NEWS
2017
- November
Our paper “Ballistic phonon penetration depth in amorphous silicon dioxide” was published in Nano Letters. Congratulations! Lin!
- October
Lin successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation proposal. Well done!
- September
MNTFL welcomes our newest member, undergraduate student, Sara Tsai! Welcome!
- August
MNTFL welcomes our newest member, Matthew Fitzgerald! Welcome!
- June
Qian successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations! Dr. Zhang!
- May
Our paper “Defect Facilitated Phonon Transport through Kinks in Boron Carbide Nanowires” was accepted by Nano Letters. Congratulations! Qian!
Yin has successfully defended his dissertation at Southeast University and will continue to stay at Southeast University as a lecturer. Congratulations! Dr. Zhang!
- April
Lin, Yin, and Qian went to Las Vegas to present their research at the 2nd Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC) and the 4th International Workshop on Heat Transfer (IWHT).
Lijie successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations! Dr. Yang!
2016
- September
Our paper “Thermal conductivity of individual silicon nanoribbons” was accepted by Nanoscale. Congratulations! Lin, Yang, and Qian!
Qian successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation proposal. One more step to go.
- August
MNTFL welcomes our newest members, Yuanzhe Liang and Yang Zhao! Welcome!
- July
Kirsten successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations! Dr. Kirsten Dodson!
Lin and Dr. Li went to Washington D.C. to present our research on ASME 2016 Heat Transfer, Fluids Engineering & Nanochannels, Microchannels & Minichannels Conferences.
- May
Professor Li was promoted to the rank of Professor of Mechanical Engineering with tenure. Congratulations, Professor Li! VU Website Report
- February
Lijie successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation proposal. The Ph.D. title is waving hands. Well Done!
- Jan
Dr. Li, Kirsten, and Lijie went to Singapore to present their research at the ASME 2015 Micro/Nanoscale Heat & Mass Transfer International Conference.
Prof. Lifei Chen finished her 1-year stay at MNTFL. She went back to China to continue her research. Wish you all the best!
2015
- November
Kirsten successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation proposal. Only 1 more step to go. Well Done!
Jian and Qian attended the ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Houston, TX.
- September
Jian Ma finished a year’s stay at MNTFL as a visiting scholar. He will go back to Southeast University to finish his PhD study. We wish you all the best back in China.
- July
Dr.Li hosts a farewell grill party for Bryson. Bryson will move to Atlanta to start his industry career. Wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.
- March
Bryson Brewer has successfully defended his PhD. dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Brewer!
2014
- December
MNTFL welcomes our newest member, Yin Zhang! Yin will stay at MNTFL for two years as a visiting scholar.
- November
Bryson Brewer, Lijie, Kirsten, and Dr. Li attended the ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Montreal, Canada.
Professor Lifei Chen from Shanghai Second Polytechnic University joined MNTFL as a visiting professor. Welcome!
- August
MNTFL welcomes our newest member, Lin Yang! Lin joined MNTFL as a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering starting in August.
- June
Professor Naiqin Zhao has finished her 3 months visit and returned back to Tianjin University. We wish you all the best in the future!
- April
Our paper “Phonon transport through point contacts between graphitic nanomaterials” was accepted by Physical Review Letter. Dr. Juekuan Yang, congratulations!
- March
Professor Naiqin Zhao from Tianjin University arrived in Nashville and spent 3 months at MNTFL as a visiting professor. Welcome!
2013
- December
Bryson Brewer and Dr. Li attended the ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition and the ASME 2013 Micro/Nanoscale Heat & Mass Transfer International Conference.
- September
Jian Ma joined MNTFL as a visiting scholar starting in September 2013. Welcome!
- August
Dr. Li received the Chancellor’s Award for research, which recognizes excellence in research, scholarship, or creative expression. Congratulations!
- July
Yang and Kyle successfully defended their Ph.D. Dissertation and Master’s Thesis, respectively. Congratulations! Wish you all the best in the future!
- March
Another year, another NSF Graduate Research Fellow! Congratulations to Kirsten for winning the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! VU Website Report
2012
- November
Congratulations to Kyle for winning the National Defense Industrial Association Tennessee Valley Chapter Space & Missile Defense Working Group Graduate Fellowship!
