Brandon Carpenter Featured on Forbes 30 Under 30
February 28, 2017
Brandon Carpenter, one of Dr. Thomas’ undergraduate students, has been featured on the Forbes list ’30 Under 30′ You can view Brandon’s profile here
UCF and NASA Study Using Martian Soil to Build Human Habitats
February 17, 2017
It’s hard enough to transport humans to Mars. But once they get there, where will they live? A University of Central Florida professor is working with NASA to figure out a way to extract metals from the Martian soil – metals that could be fed into a 3-D printer to produce the components of a…
UCF Graduate Student in NanoTech Program One of the Best, Earns National Fellowship
February 7, 2017
Central Florida native John Bittman has had an unconventional journey to the University of Central Florida and now the trip has just taken an unexpected turn. Just months before completing UCF’s Nanotechnology Professional Science Master’s degree program, and what Bittman had hoped would be the final planning for a business launch, the federal government has…
Graduate student Hao Chen’s Poster Selected as Student Poster Competition Winner
January 25, 2017
Graduate student Hao Chen’s poster “High Efficacy, High Color Quality Hybrid White OLEDs Incorporating Red Quantum Dots with Narrow Emission Bands” has been selected as a winner of the Student Poster Competition of the 2017 DOE Solid state lighting (SSL) R&D workshop and he was invited to present on this topic at Long Beach, CA.
Collaborative Paper Published in Advanced Materials
A paper from the groups of Dr. Yajie Dong, Dr. Shin-Tson Wu and Dr. Andre J. Gesquiere, titled “Ultrastable, Highly Luminescent Organic-Inorganic Perovskite – Polymer Composite Films”, has been published by Advanced Materials.
Dr. Dong Invited to Display Week 2017 Technical Program Committee
Dr. Dong has been invited to join Emissive Display (EMD) subcommittee of Display Week 2017 Technical Program Committee.
Dr. Santra’s Group Formula Licensed, First Time for UCF/Agriculture Industry
Gowan Co. has licensed an anti-fungal and anti-bacterial formula developed by Dr. Santra’s lab, the first agreement of its kind for UCF. The College of Science News highlighted the achievment, summarized below: Gowan Co. recently signed an agreement with the University of Central Floridato obtain exclusive rights to the anti-fungal and anti-bacterial formulationdeveloped by researcher…
Beatriz Jimenez Selected for SURF Research Scholarship at UF
Beatriz Jimenez, an EE undergraduate student from Dr. Chanda’s group working on IR spectroscopy was selected for the SURF Program, a summer research scholarship The SURF program entails an 8 – 10 week Summer Undergraduate Researchexperience at the University of Florida. Prospective Ph.D. students for the University of Florida for the fall 2018 termwill be…
New, Old Science Combine to Make Faster Medical Test
January 20, 2017
A UCF researcher has combined cutting-edge nanoscience with a magnetic phenomenon discovered more than 170 years ago to create a method for speedy medical tests. The discovery, if commercialized, could lead to faster test results for HIV, Lyme disease, syphilis, rotavirus and other infectious conditions. Putnam’s team coated nanoparticles with the antibody to BSA, or…
Flexible Electronic Solar Ribbon Featured on Foreign Policy Site
January 19, 2017
The ENERGY SMART textile is highlighted among the “innovations” in the current issue of prestigious “Foreign Policy” magazine (owned by Washington Post company). The ENERGY SMART textile is being developed by Dr. Thomas’ research group Read the full article here Or here