Awards

Doctoral candidate Swetha Barkam is a winner of the 2014 Extreme Leadership Scholarship presented by the UCF’s Student Government Association. The $750 award is presented to students who demonstrate outstanding leadership and service in school and their community. Barkam is a member of Sudipta Seal’s research group. Her research focus includes interaction and application of…

Sudipta Seal has been inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s College of Fellows. The induction ceremony was held on March 24, 2014 at the National Academy of Sciences. AIMBE’s College of Fellows includes around 1,500 individuals who have made significant contributions to the medical and biological engineering community whether in academia,…

Sudipta Seal has been awarded Fellow status in the National Academy of Inventors. U.S. Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations Andrew Faile inducted the 2013 class at the NAI’s 3rd annual conference, held for the first time at the headquarters of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on March 7, 2014. Seal and company were…

Researchers at the University of Central Florida set a new record in funded research in FY14, receiving $145.6 million, 30 percent more than the previous year. The funding totals reflect successful collaborations with industry, a record total for federal defense grants and continued growth in commercialization and innovation activity. “This is, of course, the trajectory…

An engineering professor and an associate vice president at the University of Central Florida have been nominated for Schwartz Tech awards. Sudipta Seal, an engineering professor and nanotechnology and materials expert, is in the running for the Researcher of the Year, and Tom O’Neal, associate vice president for Research and Commercialization, is up for Tech…

Two University of Central Florida scientists have earned national awards because their inventions are expected to make a difference in fueling future commercial spacecraft and in the efficiency of solar panels needed to convert sunlight into electricity. TechConnect World has selected engineering professors Sudipta Seal and Neelkanth G. Dhere for 2014 TechConnect National Innovation Awards. The…

David Letter won the first place poster award in the undergraduate category of the biological materials technical division at the TMS Annual Meeting. He will receive a $500 prize. His poster, titled “Kinetics of Phosphate Ion Cerium Oxide Nanoparticle Interaction and Effect on Redox Activity of Bare and Functionalized Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles,” was one of…

Amit Kumar won an award for best poster at the 2011 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting. His poster, titled “Effect of radiation on Ceria NP surfaces (A NSF funded project),” was presented on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. The MRS conference is very prestigious, and Amit’s poster was deemed to be one of the top two…

Professor Sudipta Seal will be honored by AVS during its awards ceremony, to be hosted on Oct. 31 in Tampa. Seal will receive the 2012 AVS Fellow Award “for pioneering developments in design and synthesis of nanostructures for protective coatings, sensors, and anti-cancer treatments; and for avid support of nanotechnology education.” As an interdisciplinary, professional…

Suresh Babu, a former member of Professor Supidta Seal’s research group, won the Best Teacher Award at Pondicherry University for the second consecutive year. Babu was honored at the university’s Teacher’s Day Celebration on Sept. 5. The winner is determined by a survey of master’s students conducted by a private data collection firm.