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Dr. Alireza Safaei was chosen as the College of Sciences’ recipient of the Award for Outstanding Dissertation. This award recognizes excellence in a dissertation, focusing on the quality and significance of his completed work. The strength of his accomplishment brings honor to the college and makes him a role model for research achievement at UCF.…

Deepak Pandey gave an Oral Presentation for his research on “Ultralong Life supercapacitors fabricated using Vertically aligned Graphene on Carbon fibers” at 2nd International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, VIT, Vellore, India and represented the University Of Central Florida. For his Oral Presentation and research, he have received the Young Researcher Award and a cash…

Imagine being able to spray or paint bridges, houses and skyscrapers with the material, which would then capture light, turn it into energy and feed it into the electrical grid. That’s where this technology is going thanks to UCF. Artificial Intelligence may be just the thing to accelerate spray-on solar cell technology, which could revolutionize…

Metal-air batteries are longer lasting than the often-used lithium-ion batteries found in electric cars. University of Central Florida researchers are working to improve energy sources for zero-emission, electric vehicles that are an environmentally friendly alternative to combustion engines. In some of their latest work, published recently in the journal Energy & Environmental Science, the researchers…

Nicholas Castaneda in Dr. Ellen Kang’s group won the Chateaubriand Fellowship that provides the opportunity for doctoral students in the United States to conduct Science, Technology, Mathematics, and Health research in France. Importantly, the Fellowship promotes the progression of scientific knowledge through collaboration and joint projects with professors and universities, including various partnerships such as…

Much like some snakes use infrared to “see” at night, University of Central Florida researchers are working to create similar viper vision to improve the sensitivity of night-vision cameras. The ability to enhance night vision capabilities could have implications in improving what can be seen in space, in chemical and biological disaster areas, and on…

By combining the ancient Japanese art of paper cutting with science, this new material could have applications ranging from smart jackets to solar cells. By combining the ancient Japanese art of paper cutting with nanotechnology, University of Central Florida researchers have created a super flexible electronic material that could have applications in products ranging from…

State of the art technology used in study will provide insight into the impact of opiate overdoses and treatment drugs on the kidneys, heart, muscles and liver. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced that UCF will receive a $3.8 million milestone based grant to better understand how overdosing on opiates works, their impact…

The key to the safer fuel cells is the use of platinum; however, the high cost of the precious metal has kept the technology too expensive. This is a problem Yang has worked to overcome. Electric cars are a low-emission alternative to combustion engines; however, their lithium-based batteries can catch fire, thus posing a safety…