to write because I do not have … Continue reading
About the Author: Jacob Metch is a PhD student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. Check out his profile on the VTSuN student page. Tweet Bacteria definitely have their dark side occasionally, but … Continue reading
Tweet Writing about women in interdisciplinary research (IDR) at Virginia Tech and specifically VTSuN is a joy. As a young program, the origin history is intact and many of the individuals are still here at … Continue reading
Tweet (This post is written by Dr. Sean McGinnis, Director of the Green Engineering Program at Virginia Tech) “There is no such thing as a free lunch” goes the old adage. Applied to technology and … Continue reading
Tweet About the author: Dr. Linsey Marr is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia and part of of VTSuN. Take a deep breath. You just inhaled about 1 million … Continue reading