- August
MNTFL welcomes our newest members: Virginia, Lijie, and Kirsten.
- July
MNTFL is part of an interdisciplinary team aiming to create “microbrain reactor”. VU webpage report
- March
Bryson wins the highly competitive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, and becomes the first recipient of an NSF fellowship at MNTFL, congratulations!
Yang passed his thesis proposal, only one step away from obtaining his doctorate title, congratulations!
Dr. Li, Yang, and Bryson attended and presented research on MNTFL at the ASME 2012 3rd Micro/Nanoscale Heat & Mass Transfer International Conference held in Atlanta, GA.
- February
Yandong headed to California to take a postdoc associate position at UC Davis, congratulations and wish you all the best!
- January
Kyle joined MNTFL as a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering beginning in the spring semester, welcome!
2011
- December
MNTFL’s paper “Enhanced and switchable nanoscale thermal conduction due to van der Waals interfaces” was published in Nature Nanotechnology. VU Website Report
- November
Dr. Li hosts a farewell dinner party for Juekuan. Juekuan will be back in China and continue his academic career at Southeast University. We wish you all the best, Professor Yang!
Yang is invited as the only graduate student speaker at the 12th Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) Nanoday event!
- September
Yandong defends his thesis titled “Microfluidic Platforms for Cell Culture and Microenvironment Control”, Congratulations, Dr. Gao!
- August
Qian joins MNTFL as a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering, Welcome!
As a poster award winner in the MRS Spring meeting, Yang was nominated by MRS to take part in the MRS/MRS-Mexico Student Poster Award Exchange Program and go to the 2011 International Materials Research Congress in Cancun, Mexico.Congratulations and enjoy the beach, Yang!
Yanyan left and finished her two-year stay with us as a visiting student. She will go back to China to do her Ph.D. thesis defense. Wish you all the best in the future!
- April
Congratulations to Yang for winning the Best Poster Award at the Materials Research Society(MRS) Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2011!
- March
Yandong defends his proposal, congratulations!
2010
- December
Dr. Li hosts a farewell dinner party for Jiashu. Every group member enjoys a wonderful time with Dr. Sun!
Jiashu defended her thesis and became the second female Ph.D. graduate from MNTFL. Congratulations, Dr. Sun!
- October
Congratulations to Juekuan and Yang! Their poster “Diameter dependent contact thermal resistance between individual multi-walled carbon nanotubes” won 3rd place in the 2010 VINSE Nanoday Poster competition!
- September
Min left today and finished his two-year stay with us as a visiting student. He will go back to China to do his Ph.D. thesis defense. We wish you all the best in the future and we miss you, Min!
- August
The newest member of MNTFL, Bryson Brewer, is in town, welcome!
Jiashu defends her proposal “Microfluidic Resistance Sensing For Single Cell Growth Rate Measurements And Cell Separation Characterization” today, congratulations!
- April
In a Board of Trust meeting today, Professor Li was promoted to Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering with tenure effective in the Fall Semester. Congratulations, Professor Li! VU Website Report
Former group member Dr. Dongyan Xu will begin working as an assistant professor this fall at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, congratulations, Professor Xu!
2009
- December
Saumitra defended his thesis and got his Ph.D. degree! The second Ph.D. graduate from MNTFL, congratulations!
- September
Yanyan joins MNTFL as a visiting student from Southeast University, China, welcome!
2008
- September
Min joins MNTFL as a visiting student from Southeast University, China, welcome!
- August
Yang joins MNTFL as a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering, welcome!
- July
Dongyan defends her thesis and becomes the first Ph.D. graduate from MNTFL! She will head to the Bay Area to work as a post-doctoral research associate at UC Berkeley. Congratulations!
- March
Juekuan joins MNTFL as a post-doctoral research associate, welcome!
2007
- June
Professor Li won the prestigious National Science Foundation Career Award for “Fundamental Investigation and Thermal-Electrical Control of Ion, Fluid, and Biomolecular Transport through Nanochannels”. Congratulations, Professor Li!