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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 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 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…

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…

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 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…

The study demonstrated a “lossy” platform that could lead to more robust quantum states of light, adding to the foundation for future applications like quantum computing.

CREOL Hosts High School Students from Around the World to Learn about Photonics The hands-on program also introduces teenagers to the many STEM opportunities offered at UCF By Aaron Eades | July 25, 2025 Facebook LinkedIn “It basically keeps our world running.” That’s the understanding 11th-grader Micah Terry now has about photonics – after spending…

NBC News Now Interviews Shuo Sean Pang about Viral Video After many on the internet claimed they saw something out of this world, CREOL’s experts were consulted to set the record straight. By Aaron Eades | July 25, 2025 CREOL Professor Shuo Sean Pang is interviewed about the viral video (picture courtesy NBC News NOW).…