NSTC News
April 2014
Gesquiere Wins Research Incentive Award
Andre J. Gesquiere is a winner of UCF's 2014 Research Incentive Awards. The RIA program rewards outstanding achievements in research, scholarly and creative activities.
April 2014
UCF Researchers Make Breakthrough into “Invisibility” Tech
People have dreamed about the possibility of invisibility for centuries. It's the subject of countless books and Hollywood movies, but is the real thing really possible?
March 2014
NanoTech Leads to Break-Through in Stealth Technology
Controlling and bending light around an object so it appears invisible to the naked eye is the theory behind fictional invisibility cloaks.
March 2014
UCF Nanotech Degree Expected to Spin Out Companies
The new nanotechnology master’s degree offered by the University of Central Florida will have a “huge economic impact” on Central Florida, said Sudipta Seal, the director of the Nanoscience Technology Center and the Advanced Materials Processing & Analysis Center at UCF.
March 2014
UCF OKs new degree to tap into $1.2 trillion tech industry
by Abraham Aboraya
Orlando Business Journal
The University of Central Florida today approved a new master’s degree that may provide an economic boost to the region’s high-tech industry.
March 2014
UCF to Offer New Nanotechnology Degree
The UCF Board of Trustees Thursday approved a new interdisciplinary professional science master’s degree program that will expand UCF’s offerings in the rapidly growing field of nanotechnology.
March 2014
Advanced Optical Materials Features Nano-Optics Group
An article co-authored by Debashis Chanda is one of this month's cover features for Advanced Optical Materials.
March 2014
Moore Wins Northrop Grumman Scholarship
Undergraduate Julian Moore has been awarded the Northrop Grumman Scholarship for the 2014-15 academic year.
March 2014
Kale wins 2014 CECS Alumni Award
Ajay Kale is a winner of the 2014 College of Engineering & Computer Science Distinguished Alumni award.
March 2014
Nano Students Win 2014-15 Scholarships
Swetha Barkam and Rameech McCormack have been awarded scholarships for the 2014-15 academic year. Both students are members of Dr. Sudipta Seal's research group and the College of Engineering & Computer Science.
March 2014
U.S. News, Princeton Review Rank 24 UCF Graduate Programs Among Nation's Best
The University of Central Florida’s video game graduate school ranks No. 2 in North America, and 23 other UCF graduate programs rank among the top 100 in their fields in the United States.
March 2014
UCF Students Honored at 2014 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 March 3-4 at UCF.
February 2014
UCF NanoScience Center Develops Program to Create Graphene Spray to Fight Corrosion
The University of Central Florida's NanoScience Center is developing a new program to make a graphene-based spray coating that would help multiple industries easily and inexpensively fight corrosion.
February 2014
McCormack Takes 1st Place at FGLSAMP Expo
Rameech McCormack was honored at the FGLSAMP Expo 2014 in Jacksonville, FL. His engineering poster won first place at the conference.
February 2014
ChemPlusChem Features Seal Research Group
A paper from Dr. Sudipta Seal's research group, along with collaborators from the University of Kent, graces the December cover of ChemPlusChem.
February 2014
NIH Grants Working at UCF to Address HIV, TB and Schizophrenia
Finding a practical way prevent the transmission of HIV, developing a reliable way to detect tuberculosis while a patient is in the doctor’s office and understanding the complexities of schizophrenia are among the 26 research projects that the National Institutes of Health is funding at the University of Central Florida.
February 2014
UCF Researcher Bringing 3-D TV Back from the Dead
January 2014
UCF NanoScience Center Develops New Program
The University of Central Florida’s NanoScience Technology Center is developing a new program to make a graphene-based spray coating that would help multiple industries easily and inexpensively fight corrosion.
January 2014
Barkam Wins Extreme Leadership Scholarship
Ph.D. candidate Swetha Barkam is a winner of the 2014 Extreme Leadership Scholarship presented by the UCF's Student Government Association. The $750 award is presented to students who demonstrate outstanding leadership and service in school and their community.
December 2013
UCF Students and Faculty present NanoFest Florida
Technology is great, but how does it impact the environment? On December 15, students and faculty from UCF's NanoScience Technology Center presented NanoFest Florida, a community awareness event regarding the emerging field of nanotechnology.
December 2013
Washington Post, AP features UCF Inventors
The Washington Post features three University of Central Florida inventors in a new article from the Associated Press. Professors Michael Bass, Peter H. Delfyett and Sudipta Seal are being recognized by the National Academy of Inventors for their work in photonics and nanotechnology.
December 2013
Research Team Finds Way to Make Solar Cells Thin, Efficient and Flexible
Converting sunshine into electricity is not difficult, but doing so efficiently and on a large scale is one of the reasons why people still rely on the electric grid and not a national solar cell network.
December 2013
Zhai Wins ACS Orlando's Outstanding Chemist Award
The American Chemical Society Orlando Section recently announced the winners of its 2013 Section awards. Lei Zhai won the award for Outstanding Chemist. Zhai is an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in UCF's NanoScience Technology Center and Chemistry Department.
December 2013
106 Patents: Three UCF Profs Lauded as Top Innovators
Three University of Central Florida professors are being recognized for their prolific spirit of innovation, which has benefitted economic development, quality of life and the well-being of society.
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 graphene 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.