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This year, the (graduate) Student of the Year Award went to Alireza Safaei, who recently graduated from our Ph.D. program. Alireza built an outstanding track record during his years in our program, co-authoring multiple papers in high-impact journals and four patent applications. His work generated substantial press coverage. He was supervised by Debashis Chanda and…

This is the first rapid detector for dopamine and has the potential to help doctors diagnose Parkinson’s, depression and some forms of cancer. Using nanotechnology, UCF researchers have developed the first rapid detector for dopamine, a chemical that is believed to play a role in various diseases such as Parkinson’s, depression and some cancers. Studies…

Sudipta Seal has been named chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at the University of Central Florida. The appointment, announced by Michael Georgiopoulos, dean, UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science, came after a search to fill the position that was held by Seal in an interim chair role since 2014.…

Attaching curcumin, a component of the common spice turmeric, to nanoparticles can be used to target and destroy treatment-resistant neuroblastoma tumor cells, according to a new study published in Nanoscale. The study, conducted in partnership by researchers at Nemours Children’s Hospital and the University of Central Florida, demonstrates a potentially novel treatment for neuroblastoma, the…

Congratulations to the three new Trustee Chairs who were honored at the UCF Board of Trustees meeting on July 20, 2017 – Mohamed Abdel-Aty, Sudipta Seal, and Stella Sung. Dr. Abdel-Aty is a Pegasus Professor and chair of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, the deputy director of the Center for Advanced Transportation Systems Simulation, and…

New American Society for Metals (ASM) International board members were elected at the Executive Board meeting on June 8, 2017. The new officers are: Chair – Chris Hauser, Universal Studios Vice Chair – Peiman Sadrabadi, Siemens Secretary – Aadithya Jeyaranjan, UCF MSE student Treasurer – Tengfei Jiang, UCF AMPAC/MSE Assistant Professor Web Administrator – Steve…

Research from Dr. Chanda’s group has been featured in UCF Today. A breakthrough in display technology being developed by Dr. Chanda’s group, including researcher Daniel Franklin, could lead to future displays with 3-4 times the resolution of traditional displays. Assistant Professor Debashis Chanda and physics doctoral student Daniel Franklin have come up with a way…

Congratulations to Dr. Sohn for receiving the UCF RIA award for his outstanding impact in research. UCF Research Incentive Awards (RIA) are available to faculty in the College of Arts and Humanities, College of Business Administration, College of Education, College of Engineering and Computer Science, College of Health and Public Affairs, College of Optics and…

Swetha Barkam has been awarded the Graduate Student Silver Award by the Materials Research Society. Barkam is one of just 27 graduate students selected from among the top universities to recieve this award. Barkam recieved her award and was commended for her presentation at the Awards Ceremony and Innovation in Materials Characterization Award Talk on…

News station WFTV featured coverage of Dr. Sudipta Seal and Kevin Grossman, detailing the research efforts aimed toward using Martian soil to eventually build human habitats on Mars. The research is the result of a NASA grant Watch the video here