Imagine a soldier who can change the color and pattern of his camouflage uniform from woodland green to desert tan at will. Or an office worker who could do the same with his necktie. Is someone at the wedding reception wearing the same dress as you? No problem – switch yours to a different color…

Three groundbreaking technologies developed by UCF researchers have been recognized as among the top innovations to be presented at an international conference in two weeks. The discoveries – each of them unrelated – will be presented at the 2015 TechConnect World Innovation Conference in Washington, D.C., from June 14-17. The annual event is designed to…

UCF is now the first and only university in Florida to offer a research-focused master’s degree in nanoscience. The Master of Science in Nanotechnology program further elevates the prominence of UCF’s nanotechnology research, said Sudipta Seal, director of the university’s NanoScience Technology Center, Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center (AMPAC) and interim chair of Materials…

A magazine article, “Fabrication at the Nano Scale with Molds and Imprinting” featuring work by Debashis Chanda and his lab was published in the American Scientist Magazine. The article mentions Chanda’s work on optical lithography through nanoimprinting technology, that provides a large throughput at low cost, as a solution to current challenges in the industry.…

Debashis Chanda was selected to speak on the Science News Radio Show: The Promise of Tomorrow about the “Fantasy and Reality of Science.” The Promise of Tomorrow invites noble laureates to speak about the business of emerging science and nanotechonology. The Promise of Tomorrow is part of the nanoTX USA Conference and Trade Expo that…

Josie Lorenzo won the $2,500 Northrop Grumman Spring 2015 Engineering Scholarship. The scholarship presents two major awards of $2,500 each and two secondary awards of $1,000 each for undergraduate students in the College of Engineering & Computer Science each fall and spring semester. Lorenzo is an undergraduate student studying Photonic Sciences and Engineering. She currently…

UCF faculty member Jayan Thomas, Ph.D. spied some stray cables lying about when he went for a walk one evening to ponder the subject of energy storage. With a “charge” of inspiration, a novel thought occurred to him: Cables transmit energy, so why couldn’t they also store it? That insight has led to research that…

Undergraduate student Julian Moore is a winner of the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Scholarship for 2015-2016. Moore was awarded $2,500 for academic excellence in the field of Aerospace Engineering. Moore is a member of Dr. Jayan Thomas’s Nano Energy-Photonics Group. He previously won the Northrop Grumman Scholarship. The Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Scholarship supports sophomore…

Swadeshmukul Santra’s research into citrus greening is featured in a new article from The Huffington Post. The race is on to find an effective treatment for citrus greening, a ruinous disease that has decimated citrus industries across the world and brought global orange production to the lowest levels seen in generations. The U.S. Department of…

Swadeshmukul “Swadesh” Santra, Associate Professor in UCF’s Nanoscience Technology Center, Department of Chemistry, and Biomolecular Science Center, is featured in an article from the Orlando Sentinel. Santra was at a conference on citrus greening when an idea came to him that could save the state’s ailing citrus industry. That light-bulb moment helped Santra, who works…