On October 19, 2026, VINSE hosted its annual Fall Faculty Celebration, recognizing the outstanding achievements and contributions of the VINSE community. The event provided an opportunity to celebrate faculty accomplishments, connect with colleagues, and strengthen the collaborative spirit that drives research and innovation across VINSE.
WELCOME TO VINSE
Yuri Bazilevs | Pratim Biswas | Shekhar Bhansali | Asheley Chapman | Matthew Day | Ruogu Fang | Yang Han | Bin Ouyang | Soumya Srivastava | Yan Zeng
PROMOTIONS
Janet Macdonald, promoted to Professor
Josh Caldwell, named Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Mechanical Engineering
Deyu Li, named Orrin H. Ingram Chair in Mechanical Engineering
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Josh Caldwell was recognized for his exemplary leadership in advancing graduate education and undergraduate research though the IMS and NSF-REU programs.
HIGH IMPACT PUBLICATIONS
We recognize the following faculty for their accomplishments reported聽in these top impact journal publications.
John Wilson, 1st place
鈥淪TING-activating nanoparticles normalize the vascular-immune interface to potentiate cancer immunotherapy鈥� Science Immunology, 8 (83), eadd1153 (2023).
James McBride, 2nd place
鈥淲ater splitting with silicon p-i-n superlattices suspended in solution鈥� Nature, 614, 270-274 (2023).
De-en Jiang, 3rd place
鈥淒ynamic Monkey Bar Mechanism of Superionic Li-ion Transport in LiTaCl6鈥� Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 63 (12), e202315628 (2023).
Deyu Li, 4th place
鈥淩emarkable heat conduction mediated by non-equilibrium phonon polaritons鈥� Nature, 623, 307-312 (2023).
Sokrates Pantelides, 5th place
鈥淪ingle-atom vibrational spectroscopy with chemical-bonding sensitivity鈥� Nature Materials, 22 (5), 612-618 (2023).
Josh Caldwell, 5th place
鈥淐ontrolling the propagation asymmetry of hyperbolic shear polaritons in beta-gallium oxide鈥� Nature Communications, 14 (1), 5240 (2023).
Ronald Schrimpf & Sokrates Pantelides, 5th place
鈥淎tomic-displacement threshold energies and defect generation in irradiated 尾-Ga2O3: A first-principles investigation鈥� Journal of Applied Physics, 133, 015703 (2023).
De-en Jiang, 5th place
鈥淒ual-Band Electrochromism in Hydrous Tungsten Oxide鈥� ACS Photonics, 10 (9), 3409-3418 (2023).
Editor’s Note (October 27, 2026): The High Impact Publication Awards section has been updated following an additional review of publication records. The revised rankings include publications not captured in the original evaluation and shared fifth-place recognition for previously honored publications. All awards presented during the October 19 celebration remain recognized.