October 27, 2020
Silk fibroin nanofibrous mats for visible sensing of oxidative stress in cutaneous wounds Abstract Wound healing is of major clinical concern and is constantly being explored for early restoration and enhanced recovery. While the etiology of the wound healing is multifactorial, high inflammation and increased oxidative stress which results in chronic inflammation, endothelial dysfunction and…
October 23, 2020
South Florida Business Journal is recognizing our team (Christina Drake, Sudipta Seal, and Dr. Griffith Parks) as 2020 health innovators! read more
August 5, 2020
July 7, 2020
Dr. Seal: “Pamela is an integral part of the MSE education program forward in the 21st century…”
May 20, 2020
Overview COVID-19 has impacted all of us in some way. The disruptions shut down most of our research operations in March, and I know you have been eagerly awaiting word on when you can get back. I appreciate your patience. Since April I have been working with a dedicated team of faculty researchers, administrators and…
May 20, 2020
Backed by the National Science Foundation, researchers are working on developing a nanoparticle film that would “catch” and kill viruses to better protect healthcare providers. Protecting against COVID 19 As the pandemic rages on, it’s the first responders on the frontlines that are most at risk. A team of engineers at the University of Central…
May 9, 2020
Dr. Fang’s research on the design and synthesis of stimuli-responsive supramolecular assemblies for biosensing and drug delivery is recently featured on the cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry and Journal of Materials Chemistry.
May 8, 2020
Our two faculty were the speakers in our Zoom CECS seminar series
April 30, 2020
What it’s Like Being Essential Personnel at UCF During COVID-19 Meet some of the people at UCF who hold everything together — even in the worst of times. Sudipta Seal Chair and Professor of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering Chair for the NanoScience Technology Center and Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center We’ve seen a shortage of…
April 29, 2020
April 27, 2020
Featured in UCF News: https://tinyurl.com/yb5ohw7t UCF Faculty, Students Get Creative to Finish Unprecedented Semester As the spring semester nears its end, here’s a look at some of the resourceful ways students and faculty have adapted to online learning. Dissecting honeybees via Zoom, using a glass shower door as a whiteboard and creating a virtual art…
April 22, 2020
Wearables: Stretchable microstructures for microelectrode sensors A unique method to make wearable electronics using flexible microstructures have been explored and characterized by researchers in the United States. Wearable devices such as sensors or power generators require stable, stretchable electronics, otherwise, their electrical performance will degrade when they are deformed. Prof. Swaminathan Rajaraman (Assistant Professor, MSE)…
April 9, 2020
Graduates of the new degree are sought by employers in a wide variety of high-tech industries such as space, defense, electronics, energy and medicine. BY KIMBERLY J. LEWIS | APRIL 8, 2020 Undergraduate engineering students have a new degree option at the University of Central Florida with the addition of a bachelor’s degree program in materials science…
March 23, 2020
UCF’s online programs are ranked, as some of the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. The rankings are based on the publication’s 2020 Best Online Programs rankings, which assess schools based on student engagement, online learning technologies and support, faculty credentials and training, and the program’s reputation among other universities.No. 12 in Best…
February 27, 2020
A team of undergraduate researchers mentored by Dr. Kausik Mukhopadhyay was awarded the OUR Student Research Group Grant in the amount of $1500 for their project, “Electrochemical studies of Hybrid Membranes with Antimicrobial Efficacy”. The grant was funded the UCF’s Office of Undergraduate Research to Dr. Mukhopadhyay through the MSE department. The all-undergraduate team comprised…
February 24, 2020
On Jan 21, 2020, members of the UCF chapter of AVS, composed of students from MSE, Chemisty, and Physics, attended a high vacuum demonstration and tour at ANCORP in nearby Williston, FL. The tour answered key questions such as, What is High Vacuum? Why do we want to create a vacuum? How is it used? How is…
February 24, 2020
February 12, 2020
January 22, 2020
At 2nd International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology-2019 (ICNAN ’19), VIT Vellore, India, the attendees came from 25+ Countries and participated with more than 1000 student applicants and 400+ presenters. More than 525 research papers were submitted, and over 60 globally renowned speakers gave their talk. Out of 1000 student applicants and more than 400…
January 16, 2020
UCF researchers have developed an AI system that can identify formulas for creating liquid solar cells, which potentially could allow them to be painted on bridges, houses, and skyscrapers. BY ZENAIDA GONZALEZ KOTALA | DECEMBER 16, 2019 Thomas joined UCF in 2011. His previous work resulted in a variety of innovations, including material that could help keep…
December 19, 2019
On behalf of Dr. Sudipta Seal and the entire Materials Science and Engineering Department:
December 8, 2019
Watch at Welsh2-TV Solar panels could save you hundreds of dollars a month, but is the initial investment worth the cost in the long run? In the past few years, Florida’s solar industry has started to take off. “We’re building almost a nuclear power plant worth of solar every year in the state of Florida,”…
October 28, 2019
Congratulations to MSE Staff.
