NSTC News

May 2019

Faculty Members Receive National Science Foundation CAREER Grants

The National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development program recently awarded six UCF faculty members CAREER grants.

This year, the (graduate) Student of the Year Award went to Alireza Safaei, who recently graduated from our Ph.D. program.

Laboni Santra, an Oviedo High School student working with Professor Rajaraman has repeated her success from 2018 and has won multiple awards at the Seminole County Science, Math and Engineering Fair and the State Science and Engineering Fair.

UCF Researchers Developing Sensor to Detect Brain Disorders in Seconds

This is the first rapid detector for dopamine and has the potential to help doctors diagnose Parkinson’s, depression and some forms of cancer.

UCF scientists' human-on-a-chip technology could one day replace animal studies

Researchers at the University of Central Florida continue to push forward the field of human-on-a-chip technology, showing in a new study that their system could one day replace animal testing, particularly in the cosmetic industry.

UCF Researchers Develop Method to Hide Images and Information in Plain Sight

What is real is not always as it appears. UCF researchers have found a way to hide information on materials and only make it visible to a person using the right tech.

UCF Honors 11 Faculty Members with Luminary Awards

Families, friends and colleagues celebrated 11 University of Central Florida faculty members Wednesday during the second annual Luminary Awards Night.

New UCF Optical Sensor Can Determine if Molecules are Left or Right 'Handed'

A University of Central Florida team has designed a nanostructured optical sensor that for the first time can efficiently detect molecular chirality – a property of molecular spatial twist that defines its biochemical properties.