March 28, 2014
by Abraham AborayaOrlando Business Journal The University of Central Florida today approved a new master’s degree that may provide an economic boost to the region’s high-tech industry. The educational programs committee for the UCF board of trustees signed off on a new master’s in nanoscience technology. The degree will help students and potential entrepreneurs get…
The UCF Board of Trustees Thursday approved a new interdisciplinary professional science master’s degree program that will expand UCF’s offerings in the rapidly growing field of nanotechnology. Nanoscience and nanotechnology are the study of extremely small things — detectable only with very strong microscopes — and how they can be used in a variety of…
March 26, 2014
An article co-authored by Debashis Chanda is one of this month’s cover features for Advanced Optical Materials. This is the first demonstration of large area 3D “visible” negative index metamaterials -> will play important role in the development of “invisibility” cloaks. J. A. Rogers, D. Chanda, and co-workers demonstrate a nanotransfer printing technique to fabricate…
March 18, 2014
Undergraduate Julian Moore has been awarded the Northrop Grumman Scholarship for the 2014-15 academic year. The award is worth $5,000. The scholarship is open to outstanding students majoring in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Julian is a member of Dr. Jayan Thomas’s Nano Energy-Photonics research group. Northrop Grumman is…
March 17, 2014
Ajay Kale is a winner of the 2014 College of Engineering & Computer Science Distinguished Alumni award. Kale graduated in 1999 with a Masters in Materials Science & Enginnering. He was recognized at the Fourth Annual UCF College of Engineering & Computer Science Alumni Honors Reception with a presentation by Dr. Sudipta Seal. The awards…
March 12, 2014
Swetha Barkam and Rameech McCormack have been awarded scholarships for the 2014-15 academic year. Both students are members of Dr. Sudipta Seal’s research group and the College of Engineering & Computer Science. Swetha, a Ph.D. candidate, will receive the Austin L. Grogan Memorial Scholarship for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering majors. The award is worth $500.00.…
Catherine Kammerer is a winner of UCF’s Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching award for 2013-14. She was chosen to represent the College of Engineering and Computer Science for her outstanding work. She will be honored at the Graduate Awards Breakfast on Friday, April 11, 2014. Catherine teaches both lecture and laboratory sections of Experimental Techniques…
March 11, 2014
The University of Central Florida’s video game graduate school ranks No. 2 in North America, and 23 other UCF graduate programs rank among the top 100 in their fields in the United States. The Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy’s No. 2 ranking was released today by The Princeton Review and PC Gamer Magazine. FIEA has been…
March 10, 2014
The Annual Joint Symposium & Exhibition of the Florida Chapter of the AVS Science and Technology Society (FLAVS) and the Florida Society for Microscopy (FSM) was held March 3-4 at UCF. The Symposium consisted of a plenary lecture, technical sessions with invited and contributed presentations, a poster session including a student poster competition and an…
February 21, 2014
The University of Central Florida’s NanoScience Center is developing a new program to make a graphene-based spray coating that would help multiple industries easily and inexpensively fight corrosion. The center is building on the recent success of UCF spin-off Garmor, Inc., in making a powder form of super-strong graphene available to industry. “We can use…