As the miniaturization of modern electronic devices continues, scientists have turned to what are now known as two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors which are made up of a few atom thick semiconducting layers – the ultimate size limit of device units. Some 2D semiconductors such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and tungsten disulfide (WS2) present electrical properties compatible…

Joseph Sleppy Won the Best Project in the Mathematics & Physical Science II category at the Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence for his research in A PCBM Assisted Perovskite Growth Process to Fabricate High Efficiency Semitransparent Solar Cells. The award is joined by a $750 scholarship. The Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence (SURE) is a…

Dan Elbrecht won the Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher Award of December 2015 from the Student Undergraduate Research Council for his research project Incorporation of Skin into In Vitro Drug Screening Platforms. The award included a $200 scholarship. Elbrecht is an undergraduate student conducting research in James Hickman’s lab.

Torus Washington won the Delores A. Auzenne Fellowship from the Office of Graduate Studies. The fellowship is available for new and continuing graduate minority students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and provides a yearly stipend of $5,000. Washington obtained his B.Sc. degree from Georgia Tech in 2015 and joined the M.S. in Nanotechnology…

Swadeshmukul Santra, Qun “Treen” Huo, Saiful I. Khondaker, and Lei Zhai have been selected to be inducted into the UCF Scroll & Quill Society. Induction into the Scroll & Quill Society is a distinct honor at UCF. The induction ceremony will take place on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. in the Burnett Honors…

The Society for Emerging and Nanotechnologies (SENT) was featured on the cover of the National Nanotechnology Initiative Supplement to the President’s 2017 Budget. The document serves as the NNI annual budget and report to Congress as mandated by law. The mission of Society of Emerging Nanotechnology is to raise awareness of current research and potential…

Debashis Chanda and his team’s technology for thin, flexible, skin-like color displays was showcased in a February short on WUCF TV’s SciTech Central.

Debashis Chanda’s research on a flexible skin-like color display has been featured in Photonics Spectra’s Top Stories of 2015. Photonics Spectra is the leading source of technological solutions and of news and information about photonics. It is the magazine referred to worldwide by the largest audience of photonics engineers, scientists and end users. Integrating all…

Swadeshmukul Santra and his team were awarded a $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop a solution to citrus greening, a monumental threat to Florida’s $11 billion citrus industry. In awarding the funding, the U.S. Department of Agriculture also recognized the University of Central Florida as a “Center for Excellence.” That…

Debashis Chanda and his team’s research on flexible, skin-like, color displays was recently featured as part of the National Science Foundation’s International Year of Light Celebration. 2015 was proclaimed the International Year of Light by the United Nations as an opportunity to raise global awareness about the importance of light and optical technologies in life,…