New Takes on Technology in the Spotlight at Fall 2025 CREOL Senior Design Showcase
New Takes on Technology in the Spotlight at Fall 2025 CREOL Senor Design Showcase Students successfully demonstrated projects that aim to reduce the costs and limitations of widely-used technologies By Aaron Eades | November 20, 2025 Facebook LinkedIn Innovation isn’t always about developing entirely new technologies: often, it’s just as important to make existing tech…
UCF Honors 8 Shining Stars with Inaugural SpaceU Awards
WUCF’s Florida Road Trip Visits CREOL
WUCF’s Florida Road Trip Visits CREOL UCF-themed Episode highlights innovation on campus and in Research Park By CREOLAdmin | November 7, 2025 Facebook LinkedIn Florida Road Trip made a stop in WUCF’s own backyard, and CREOL’s history was part of the program. The show’s producers and host visited the building to interview Professor Peter Delfyett…
CREOL Alum Continues Growth in Central Florida After Graduation
CREOL Alum Continues Growth in Central Florida After Graduation Alejandro Lopez Zelaya ’25 is one of many UCF engineering and technology alums who power industry across Florida. By Layla Wall and Aaron Eades | November 7, 2025 Photonic science and engineering alum Alejandro Lopez Zelaya ’25 Facebook LinkedIn Photonic science and engineering alum Alejandro Lopez…
CREOL Ph.D. Student Honored by Society of Women Engineers
CREOL Doctoral Student Honored by Society of Women Engineers With fewer than 20 awards given annually, Debasmita Banerjee is recognized alongside some of the top young engineers in her field By Layla Wall | November 6, 2025 CREOL Ph.D. Student Debasmita Banerjee receiving the “Rising Technical Contributor Award” Facebook LinkedIn CREOL doctoral student Debasmita Banerjee…
UCF’s Leland Nordin Wins Air Force Young Investigator Award to Advance Infrared Tech
CREOL Featured Ahead of UCF Football Game
CREOL Featured Ahead of UCF Football Game Radio interview introduces CREOL to wider audience By CREOLAdmin | October 16, 2025 CREOL Professor Peter Delfyett in his lab. Facebook LinkedIn CREOL got some airtime before the big game on October 11. Professor Peter Delfyett was featured in a pregame radio interview with Marc Daniels on 96.9FM…
Daring to Boldly Invent the Future: Florida’s Next-Generation Preeminent University
4 UCF Students Selected for National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
CREOL Marks Strong Presence at 2025 Siegman International School on Lasers
CREOL Marks Strong Presence at 2025 Siegman International School on Lasers Annual tradition continues with honor for CREOL student By Aaron Eades | September 4, 2025 Swati Bhargava (center) and Eric Van Stryland (far right) at the Siegmen International School on Lasers in Yerevan, Armenia. Facebook LinkedIn For more than a decade, CREOL has showcased…
Ukrainian STEM Students Find Refuge and Research Opportunities in U.S. Program Led by CREOL Professor
Ukrainian STEM Students Find Refuge and Research Opportunities in U.S. Program Led by CREOL Professor UCF graduate students also learn conference-planning and mentoring skills By Aaron Eades | September 3, 2025 Students attend the “Science for Ukraine” program in New York. Facebook LinkedIn In 2023, bright students at the STEM-focused Ukraine Physics and Mathematics Lyceum…