October 24, 2019
9 Luminary Award Recipients Honored for Making an Impact on the World The third annual awards recognize researchers for being academic leaders making an impact on the world through their studies and scholarship.By Zenaida Gonzalez Kotala | October 24, 2019 The University of Central Florida honored nine outstanding faculty members Wednesday during the third annual…
October 4, 2019
UCF students Sharron and Tin, at MS&T 2019 meeting, Largest Materials Science Eng meeting with Dept Chair. The Materials Science & Technology (MS&T) technical meeting and exhibition is the long-standing, recognized forum for fostering technical innovation at the intersection of materials science, engineering, and application. Each year, MS&T brings together scientists, engineers, students, suppliers, and…
September 26, 2019
UCF Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering (@UCFMSE) tweeted at 5:01 PM on Wed, Sep 25, 2019:Congratulations to Kari, Jodi, Sandy, Angie for their 30, 5, 5, 20 yrs great service, and their contribution to AMPAC and MSE department. https://t.co/KJGT5I5TIG(https://twitter.com/UCFMSE/status/1176964995176747009?s=09)
September 14, 2019
MSE Meet and Greet: Excellent interaction between MSE faculty, staff, graduates and new undergraduates, researchers. A glimpse of the day.
September 14, 2019
Lorraine Leon, Ph.D. has been selected as a 2019 Emerging Investigator by the Journal of Materials Chemistry B. She and her student, Sachit Shah, published a paper for this special issue: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding?sercode=tb&themeid=880888f9-e71f-4dcc-bfdb-ff54cf2776ff The actual article landing page is here: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/tb/c9tb01194c#!divAbstract Other publications this year include: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/24/5/868 Structural transitions and encapsulation selectivity of thermoresponsive polyelectrolyte…
July 3, 2019
Researchers from the Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Cancer Research Lab, led by Dr. Steve Florczyk, published an article “3D porous chitosan-alginate scaffold stiffness promotes differential responses in prostate cancer cell lines” in Biomaterials, the top biomaterials journal with a 2018 impact factor of 10.273. The article demonstrated that prostate cancer cell lines responded differently…
July 3, 2019
Minh-Chau Le, a senior Mechanical Engineering and MSE minor student, won an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Ms. Le conducted her undergraduate research on breast cancer culture in biomaterial scaffolds in the Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Cancer Research Lab, led by Dr. Steve Florczyk. The fellowship provides three years of tuition and stipend to support…
March 13, 2019
UCF’s graduate nursing programs saw the biggest improvements in the rankings this year, moving up more than 25 points from last year. Twenty-seven UCF programs were nationally ranked today in the top 100 of their fields by U.S. News & World Report, and 35 graduate programs total were included in the publication’s 2020 Best Graduate Schools edition. This…
December 13, 2018
Aviation Week Network, in collaboration with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, has announced that materials science and engineering student Linda Rossmann has been named one of the 20 Twenties to watch in 2019. Rossmann and 19 other students in the nation were identified as the top aerospace-bound students from an international field of…
April 2, 2018
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering welcomed Matthew Tirrell from the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory to the MSE Seminar Series. Tirrell presented a seminar titled “Polyelectrolytes in Multi-valent Ionic Media: New Physics and New Materials.” Below is the abstract: Multi-valent interactions in systems of polyelectrolytes can exhibit dramatic, non-monotonic effects, for…
March 30, 2018
University of Central Florida’s Materials Science and Engineering graduate program, which advanced 21 points to rank No. 50 in the nation, is among 25 UCF programs ranked in the top 100 of their fields by the recently released U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools of 2019. UCF’s biggest point-gain improvement in the rankings was…
March 30, 2018
Twenty-five UCF programs were ranked in the top 100 of their fields by the recently released U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools of 2019, a total gain of three programs from last year. UCF has experienced an upward trend in the number of programs on the top 100 list. There were 18 programs ranked in 2017, followed…