A UCF researcher has combined cutting-edge nanoscience with a magnetic phenomenon discovered more than 170 years ago to create a method for speedy medical tests. The discovery, if commercialized, could lead to faster test results for HIV, Lyme disease, syphilis, rotavirus and other infectious conditions. Putnam’s team coated nanoparticles with the antibody to BSA, or…

An article in collaboration with Dr. Soumen Das and Dr. Sudipta Seal has been featured on the cover of ACS Chemistry of Materials Journal. The article, titled “Structure–Activity Map of Ceria” deals with heterogeneous reactions, such as automotive catalysis and water gas shift reactions. You can view the cover here and see the full article…

Kevin Grossman (PhD student MSE) won the Sustainable Nanotechnology Conference best poster paper presentation. Congratulations Kevin!

Swetha Barkam selected for a Graduate Excellence in Materials Science (GEMS) Award for 2016. Specifically, Barkam was awarded 4th place overall, and 1st within the Sapphire Ranking division. Congratulations Swetha!

Nileshi Saraf has been awarded $525 to attend the 2016 SNO Conference in Orlando, between Nov 10-12. Congratulations Nileshi!

Dr. Debashis Chanda and Daniel Franklin have been selected for a Top-10 novel display innovation, Displaying Futures Award 2016. They has been invited to Germany for a three day event where their idea, “Skin-like plasmonic Full-Color Displays” will be recognized. Congratulations Dr. Chanda and Daniel Franklin!

Swetha Barkam, a PhD student in Dr. Seal’s research group will be awarded the Artistic Creativity award for the 1st Annual ACerS PCSA Creativity Competition at MS&T Congratulations Swetha!

Dr. Soumen Das, a member of Dr. Seal’s research group, has received a young investigator award for “International Conference on Ionizing Processes (ICIP 2016)”. The conference will take place between October 10 through October 14 at BNL. Dr. Das will be presenting “Cerium Oxide as Radio-modifier.” You can view Dr. Seal’s research group members page…

Dr. Santra and Dr. Thomas have been acknowledged recently in an article by UCF Today for their individual participations in the development of nano technologies. Dr. Santra’s Zinkicide invention is extensively detailed in the article, and Dr. Thomas is noted for his award winning portable energy source and chemically sensitive tape. The full text of…

Graduate student Ankur Gupta has been selected as a student board member on the Thermal Spray Society Board of Directors. This one year position allows Gupta the opportunity to participate in several TSS teleconferences, as well as an expenses paid trip to attend the TSS Board meeting in Salt Lake City Utah. TSS President Christian…