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…
March 10, 2016
Congratulation to Swetha Barkam and Kazi Tasneem who have been selected for the Frank Hubbard Engineering Endowed Scholarship for 2016-2017. The scholarship amount is $1,000 over two semesters. Qualifications for the scholarship are full-time status as a graduate or undergraduate student in engineering, and a minimum 3.0 G.P.A. Extracurricular activities and community service activities were…
March 9, 2016
Congratulations to the following faculty on their awards: Prof. J. Fang (MSE/AMPAC) – Research Incentive Award. Prof. S. Santra (NSTC) – Research Incentive Award, and Reach for the Stars Award Prof. L. Zhai (NSTC) – Research Incentive Award Prof. S. Raghavan (MSE/AMPAC) – Reach for the Stars Award Prof. J. Thomas (NSTC) – Reach for…
March 7, 2016
Debashis Chanda and his team’s technology for thin, flexible, skin-like color displays was showcased in a February short on WUCF TV’s SciTech Central.
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 10, 2016
Debashis Chanda’s research on a flexible skin-like color display has been featured in Photonics Spectra’s Top Stories of 2015. Photonics Spectra is the leading source of technological solutions and of news and information about photonics. It is the magazine referred to worldwide by the largest audience of photonics engineers, scientists and end users. Integrating all…
February 8, 2016
Swetha Barkam has been selected for induction into the Order of Pegasus Class of 2016. She will be recognized at the Order of Pegasus award ceremony on April 4, 2016. Order of Pegasus is the most prestigious and significant award a student can attain at the University of Central Florida. Order of Pegasus recognizes exemplary…
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 28, 2016
Swadeshmukul Santra and his team were awarded a $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop a solution to citrus greening, a monumental threat to Florida’s $11 billion citrus industry. In awarding the funding, the U.S. Department of Agriculture also recognized the University of Central Florida as a “Center for Excellence.” That…