NSTC/AMPAC News
November 2013
UCF Millionaires and Innovators Celebrated
Twenty one researchers in areas ranging from optics, medicine, psychology and education were recognized last week in what has become a much-anticipated campus tradition – induction into the UCF Millionaires Club.
November 2013
UCF Works Toward Chemo Alternative
October 2013
Undergraduate Wins Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Student Award
The Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization recently honored Rameech McCormack with its 2013 Student Award. Rameech is the only undergraduate among this year's winners, alongside graduate students from Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, Rice, Stanford and other top schools.
October 2013
NSTC Staff Contribute to Diversity Initiative
Diane Maldonado and Usha Lal of NSTC volunteered their time for UCF's Diversity Initiative Breakfast Meeting on October 21, 2013. The event kicked off Diversity Week at the UCF Student Union. Diane and Usha were part of a team of UCF employees whose efforts made for a successful event.
October 2013
Seal's Plenary Talk Featured by Materials360
Materials360 Online featured Sudipta Seal's talk at the 31st Israel Vacuum Society Conference.
October 2013
Workshop Explores Nanoparticle, Cell Interactions for Cancer Research
The University of Central Florida’s (UCF) Institute for Simulation and Training, in collaboration with the UCF NanoScience Technology Center, recently hosted a workshop to explore data collection, analysis and modeling of nanoparticle and cell interactions for cancer research.
October 2013
UCF Professor and Student Win Award at NanoFlorida 2013
Mikaeel Young and Swadeshmukul Santra won the Best Oral Presentation award at NanoFlorida 2013. Their presentation was titled "Mixed Valence Copper (Cu)/ Silica Nanocomposite: Synthesis, Characterization and Systematic Antimicrobial Studies."
September 2013
Speeding Up the Pharmaceutical Development Process
A team of researchers from University of Central Florida (UCF)'s NanoScience Technology Center have developed the world's first lab-monitored process to examine muscle function and its response to various treatments. This breakthrough may prove invaluable in furthering research efforts aimed at developing effective treatments for some progressive muscular diseases, such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Myasthenia Gravis.
August 2013
UCF Awarded $1.2 Million for Citrus Research
According to Florida Citrus Mutual, the total impact of citrus in Florida is approximately $9 billion a year and represented about 63 percent of total U.S. production for the 2010-2011 season. This could explain why the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded UCF a $1.21 million grant to study citrus diseases, such as canker and greening, that have emerged in recent years.
August 2013
Nanoprinting Technique Enables High Energy Density Supercapacitors
Nanoprinting techniques from Jayan Thomas's research group are currently featured on the IEEE Spectrum homepage.
July 2013
Blair's 'Wonder Material' featured in Orlando Business Journal
Dr. Richard Blair's groundbreaking technique for producing grapheme is featured in the Orlando Business Journal.
Graphene is an ultra-thin derivative of graphite that can be added to rubbers, plastics and metal to make the materials lighter and stronger. It also is a conductor of electricity.
July 2013
UCF Chemist, Company Make ‘Wonder Material’ Accessible
A UCF researcher has developed a proprietary method for making graphene – an element that some have described as the “wonder material” of the century – accessible to industry.
July 2013
Seal's Research Featured by NSF and LiveScience
The work of Dr. Sudipta Seal is featured in two major research outlets. A recent grant appears on the National Science Foundation homepage as well as in an article from LiveScience.
July 2013
Seal's Nanoparticle Sensor Research Appears on the Cover of Materials Chemistry
An article co-authored by Sudipta Seal appears on the cover of the Journal of Materials Chemistry B.
June 2013
Thomas's Energy Storage Research Featured in Advanced Materials
An article by Jayan Thomas and his colleagues appears in the June 25 edition of Advanced Materials. Their work is featured prominently with a full-page graphic and caption in the issue's frontispiece.
June 2013
Chanda Research Featured on ACS Journal Cover
An article co-authored by Debashis Chanda is featured on the cover of the latest issue of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
June 2013
Kolli Wins UCF Grad Research Excellence Fellowship
Graduate student Aditya Reddy Kolli has been awarded UCF's Graduate Research Excellence Fellowship. The UCF College of Graduate Studies presents the fellowship annually to outstanding graduate students who have excellent research backgrounds and proposals for the thesis or dissertation phase of their graduate degree programs.
May 2013
Rikhav Shah Honored at Intel ISEF
Rikhav Shah, a high school student in Dr. Swadeshmukul Santra's research group, won a 2nd place award at the 2013 Intel® International Science and Engineering Fair. Rikhav was recognized for his work in the Environmental Science category.
May 2013
Usha Lal selected as a scholar for 2013-2014 Leadership Enhancement Program
Congratulations to Ushaben Lal (Usha), Travel Coordinator of NanoScience Technology Center for selection as a scholar in the 2013-2014 Leadership Enhancement Program (LEP).
May 2013
Blair's Biofuel Research Featured in Chemical & Engineering News
Chemical & Engineering News interviewed Dr. Richard Blair on his innovative method of making sugars from biomass. Dr. Blair recently joined UCF's NanoScience Technology Center as a Visiting Research Professor. He also has joint appointment with the Department of Chemistry.
May 2013
Two Students Take Home Conference Awards
Two students from Swadeshmukul Santra's research group won awards at conference events this week.
April 2013
NSTC Hosts ACS Chemistry Olympiad
The 2013 American Chemical Society Orlando Section National Chemistry Olympiad Competition was held at UCF's NanoScience Technology Center. Dr. Nahid Mohajeri from the Florida Solar Energy Center organized the competition with help from Dr. Lei Zhai and his research group.
April 2013
Christina Drake Wins CECS Distinguished Alumni Award
Dr. Christina Drake, a former MSE/AMPAC doctoral student, was honored with the College of Engineering & Computer Science's Distinguished Alumni award. Christina was a member of Dr. Sudipta Seal's research group. She is currently employed at Lockheed Martin, Orlando.
March 2013
Linan An Wins Research Incentive Award
March 2013
Ashley Ewh wins Outstanding Master's Thesis Award
Ashley Ewh is the winner of the 2012-2013 University Award for the Outstanding Master's Thesis. Ashley was a graduate student with Dr. Yongho Sohn's research group.
March 2013
UCF Students Honored at 2013 FLAVS/FSM Symposium
The Annual Joint Symposium & Exhibition of the Florida Chapter of the AVS Science and Technology Society (FLAVS) and the Florida Society for Microscopy (FSM) was held Monday and Tuesday, March 4-5 at the UCF student union.
March 2013
Sudipta Seal Recognized for Engineering Excellence
A University of Central Florida professor was awarded for his outstanding contribution to engineering during the 2013 Central Florida Engineers Week Awards Banquet.
February 2013
Gold Particle Research Featured on TV
This week, both Fox 35 News Orlando and Inside Science TV featured the work of NSTC Assistant Professor Jayan Thomas.
February 2013
Mayor of Orange County Visits NSTC and AMPAC
Mayor of Orange County Teresa Jacobs visited the NanoScience Technology Center and Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center on February 13. She toured the research facilities and spoke with faculty, staff and students.
December 2012
Nanospective, MCF highlighted by Florida High Tech Corridor
NanoSpective specializes in materials science with an emphasis on nanoscale materials characterization. The company, originating from UCF’s Materials Characterization Facility, provides analytical services and consultation to a worldwide market offering complete solutions for intellectual property issues, failure analysis, quality control and materials research.
December 2012
NSTC/AMPAC Congratulates Newest Ph.D. Grads
NSTC/AMPAC congratulates our recent Ph.D. graduates. We wish you all the best.
Sudipta Seal, Director