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The UCF Technology Ventures Symposium is designed to connect innovative UCF student startups, faculty researchers, established entrepreneurs, venture investors, and anyone else who dreams of being part of “the next big thing” in Orlando. The one-day virtual conference uncovers little-known, big-potential technology startups created by UCF students, faculty, and alumni for potential investment. The symposium’s…

One of the biggest challenges posed by the Pandemic to mankind is the loss of livelihoods, further widening of the gender inequalities, and major reliance on government networks for health-related awareness. Parisodhana Technologies, a company incorporated in India by two University of Central Florida Alumni, Dr. Satyanarayana VN T Kuchibhatla and Dr. Ajay Karakoti, responded…

Prof. Yongho Sohn received the 2020 Engineer of the Year Award from the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA), presented by the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST). His contributions to the development of metallic alloys for 3D printing and low-enriched metallic nuclear fuels were cited for the award. He now joins a…

Dr. Holden Hyer, who has completed his Ph.D. in December 2020 under supervision from Dr. Yongho Sohn has started an exciting professional career at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as an R&D Staff, starting February 2021. Holden leads the first successful effort in the United States to produce fully dense WE43 Magnesium alloy with laser…

Current lithium-ion batteries contain solvents that are flammable and toxic. BY ROBERT WELLS | FEBRUARY 4, 2021 One application of seawater batteries could be to power undersea vehicles. Photo credit: Adobe Stock University of Central Florida researchers have helped develop a new, seawater-based battery that’s safer for humans and the environment than the fire-prone lithium-ion batteries that…

Lin Hu was working on electrocatalytic materials for renewable energy conversion during his graduate research with Dr. Xiaofeng Feng. His research focused on understanding the structure-activity relationships and underlying mechanisms for electrochemical ammonia synthesis and carbon dioxide recycling using renewable electricity.

Dr. Jung Han Kim, a former post-doc in Prof. Yeonwoong (Eric) Jung’s group, will join the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at Dong-A University in South Korea as a tenure-track faculty.  Dong-A University is a highly prestigious research-oriented private university in Busan,  the second-largest city in South Korea. Dr. Kim worked in Prof. Jung’s lab…

  Stories about Arecibo, COVID-19, using judo to help children with autism succeed, the importance of workplace gratitude, a rotating detonation rocket propulsion system, and detecting cancer were among the most read UCF research stories of 2020. The world was dealt some major blows in 2020, and this was reflected in what made the list…

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – When was the last time you read the label on a commercial cleaning product or let a surface you wiped down dry completely? To be 99.9% effective, these products must be used correctly and frequently. But what if there was a better way? COVID-19 has made us all painfully aware of…

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…

South Florida Business Journal is recognizing our team (Christina Drake, Sudipta Seal, and Dr. Griffith Parks) as 2020 health innovators! read more

Dr. Seal: “Pamela is an integral part of the MSE education program forward in the 21st century…”  

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…

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…

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.

Our two faculty were the speakers in our Zoom CECS seminar series

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…

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…

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)…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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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,”…

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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…

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…

  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)

MSE Meet and Greet: Excellent interaction between MSE faculty, staff, graduates and new undergraduates, researchers. A glimpse of the day.  

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…