September 16, 2017
University of Central Florida Assistant Professor Yang Yang’s research group has developed two promising energy storage technologies in its work with sustainable energy systems. Yang sees revolutionary systems that can produce and store energy inexpensively and efficiently as a potential solution to energy and environmental crises Read the full article at UCF Today http://today.ucf.edu/ucf-researchers-work-pushes-battery-tech-forward/
August 24, 2017
The annual 2017 Joint Nanoscience and Neutron Scattering User Meeting was held July 31-August 4 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The meeting consisted of plenary lectures, technical sessions with invited presentations, as well as, a poster session including a “Best Poster Competition”. A few of our own UCF-NSTC students were…
August 14, 2017
An article recently published in the ACS Nano Journal by Dr. Thomas and Dr. Jung has been selected for the exclusive virtual issue of “Celebrating 10Years of Energy Research” in ACS Nano. Congratualtions Dr. Thomas and Dr. Jung
July 25, 2017
An article authored by Dr. Kun Liang, Kyle Marcus, Dr. Yang Yang and others has been published by Advanced Energy Materials . The article, titled “NiS2/FeS Holey Film as Freestanding Electrode for High-Performance Lithium Battery”, highlights a facile and scalable nanomanufacturing technique to produce freestanding holey films as electrodes for lithium battery, which presents superior…
July 14, 2017
Angie Diaz, a student in the Nanotechnology Masters program, has been awarded the 2017 NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium Dissertation/Thesis Improvement Fellowship. The NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC) was formed in 1989, when NASA implemented the national Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. It is a voluntary association of seventeen public and private Florida…
July 14, 2017
The Convergence 2018 Conference will be held between February 21st through the 23rd, 2018 at the UCF Fairwinds Alumni Center. Convergence 2018 Course Highlights: Calls for groups within the biomedical, life sciences, physical science, engineering and other fields to come together to solve unmet scientific needs Brings together various scientists with the aim of discovery…
July 5, 2017
Supercapacitors: Asymmetric Supercapacitor Electrodes and Devices (Adv. Mater. 21/2017), a paper published by Dr. Yeonwoong Jung and Dr. Jayan Thomas research groups, has been featured as the cover page for the Advanced Materials journal. The paper, which reports on the development of asymmetric supercapacitor (ASC) electrodes and devices, was first published early last month. Congratulations…
June 7, 2017
One the biggest lithography conference “Electron, Ion, Photon Technology and Nanofabrication (EIPBN-2017) awarded Dr. Chanda’s “Nano-Space Shuttle” as winner of the nanofabrication micrograph competition. The EIPBN Conference is dedicated to lithographic patterning science, nanomanufacturing process technology, and the applications these methods enable. For 60 years, and 61 meetings the conference has brought together engineers and…
May 8, 2017
Congratulations to several PSM/MS students graduting in Spring 2017. We are very glad to have them in our program, very proud of their great accomplishments, and wish them all the best in their future career! Hearty Congratulations!! This is a significant accomplishment. We are glad to have you in our PSM/MS program, and I hope…
May 3, 2017
Dr. Qun Huo received the UCF Teaching Incentive Program Award for 2016-2017. The TIP award rewards sustained high levels of teaching effectiveness. Eligible faculty must have been employed by UCF for at least four (4) years and meet or exceed median student credit hour (SCH) production. The award provides a $5,000 base salary increase. Congratulations…