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NUANCE: Nanoscale Characterization Experimental Center

2024 News

B.T.A.A Tour NUANCE!

November 4, 2024
The Big Ten Academic Alliance’s Infrastructure and Operations subgroup visited the NUANCE Center to see how we manage the incredible amounts of data generated from active research every day.
NNCI Meeting

NNCI Gathers in Kentucky for the 9th Annual Meeting

November 1, 2024
The NNCI Meets for the 9th Annual Conference

NUANCE Fest 2024!

October 9, 2024
Celebrating all things NUANCE on National Nano Day

NanoTechnology Seminar Freshmen tour NUANCE

September 26, 2024
NUANCE welcomes Prof. Gesmundo's freshmen seminar students to tour NUANCE!

The Ultimate SEM Experience

September 17, 2024
Hitachi High-Tech and Oxford Instruments America offer workshop highlighting the functions of NUANCE's new Hitachi SU8700 SEM!

Magnifying Minds in Chicago!

August 6, 2024
Eric Roth, BioCryo Core Scientist, visits Boys and Girls Club of Chicago for "Talk to a Scientist" day!

Dr. Dan Zhou & Prof. Jinsong Wu offer Joint Seminar

July 26, 2024
Colleagues on their way to M&M swing by NUANCE for a special seminar

Dimatix 3D Printer Intro and Q&A

July 25, 2024
Virtual Q&A session with NUFAB's Ying Jia, PhD

NUANCE Welcomes SynBREU & Chicago Botanic Gardens REUs

July 19, 2024
A group of 30 REU's get a glimpse of NUANCE Facilities

Nasir Basit Attends UGIM

June 23, 2024
Nasir Basit, NUFAB Facility Manager attends the 2024 UGIM at MIT
Student Leadership Group

SHyNE Sponsors PhD Student, Nate Coirier, to attend TechConnect

June 17, 2024
SHyNE Resource was excited to partner with the NNCI in supporting student Nathaniel Coirier to attend this year’s TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo.

Office of Research Summer Interns Tour NUANCE

June 4, 2024
The Office of Research's summer interns had the opportunity to check out NUANCE's world class facilities

STEM Shadow Day

May 31, 2024
NUANCE Center was excited to participate in the STEM Shadow Day at Northwestern University

HORIBA Scientific Offers Seminar and Demos

May 22, 2024
On Wednesday May 22, the NUANCE Center welcomed 30 attendees to the seminar Cross-correlated SPM and TERS/TEPL Characterization

Beautiful Day for a 5K!

May 11, 2024
NUANCE was once again excited to sponsor and participate in this year’s MSSA 5K on May 11, 2024

NUANCE takes a trip to Earth & Planetary Sciences

May 3, 2024
On May 3, 2024, the NUANCE Center had the opportunity to give a talk & tour to the Earth & Planetary Sciences Department.
MediaTek visitors

MediaTek Tours NUFAB & NUANCE

April 26, 2024
MediaTek of Taiwan representatives tours NUFAB & NUANCE

Keysight Technologies collaborates with NUFAB

April 23, 2024
Keysight Technologies offers lecture and real time demonstration of the RF Vector Network Analyzer

2024 SHyNE Annual Meeting

April 8, 2024
SHyNE annual meeting focuses on renewal of NSF grant for 2025.

NUANCE Hosts Bruker Seminar

April 1, 2024
SPID Facility welcomes Bruker for seminar and week-long demo's

RET's attend NSTA 2024 in Denver!

March 26, 2024
SHyNE & NUANCE Center RETs celebrated the end of the program in Denver, CO

2024 M3S Spring Meeting!

March 15, 2024
Another year and another great turn out for the Midwest Microscopy and Microanalysis Spring Meeting!

PEARL System Helps Clean Storm Water

March 12, 2024
Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy publish article on 'PEARL' media being used to clean stormwater runoff.

4th Annual Women in Microscopy Conference!

March 8, 2024
NUANCE and MSE Student Council Jointly host the 4th Annual Women in Microscopy Conference held March 8th, International Women's Day!

Mechanical Engineering Prospective Students Tour NUANCE

March 8, 2024
Mechanical Engineering Prospective PhD students tour NUANCE facilities to get a peek at our top of the line instruments!

Career Day for Girls!

March 1, 2024
Roughly 180 Chicago-area middle school and high school students signed up to visit Northwestern's Evanston Campus and take part in this event!

Protochips AXON Demo and Training on NUANCE TEMs

February 24, 2024
NUANCE EPIC-TEM and BioCryo team jointly organize a training and demo session for a newly installed system!

Prospective PhD students tour NUANCE

February 23, 2024
Prospective students from the Chemical and Biological Engineering PhD program take a tour of the NUANCE Facilities

NU Academy Students Tour NUANCE

February 9, 2024
Students taking part in NU Academy enjoyed a tour of NUANCE on Friday February 9th

ChiAcademy Students Tour NUANCE

January 30, 2024
Twenty students from Chicago Tech Academy High School to tour NUANCE Facilities

VPD Student Attends UN Climate Conference

January 25, 2024
VPD Group student Benjamin Shindel attends UN Climate Conference on behalf of Northwestern and the American Chemistry Society

NUANCE Research Published in Journal Science Advances

January 19, 2024
NUANCE Director Vinayak Dravid and team use honeycomb structures found in nature as inspiration for an ultra-thin ceramic membrane.