Rene Diaz, an Undergraduate Research Assistant working with AMPAC Professor Dr. Sudipta Seal, received 1st place in the Old Guard Technical Poster at the Southeast ASME Student Professional Development Conference (SPDC) held in Tallahassee for a paper entitled “Plasma Sprayed Chromium Carbide Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes”. In addition, at the Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence at UCF, Diaz received 2nd place and a $400 scholarship in the “Physical Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Computer Sciences” Division.