The Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) brings ten students each summer to campus to work closely with VINSE faculty on research projects in cutting edge areas of nanoscale science and engineering. Participation in the program provides students with a true interdisciplinary research experience in an environment where physicists, chemists, biologists, and all engineer
s collaboratively solve problems and create new scientific understanding. Weekly lunchtime meetings are held for all faculty and students that cover topics ranging from ethics and the responsible conduct of research to demystifying graduate school and the GRE examination. Each student works directly with VINSE faculty members and their research groups and has access to the VINSE laboratories, which are shared facilities available to all authorized users. All students are housed on the Vanderbilt Commons, a collection of ten residential halls on campus built in 2008 to house all first-year students. The Vanderbilt campus is centrally located being just one mile from downtown Nashville, which is one of the most vibrant and cosmopolitan mid-sized cities in the United States.
