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UCF College of Optics and Photonics alumni Arthur Dogariu, Ph.D., ’97, an optical research scientist at Princeton University, has been inducted as a Fellow of the Optical Society of America for his contributions to the field of optics. “I am an experimentalist and my passion stems from working on the frontiers of optical science in…

University highlights various technologies at national conference this month with one of the innovations already picking up national recognition. BY ZENAIDA GONZALEZ KOTALA | NOVEMBER 9, 2020

This years’ inductees are experts in methodology, animation, music history, business ethics and other fields. BY ALLISON HURTADO ’12 | OCTOBER 29, 2020 Each fall, the University of Central recognizes faculty who have made a national and international impact through their research, teaching and service, by inducting new members into the Scroll and Quill Society. “This society…

The collaboration may lead to new understanding about the role of movement of nuclear organization in gene expression, which could translate into new treatments and cures. BY ZENAIDA GONZALEZ KOTALA | OCTOBER 28, 2020

  Three alumni of the College of Optics and Photonics were recently admitted as fellows of The Optical Society (OSA). Interim Dean David Hagan, Ph.D., notes that one OSA fellow in a year is not unusual considering the quality of graduates emerging from the college, but three in one year is extraordinary. Prior to this…

Video conferencing has kept the remote workplace humming during this year’s pandemic, and it was made possible through the work of researchers like Peter Delfyett, Ph.D., the 2021 winner of the prestigious Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Sciences. Specifically, Delfyett, a Pegasus Professor of optics and photonics, studies the application of semiconductor lasers to…

Professor Kathleen Richardson is featured in the August/September 2020 issue of ElectroOptics in and article “Making materials science work for all“   Kathleen Richardson during a lab training session with researcher Chanelle Arias “It’s a ‘chemistry thing’ blended with a ‘people thing.’  What makes optical materials science so exciting is that the needs of any…

From UCF Today: Assistant Professor Kyu Young Han will use the funding to develop a new optical technology that could aid in the understanding of human protein linked to diseases. Kyu Young Han, an assistant professor in UCF’s College of Optics and Photonics, is the university’s first faculty member to be awarded the National Institutes of…

Alum Yi-Hsin Lin has been elected as an OSA Fellow at the September 2020 meeting. Yi-Hsin was PhD student in Professor Shin-Tson Wu‘s LCD research group from 2002 to 2006 and is currently a professor at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. Fellow citation: “For her pioneering contributions to electrically tunable liquid crystal lenses that led…

Graduate Student Jessica Pena attended the Siegman International School on Lasers remotely this summer and is invited to attend the 2021 school in 2021 to be held at the University of Warsaw. The Siegman International School is a week-long program that exposes students to in-depth learning of lasers and their applications from internationally recognized academic…

Jessica Pena, a senior graduate student with the Laser Plasma Laboratory in the College of Optics & Photonics has been awarded a $5,000 Fellowship from the Directed Energy Professional Society for FY21. DEPS looks for students working in the DE (Directed Energy) fields of USPL (Ultra Short Pulse Lasers), HEL (High Energy Lasers) and HPM…

Professor Shin-Tson Wu publishes the second edition of “Introduction to Flat Panel Displays” Introduction to Flat Panel Displays describes the fundamental physics and materials of major flat panel display technologies including LED, OLED, LCD, PDP and FED and reflective displays. A reference for graduate students and new entrants to the display industry, the book currently covers…