November 17, 2016
UCF has established a chapter of the National Academy of Inventors. Several NSTC professors were inducted, including Dr. Sudipta Seal and Dr. Kevin Coffey. The inaugural members boast impressive contributions to innovation at UCF, holding 541 of UCF’s total 925 patents. Several members are already NAI Fellows, and will continue to work towards the organization’s…
November 3, 2016
Swetha Barkam selected for a Graduate Excellence in Materials Science (GEMS) Award for 2016. Specifically, Barkam was awarded 4th place overall, and 1st within the Sapphire Ranking division. Congratulations Swetha!
October 19, 2016
An article on Nanowire Supercapacitor research from the Nano Science and Technology Center has recently been published in the American Chemical Society’s ACS Nano Journal. Contributors include Nitin Choudhary, Chao Li, Hee-Suk Chung, Julian Moore, Jayan Thomas, and Yeonwoong Jung. Read the full article here
A team of UCF researchers has produced the most efficient quantum cascade laser ever designed – and done it in a way that makes the lasers easier to manufacture. Quantum cascade lasers, or QCLs, are tiny – smaller than a grain of rice – but they pack a punch. Compared to traditional lasers, QCLs offer…
October 11, 2016
UCF Today has written an article on the MISA Symposium 2016, read the full article here. Below is an excerpt: A newly established UCF agricultural center with the goal of combating crop disease and feeding the world’s growing population debuted last week with an inaugural symposium. The two-day conference of the MISA Center of Excellence…
October 3, 2016
One of the world’s leaders in liquid-display technology has selected a UCF project led by professor Debashis Chanda and graduate student Daniel Franklin for its “2016 Displaying Futures Award.” Read the full article here
September 22, 2016
Nileshi Saraf has been awarded $525 to attend the 2016 SNO Conference in Orlando, between Nov 10-12. Congratulations Nileshi!
Dr. Debashis Chanda and Daniel Franklin have been awarded the 1st place prize for the Displaying Futures Award 2016 in Frankfurt, Germany. The prize comes with $50,000 in research support and a long term nurturing from Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, the company that hosted the event. Dr. Chanda and Mr. Franklin won the award in…
September 19, 2016
Dr. Debashis Chanda and Daniel Franklin have been selected for a Top-10 novel display innovation, Displaying Futures Award 2016. They has been invited to Germany for a three day event where their idea, “Skin-like plasmonic Full-Color Displays” will be recognized. Congratulations Dr. Chanda and Daniel Franklin!
Swetha Barkam, a PhD student in Dr. Seal’s research group will be awarded the Artistic Creativity award for the 1st Annual ACerS PCSA Creativity Competition at MS&T Congratulations Swetha!