July 23, 2012
Dr. James J. Hickman has been appointed to the Bioengineering of Neuroscience, Vision and Low Vision Technologies Study Section at the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health. The BNVT study section reviews applications to develop and utilize bioengineering, materials engineering, and computational approaches for studying fundamental problems in neuroscience. While the multidisciplinary nature…
July 14, 2012
David Reid, a Ph.D. student in Dr. Sudipta Seal’s research group, has been named a finalist for the 2012 AVS National Student Award for his outstanding contribution in nanotechnology research. He will receive a cash award of $500. The final competition will occur on October 31, 2013, where David will deliver a 20-minute talk. The…
June 20, 2012
The UCF NanoScience Technology Center congratulates Administrative Assistant Diane Maldonado on her graduation from the Leadership Enhancement Program (LEP) offered through the University of Central Florida’s Office of Diversity Initiatives. This prestigious program, which ran from August 2011 to April 2012, is a consortium involving participants of UCF and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and is designed…
June 4, 2012
Inside the 21,000-square-foot UCF NanoScience Technology Center (NSTC), faculty members, students and research staff members are exploring nanotechnology’s vast possibilities. Nanomaterials are being used as drug delivery systems. As the building blocks of highly precise lasers. As the key to more efficient solar energy, rocket propulsion and environmental waste cleanup. The scope is so wide…
May 25, 2012
Nine research projects that promise to advance science and develop technology critical for future space missions have been selected to receive a total of $400,000 from the Florida Space Institute. Scientists from the University of Central Florida and the University of Florida are involved in the various projects, which involve experts in chemistry, physics, electrical…
May 15, 2012
NASA scientist and UCF alum Othmane Benafan, UCF student Doug Nicholson and his advisor Associate Professor Raj Vaidyanathan are conducting research at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The group is studying the atomic-level structure and behavior of shape-memory alloys such as nickel titanium. Their aim is to create more robust SMAs that…
April 26, 2012
One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, the second leading cause of death among men in the United States. It’s a serious problem and current diagnostic tests aren’t very specific. But a research team at the University of Central Florida NanoScience Technology Center has found a more accurate test…
April 19, 2012
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) – Santimukal Santra and Oscar Santiesban’s work in this tiny UCF lab is not the most exciting to watch, but what the technique the students helped pioneer is. It could change the lives of millions who have inflammatory bowel diseases, like Crohn’s. “[It] allows physicians to actually make diagnoses…
From antibacterial hand gels to the special coating on vehicle tires that repels water, nanotechnology is increasingly used in daily life, but most people don’t know what it is. A group of University of Central Florida students wants to do for nanotechnology what Star Trek did for the term “warp speed”—bring it into the everyday…
April 11, 2012
Researchers at the University of Central Florida have developed a novel technique that may give doctors a faster and more sensitive tool to detect pathogens associated with inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s disease. The new nanoparticle-based technique also may be used for detection of other microbes that have challenged scientists for centuries because they hide…