May 26, 2015
UCF is now the first and only university in Florida to offer a research-focused master’s degree in nanoscience. The Master of Science in Nanotechnology program further elevates the prominence of UCF’s nanotechnology research, said Sudipta Seal, director of the university’s NanoScience Technology Center, Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center (AMPAC) and interim chair of Materials…
May 22, 2015
A magazine article, “Fabrication at the Nano Scale with Molds and Imprinting” featuring work by Debashis Chanda and his lab was published in the American Scientist Magazine. The article mentions Chanda’s work on optical lithography through nanoimprinting technology, that provides a large throughput at low cost, as a solution to current challenges in the industry.…
May 15, 2015
A nanoparticle additive for jet and rocket fuels that was developed by Sudipta Seal and his research group has been licensed to a company established by a former university researcher. Helicon Chemical Co., LLC, obtained exclusive rights to the technology that improves the dispersion and burning rates of solid fuel propellants. “It makes them safer,…
Jiyu Fang’s article Design of β-CD–surfactant complex-coated liquid crystal droplets for the detection of cholic acid via competitive host–guest recognition was featured on the cover of Chemical Communications. The article showcases Fang’s work on the engineering of liquid crystal droplet-based biosensors for detecting the biomarker of liver disease through guest-host recognition. Jiyu Fang is an…
May 14, 2015
Wade Wilson, an undergraduate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, won the Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship. The prestigious award is sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory and U.S. Department of Defense. The scholarship will cover Wilson’s 5-year Ph.D. program with a stipend of $38,000 per year along with health and other…
May 12, 2015
Debashis Chanda was selected to speak on the Science News Radio Show: The Promise of Tomorrow about the “Fantasy and Reality of Science.” The Promise of Tomorrow invites noble laureates to speak about the business of emerging science and nanotechonology. The Promise of Tomorrow is part of the nanoTX USA Conference and Trade Expo that…
May 11, 2015
Swetha Barkam and Ankur Gupta are winners of the 2014-15 Graduate Student Research Scholarship from UCF’s Student Government Association. The $500 award recognizes graduate students for their research activity, conference presentations, and academic excellence. In addition, Barkam won the SGA Campus Involvement Scholarship. The $250 scholarship is awarded to students for their campus and community…
May 7, 2015
Josie Lorenzo won the $2,500 Northrop Grumman Spring 2015 Engineering Scholarship. The scholarship presents two major awards of $2,500 each and two secondary awards of $1,000 each for undergraduate students in the College of Engineering & Computer Science each fall and spring semester. Lorenzo is an undergraduate student studying Photonic Sciences and Engineering. She currently…
May 6, 2015
UCF faculty member Jayan Thomas, Ph.D. spied some stray cables lying about when he went for a walk one evening to ponder the subject of energy storage. With a “charge” of inspiration, a novel thought occurred to him: Cables transmit energy, so why couldn’t they also store it? That insight has led to research that…
May 4, 2015
Undergraduate student Julian Moore is a winner of the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Scholarship for 2015-2016. Moore was awarded $2,500 for academic excellence in the field of Aerospace Engineering. Moore is a member of Dr. Jayan Thomas’s Nano Energy-Photonics Group. He previously won the Northrop Grumman Scholarship. The Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Scholarship supports sophomore…