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Reid Wins Awards at AVS Meeting

October 4, 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 Oct. 31, 2013, where David will deliver a 20-minute talk. The…

Sudipta Seal Wins UCF’s Highest Faculty Honor

August 16, 2012
Sudipta Seal has been selected to receive the Pegasus Professor award, the highest honor given by the University of Central Florida to faculty who have made a significant impact on the university. Seal is the director of UCF’s NanoScience Technology Center and Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center as well as Nano Initiative Coordinator. He…

Student Wins Poster Award

November 4, 2011
Materials science and engineering Ph.D. student Shashank Saraf will receive a coveted poster award from Missouri University of Science & Technology. He presented his poster at the Prof. J. Narayan Acta Materialia Gold Medal Symposium earlier this year. Speaking and presenting at this event is by invitation only. This particular symposium is also attended by…

Seal selected for NAE Frontiers in Engineering Symposium

October 4, 2009
Sudipta Seal is one of a small number of young and promising researchers who have been selected to participate to the 2009 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium of the National Academy of Engineering, scheduled for September 10-12, in Irvine, California. This meeting will bring together a select group of the nation’s outstanding young engineers, ages…

Seal Elected to ASM Class of Fellows

September 20, 2008
Sudipta Seal has been elected to the 2008 Class of Fellows selected by ASM International, one of the premier materials societies. Seal was chosen for the award, which is a “recognition of your distinguished contributions in the field of materials science and engineering, and develops a broadly based forum for technical and professional leaders to…

Ph.D. Student Wins Top AVS Graduate Student Award

September 20, 2008
Ph.D. student Ajay Karakoti, a UCF Presidential Fellowship recipient, won the Dorothy Hoffman Scholarship, the highest award for a graduate student from the AVS organization. He was selected for this award based on his pioneering work on nanoparticles for biomedical applications.

Diaz Wins Three Poster Awards

September 20, 2008
Rene Diaz, an undergraduate student, won honorable mention in the AVS 2008 Florida Chapter Poster contest. He also placed second in the Showcase for Undergraduate Research Excellence for the best poster in the engineering, math, physical and computer sciences category. He won first place in the 2008 ASME Southeast conference poster contest in Tallahassee.