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…
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 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 9, 2017
New American Society for Metals (ASM) International board members were elected at the Executive Board meeting on June 8, 2017. The new officers are: Chair – Chris Hauser, Universal Studios Vice Chair – Peiman Sadrabadi, Siemens Secretary – Aadithya Jeyaranjan, UCF MSE student Treasurer – Tengfei Jiang, UCF AMPAC/MSE Assistant Professor Web Administrator – Steve…
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 26, 2017
Research from Dr. Chanda’s group has been featured in UCF Today. A breakthrough in display technology being developed by Dr. Chanda’s group, including researcher Daniel Franklin, could lead to future displays with 3-4 times the resolution of traditional displays. Assistant Professor Debashis Chanda and physics doctoral student Daniel Franklin have come up with a way…
May 15, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. Sohn for receiving the UCF RIA award for his outstanding impact in research. UCF Research Incentive Awards (RIA) are available to faculty in the College of Arts and Humanities, College of Business Administration, College of Education, College of Engineering and Computer Science, College of Health and Public Affairs, College of Optics 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…
May 1, 2017
Swetha Barkam has been awarded the Graduate Student Silver Award by the Materials Research Society. Barkam is one of just 27 graduate students selected from among the top universities to recieve this award. Barkam recieved her award and was commended for her presentation at the Awards Ceremony and Innovation in Materials Characterization Award Talk on…