April 12, 2016
Jiyu Fang and Linan An 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 College Reading Room. There will be…
March 18, 2016
The UCF Materials Science and Engineering Department was ranked 65 in the field by US News and World Report in its Best Graduate Schools 2017 guidebook. The MSE department joined 20 UCF departments in total that ranked in the top 100. The US News and World Report survey reviewed more than 800 public and private…
March 17, 2016
Abhishek Mehta won the 2016-2017 Gerald R. Langston Endowed Scholarship from the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science. The Gerald R. Langston Endowed Scholarship awards $1000 to each of six students over two semesters. To be eligible for the scholarship, a student must be a full-time junior, senior, or graduate student in the College…
March 15, 2016
Yongho Sohn has been named Pegasus Professor for 2016. The annual award includes a $5,000 stipend and a $5,000 research grant along with the title UCF Pegasus Professor and is decided on by the UCF President. The award was presented at the Founder’s Day Convocation on April 6, 2016. The purpose of the UCF Pegasus…
February 17, 2016
Jiyu Fang and his team’s research was featured in Florida High Tech, the guide to Florida’s High Tech Corridor. Fang leads a team at AMPAC to develop simulated tissue that mimics human skin and responds to external stimuli, along with bruising and bleeding. Next, the team is researching how to simulate sweat. This research is…
February 4, 2016
On August 2015, the International Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research, or ICAMR, signed its first industry member, Harris Corporation. UCF has been interacting with the consortium to help build better sensors. ICAMR is working to develop innovative manufacturing processes, materials and equipment for advanced sensors and other future high-tech products. The organization is initially targeting…
January 7, 2016
Yongho Sohn, Ph.D., has been named an Outstanding Materials Engineer for 2016 by the Purdue University School of Materials Engineering. The award will be presented on April 28 during the school’s student night celebration. Sohn is one of four winners of the title for 2016. The award recognizes Sohn’s work in fundamental materials properties measurements…
December 3, 2015
Le Zhou has been awarded a Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship for Spring 2016. The fellowship aims to increase dissertation completion among doctoral students. It is intended for students in their final semester of graduate education who have a realistic expectation of degree completion in the Spring semester. The award will allow students to forgo…
June 24, 2015
New research by Jiyu Fang graces the cover of the August issue of the Journal of Materials Science. The journal article features his group’s research on the synthesis of ultralight, superhydrophobic and superoleophilic “sponge-like” aerogels. Dr. Fang is an associate professor in the University of Central Florida’s Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center as well…
June 18, 2015
Yongho Sohn has been named an American Society for Metals International Fellow for 2015. Sohn was recognized for “significant contributions to teaching and research in the fundamental understanding of multi-component diffusion kinetics, analysis and control of microstructures, phase transformations, and the application of advanced materials characterization techniques.” Receiving the status of Fellow represents recognition of…