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Ankur Gupta has been awarded the SGA Graduate Student Research Scholarship for 2015-16. The scholarship is awarded to graduate students who are presenting research at a conference and provides $500 in assistance. More Information For more information, head over to the SGA website.

Elizabeth Barrios has been awarded the NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship as part of the 2016 fellows class. Barrios is a Ph.D. student in the MSE program. The goal of fellowship is to sponsor U.S. citizen and permanent resident graduate students who show significant potential to contribute to NASA’s goal of creating innovative new space…

Dr. Lei Zhai and Dr. Kevin Coffey received UCF Teaching Incentive Program Awards for 2015-2016. The TIP award rewards sustained high levels of teaching effectiveness. Eligible faculty must have been employed by UCF for at least four (4) years and meet or exceed median student credit hour (SCH) production. The award provides a $5,000 base…

Jinan Deng has received the 2016-2017 David T. & Jane M. Donaldson Memorial Scholarship, while Samuel Rhodes has received the grand prize for the Florida chapter of the American Vacuum Society poster competition during the 2016 FLAVS/FSM joint symposium. Both Ph.D. students are in Dr. Fang’s group. The David T. & Jane M. Donaldson Memorial…

Congratulations to Jiyu Fang on his recent promotion to Professor! More Information To read more about Fang’s work, you can head over to his faculty page.

Vacancy Announcement This position is open to all U.S. citizens. http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/435934800 KS16D0022 AST, Structural Materials, GS-0806-11 Growth Potential GS-13 One vacancy Open: Friday, April 15 Close: Thursday, April 21 Location: NEL40 POC: KSC Jobs, KSC-JobsInbox@mail.nasa.gov Vacancy Announcement This position is open to all U.S. citizens. http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/436053700 KS16D0024 AST, Structural Materials, GS-0806-7/9/11 Growth Potential GS-13 One…

Jiyu Fang and Linan An have been selected to be inducted into the UCF Scroll & Quill Society. Induction into the Scroll & Quill Society is a distinct honor at UCF. The induction ceremony will take place on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. in the Burnett Honors College Reading Room. There will be…

Three students from the NSTC, MSE, and AMPAC won first place at the 2016 Graduate Research Forum. Danielle Estes, NSTC: First Place, Health Sciences Category Rocky Brighton, NSTC/AMPAC: First Place, Health Sciences Category Craig Neal, MSE: First Place: Engineering, Computer Science, Simulation, Modeling, Optics, Math, & Physical Sciences Categories More Information For more information about…

Swetha Barkam has received a $1000 travel scholarship from the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) to attend the European Ceramic Society’s (ECerS) Summer School in Limoges, France, June 23 – 25, 2016. The scholarship is an effort to help offset the costs of the program’s attendance. This year’s summer school program will focus on issues and…

Swadeshmukul Santra and his team were awarded a $477,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as part of a $5.2 million investment in nanotechnology research at 11 universities. The grant was awarded to develop a method of combatting a bacterium that attacks tomatoes and other crops. More Information To read more about the grant…